Tag Archives: war

Oil and North America – prospects?

Posted on March 21, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Some time ago, a reader (Tom Knapp, I think) made a comment worth revisiting given the Biden regime push against oil (and gas) and the rapid inflation in oil and gas prices. Are we now performing the … Continue reading →

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God, Russia, Ukraine and the rest of the world

Posted on March 15, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

What do you think of this? Apparently about 3/4 of the population of this planet has decided that Russia – and specifically Putin – is an evil monster and must be stopped, at all costs. (It may actually be lower: … Continue reading →

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Origins of war – then and now

Posted on March 10, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Once upon a time, I admired Sir Winston Churchill. But then, as Paul of Taurus tells us, I grew up, and put away childish things. I learned a lot more about what Churchill did, both before he became Prime Minister … Continue reading →

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How stupid do you have to be, to be a senator?

Posted on March 5, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

A United States Senator, of course. But it no doubt is a question to ask of every Canadian Senator and every Senator of every one of the Fifty States. (Yes, even Nebraska has Senators in their unicameral legislature.) Senator Lindsey … Continue reading →

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Is this war? Biden again asleep at “helm”?

Posted on February 21, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

It’s been at least a dozen hours since Russia recognized the independence of two predominantly-Russian districts of Ukraine and ordered Russian troops to go in and carrying peacekeeping missions. I think we’ve heard this before. No, not the Sudetenland, but … Continue reading →

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Eighty years … as memories continue to dim

Posted on December 7, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

“Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.” Eighty years ago on 7 December 2021, as planned and as a result of efforts of a great many people in multiple nations, the United States of America officially entered … Continue reading →

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A new Greater East Asian war?

Posted on October 21, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary, we looked at what has been screamed and done in the past few weeks around Taiwan, China, Australia and that region. So why is everyone in the Western Pacific/East Asia area pushing so hard that war … Continue reading →

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The Twenty Years War – lessons NOT learned

Posted on September 19, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Look at the map. Now, Texas is a lot flatter than Afghanistan, but historically, the inhabitants of Texas – whether Tonkawa or Numu (Comanche) or Spanish or Mexican or Texian/Texican or Anglo – are just as ornery and prone to … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan has fallen – Are we next?

Posted on August 16, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Kabul has fallen. Courtesy of TWO DECADES of American stupidity, after the premature deaths and maiming of tens of thousands Americans, Afghanis, and dozens of American allies. Every one, ultimately, totally wasted in the long term. But the situation is … Continue reading →

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Military threats to the Fifty States: A nuclear attack

Posted on July 9, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Back in the early 1970s, during one of the periodic flare-ups of tension in the Cold War, Reader’s Digest published a scare story. The major threat in the public eye at the time was Soviet ICBMs and … Continue reading →

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