Defence

Defence

The Corbynites would have let Jihadi John live

The total scumbag “Jihadi John”, the British misfit Mohammed Emwazi turned ISIS jihadist who became infamous for his role in a series of murderous videos, may have been killed in a strike by American forces. The US is 99% it got him. Here’s hoping they didn’t miss. The only downside, tweeted someone on hearing the […]

Defence

Jeremy Corbyn is right. Generals should stay out of politics

Even the biggest critics of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn can surely see that no matter what he did at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday it would never have been enough to satisfy his opponents. If he had dressed up as Winston Churchill, and announced that next week he is joining the Royal Marines, he […]

Defence

Gamble on Syria is not guaranteed to pay off for Putin

The only surprising aspect of Russia’s military intervention in Syria is that anyone in the West should be in the least bit surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin has embarked on this dramatic initiative. Ever since the turn of the last century and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Russians have case covetous eyes […]

Defence

Russia recovers superpower status as Putin outwits the West

Sell Obama, buy Putin. That is the market shorthand for the geopolitical situation that has developed in the Middle East. Vladimir Putin has spectacularly wrong-footed the West in Syria. At no time did Britain, America or any other intruder into that hornets’ nest have any coherent policy, beyond the inane mantra: “Assad must go.” This […]

Defence

Someone in Labour nuke Jeremy Corbyn, please

The year is 2020. Inside Number 10 Downing Street, the chief of the UK’s defence staff (Russell Brand) has arrived to give Jeremy Corbyn, the new Prime Minister, some really “heavy” news. The Islamic State has acquired a nuclear weapon or three. There is confusion about potential delivery systems and how exactly the terrorist state […]

Defence

The naiveté of Obama’s UN speech

Barack Obama has delivered seven major addresses to the UN General Assembly during his tenure at the White House – he will give his final address next year before departing office in January 2017. Much like his campaign appearances, Obama’s UN speeches contain a great deal of fanciful, soaring rhetoric, but little of actual substance. […]

Defence

George Osborne’s Trident stunt is a gift to the SNP

I like a good joke designed to wind-up the Scottish Nationalists as much as any Unionist. The more excitable supporters of Scottish independence tend to be even more thin-skinned than fans of the hard left’s Jeremy Corbyn. Whenever they are challenged, both groups start shouting, like the supporters of a cult who cannot hear anything […]

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