From antiwar… “As with yesterday’s story, the initial US report claimed that 30 militants were killed, including an al-Qaeda commander. Though the Afghan Defense Ministry reported several homes were destroyed and that civilians were among the dead, US officials denied that there were any civilians killed. Shortly later, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry released a statement regarding the incident. [...]

According to Le Monde, the ten French troops killed recently in Afghanistan may not have been killed by insurgents during a recent ambush near Kabul but by NATO air strikes called in to aid them - which reportedly took four hours to arrive. French troops that survived the incident have claimed they were hit by [...]

It is a spectacular day here in the GGTA (Great Greater Toronto Area). I am eagerly anticipating the Jays’ 38-5 run in the next two months. Today they have a game against the Bostons, who I believe will not make the playoffs. (You heard it here first, my baseball opinion is respected by many.) We [...]

Storms continue to rage here in the beautiful city of Toronto. It feels like something big is coming. Radovan Karadzic is captured and charged with the siege of Sarajevo, and the Massacre at Srebrencia. His devastation and crimes still echo in the memories and hearts of the Bosnian Muslims and Croats in the former Yugoslavia. He used UN [...]

Sorry for the delay - but when it’s this spectacular outside in the fantastic city of Toronto, one can’t help but be distracted. The scenery in this city is great, and I mean all the scenery! Now, nobody asked me, but when did math become so handy to our Afghan tub thumpers at the recent NATO summit? I’ll [...]

With regards to Pat’s entry below this, I must admit that I will be happy to see Hillier go. Of course, Pat has far more direct experience regarding matters to do with the Canadian Armed forces, being that he is a retired Captain, served two tours in Afghanistan, and also served in the Balkans. That [...]

The weather has been less than co-operative here in the beautiful city of Toronto. Perhaps it adds pathetic fallacy to some of the events in the news. I bet you didn’t think that the Aki Berg of authors around here knew what that literary term meant. Truthfully, I’m not sure I do either, but Roy’s [...]

NATO. It’s an outdated organization that has become nothing more than a vehicle with which to exploit lucrative new arms markets, apply political pressure to new member states to support the foreign policy initiatives of its foremost members, and diminish Russian influence in Eastern Europe while claiming that that isn’t an objective. The Eastern European [...]

It’s a beautiful day here in the great city of Toronto. Elsewhere in the world things are not so rosy. Baseball games get rained out. The Rumble In The Jungle was postponed by a cut. Hell, even the greatest St. Feast Day can get bounced on a formality. Matthew Good got stuck with a pocket full [...]

The return of the Saturday morning hangover post - or as might be the case, a bad case of food poisoning post. America truly is cursed isn’t it? First Bush, then the recession, and now this. No Matthew Good. If I were in Texas missing the show I’d be so sad I’d throw away [...]