The disaster now unfolding in Afghanistan is the consequence of a twenty-year long failed military intervention. The responsibility rests with the US, British and other NATO governments which plunged into a war that was always doomed to fail. The starting of the conflict, not the manner of the ending of it, was the problem. Twenty… Continue reading Aug 2021. Nigel on Afghanistan
Month: August 2021
Aug 2021. Patrick Christys gives his take on Afghan Interpreters
Dozens of former military commanders have called on the government to allow more Afghans who worked for British forces to resettle in the UK. Ministers have recently expanded the UK’s relocation scheme for Afghans. But in a letter to the PM, the group said they were “gravely concerned” about hundreds of interpreters who have had… Continue reading Aug 2021. Patrick Christys gives his take on Afghan Interpreters
Aug 2021. The Beirut Explosion One Year On
August 4th, 2021 might seem like any other regular summer day for anyone not Lebanese. For Lebanon, it marks one year of one of its darkest days in history: The Beirut Port Explosion. One year since one of the most devastating non-nuclear explosions in history quaked Lebanon, crumbled its capital, killed over 230 people, and… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Beirut Explosion One Year On
Aug 2021. Belarus Activist found Dead
The head of a group helping people who have fled Belarus has been found dead near his home in neighbouring Ukraine. Vitaly Shishov’s body was found hanged in a park in Kyiv, a day after he failed to return from a jog. Police have opened a murder inquiry. Police said they were investigating whether he… Continue reading Aug 2021. Belarus Activist found Dead
Aug 2021. The Invasion of Lashkar Gah
The Taliban slaughtered dozens of civilians during a 24-hour onslaught as an Afghan general warned families to “leave as soon as possible”. Civilians in the beseiged city of Lashkar Gah were urged to evacuate as General Sami Sadat’s troops manned barricades in Helmand Province. At least 40 civilians were butchered and more than 100 wounded… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Invasion of Lashkar Gah
Trump over Biden Part 40
If Joe Biden taking the lead in Michigan and Wisconsin was the moment the dynamic of the Presidential race changed, this may be the moment the dynamic changes again. A thorough and damning new analysis just published calls the legitimacy of this critical period into question and shows just how completely ridiculous and far-fetched the… Continue reading Trump over Biden Part 40
Aug 2021. A Taliban Attack in Kabul
A suicide-bomb and gun attack in Kabul’s Green Zone that targeted Afghanistan’s acting defence minister and killed eight people on Tuesday was claimed by the Taliban, as the hardline Islamist group continued to escalate violence across the country. The suicide bombing, which targeted the house used by Bismillah Mohammadi, was one of the most significant… Continue reading Aug 2021. A Taliban Attack in Kabul
Problems with Diversity Part 92
The Native American headdress is another victim of the cultural appropriation police. Singer Ellie Goulding was accused of racism after tweeting a picture of herself wearing one. ‘Don’t mock a dying race, you insensitive and ignorant excuse of a person,’ screeched one virtue-signalling critic. David Beckham’s son Brooklyn was the target of similar howls of… Continue reading Problems with Diversity Part 92
Aug 2021. Drug Related Deaths in England and Wales
The number of drug-related deaths recorded in England and Wales in 2020 was the highest since records began in 1993. In total, 4,561 deaths related to drug poisoning were registered – equivalent to a rate of 79.5 per million people. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said about half of these would have occurred in… Continue reading Aug 2021. Drug Related Deaths in England and Wales
Aug 2021. The Situation in Afghanistan
There were scenes of panic at Kabul airport on Monday as desperate residents tried to flee following the Taliban’s seizure of the Afghan capital. The US army said soldiers shot two armed men, while three people were reported to have died after falling from the underside of a plane they were clinging to shortly after… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Situation in Afghanistan