PM Needs to Take a Breath on UN
To call in the Israeli ambassador is a breathtakingly ill-advised move. To fund the UN, as it now presents itself, is equally so.
Defence
You Really Want to Tell Me She Was the Best Choice?
Anti-misogynist and journalist Ryan Bridge comes to the defence of the former commander of the Manawanui, Yvonne Gray.
The Day the World Changed
Inexplicably, in the weeks and months that followed, the world turned on Israel and the Jewish people.
This Is a Full Blown Scandal
The Samoa Observer reports Kiwis have not yet done a thing to help them clean up and save their ocean.
Is the NZ Navy Fit for Purpose?
The top brass of the navy seems obsessed with political correctness. That is not their function and it can only undermine the public’s confidence. Identity politics are toxic wherever they rear their ugly heads and it is time that the navy ceased.
The Greatest Human Failings
Overy concluded that if warfare has a very long human history, it also has a future. If that’s true, then if the wasted application of so much human resources into warfare technology continues then humanity may itself prove to have no future.
The US Election and NZ’s Foreign Policy
New Zealand might continue to align itself more closely with the United States. But it would come at a cost.
I Suppose That’s One Way to Find the Reef
The Navy parked their survey boat on top of a reef they were there to survey. I guess that’s one way of finding it.
Kicking The Dog Until It Bites
Iran is like a dog wandering around without knowing it has been marked for kicking. It has no clue that all the kicking is part of the plan. Power wants it to bite back.
At War’s Doorstep – Israel and Hezbollah
Israel has started a campaign of public announcements to the people of southern Lebanon to get out of their homes and leave areas where Hezbollah has stored ammunition, rockets, and missiles.
China’s Maritime Tactics Are Evolving
China’s maritime grey-zone tactics are evolving and soon arriving in the South Pacific. It is time to respond.
A Buzzing Pager May Be the Last Message a Terrorist Gets
Hezbollah is experiencing a communications problem.
How Will This Help Veteran Suicide?
Forcing soldiers to fight the worst people in the world with one arm tied behind their back and constantly looking over their shoulders…
Who Has Consented to War?
In the past, the kings and rulers who declared war rode into it at the head of their troops. There was no question of whether or not they believed in what they were doing when their own lives were first in the firing line.
IDF Declares Hamas Defeated in Rafah
The completion of operations in Rafah seems to mark the end of Phase two of the war, with the conquering of the command and control capabilities of the Hamas battalions that operated in Gaza a year ago.