Russian pickles

Filed under History on August 10th, 2008

Don’t you just hate the days when you feel like writing, but no good topic comes to mind? I thought about writing about my disinterest in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (love the full name), but that seemed boring even to me. All over the web you can read articles about the South Ossetia [...]

Iran’s nuclear desires aren’t the problem here

Filed under History on August 4th, 2008

As so often in the last couple of years, Iran hasn’t complied with a diplomatic deadline. On July 19, the United Nations Security Council and Germany (the German addition seems a bit random, but okay) gave Iran a two-week deadline to accept or reject a swap — they were willing to give Iran economic incentives [...]

“Bad Country! That’s a bad Country!”

Filed under History on June 3rd, 2008

Where do you think the Third World War will take place, and when? If you would ask me, we’re not on the verge of a third “global” war, but the decisions that will lead up to it are being made in the present time. Judging from the fact that we, noble Europeans, have finally settled [...]