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Thoughts

Alinsky’s Great Flaw

BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN Sometimes, tragic though it may be, I wonder how the spirits of great thinkers are reacting to current events. How many times would Milton Friedman and Friedrich von Hayek have facepalmed at Rishi Sunak during the Covid crisis? How would Edmund Gibbon react to statue toppling? What would John Maynard Keynes make of Kwasinomics?  Would Antonio Gramsci be turning in his grave … Continue reading Alinsky’s Great Flaw

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War

View from Outside Afghanistan

As US and British troops withdraw from Afghanistan, it is well worth reading this analysis dating back to Sep 2009 – offered as advice to British officers in theatre. The author is a former British SAS officer with long experience of terrorist and insurgency operations. It is difficult to find even well-informed people who can explain why NATO is fighting in Afghanistan, and this leaves … Continue reading View from Outside Afghanistan

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