Archive for the '#FAIL'

• The Hobbit: Narrative Validation or Vandalism?

December 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, art, classics, fisking, ideas, j.r.r. tolkien, literature, movies, Musings, myth | 7 comments

• The Antilibrary of the Living Dead

November 30th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, Antilibrary Blog, authors, book, fun, historians, historiography, history, ideas, intellectuals, Musings | 8 comments

• Obama’s Foreign Policy Gamble on the Moderate Islamists

September 12th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2012, 21st century, 3 gen gangs, 9/11, al qaida, Arab Spring, arab world, diplomacy, diplomatic history, dystopia, egypt, extremists, foreign policy, geopolitics, government, history, international law, Islam, islamic world, islamist, leadership, national security, obama, Perception, Religion, revolution, state department, state terrorism, sunni, symbolism, terrorism, threat | 13 comments

• Kelly Vlahos Spoons John Nagl Over COIN

September 3rd, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 21st century, Afghanistan, analytic, blogosphere, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterpoint, defense, fisking, government, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, military, military reform, national security, politics, Strategy and War | 26 comments

• It Seems the Oligarchs Distrust their own Creepy-state

July 10th, 2012 by zen

Posted in #FAIL, 21st century, 5GW, America, analytic, conspiracy, Creepy-state, criminals, Cyberwar, democracy, dystopia, government, IC, intelligence, legitimacy, national security, Oligarchy, politics, Republic, security, society, state failure | 2 comments