Welcome to the third weekly installment of ShrinkWrapped's Top 10. Out of hundreds of posts, these caught my attention and deserve your perusal.
1) We will start our blogosphere travels at The Officers' Club where Charlie Munn translates some recent emanations from the mind of Howard Dean. The title of the post, A Little Less Talk, and a Lot More Action (needed), probably is a reflection of Charlie's limited understanding of the highly nuanced and sophisticated thinking of Dr. Dean. As is typical of the military mind, Charlie thinks the point of wielding power is to actually do something with it, preferably something that would be helpful to our country. Read the whole post and see if you agree.
2) Marc Schulman offers a cautionary tale which we would be wise to heed. He recounts The Birth of Appeasement:
Little notice will be given to an approaching anniversary that's rich with lessons for today. Seventy years ago—on March 7, 1936—3,000 German troops marched into the Rhineland, which had been established as a demilitarized zone by the Treaty of Versailles. 1 The German entry into the Rhineland also violated the Treaty of Locarno, a 1925 agreement that guaranteed the permanence of the frontiers of Germany and France and Germany and Belgium. 2
Germany's troops were under strict orders to retreat at the first sight of French soldiers. No such encounter took place. If there had been, World War II might have been averted. In Hitler's own words,
If the French had marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even a moderate resistance.3
He has a lot more and it deserves to be read and understood.
3) krishna_kirti posts infrequently, but has some interesting thoughts about the most significant, and least hyped, news of the last week. His post is Indus Valley Rising at the blog of the same name.
4) Spook86 has what must be the most intriguing post of the week, discussing Blackstar over at In From the Cold.
5) Snouck notes that, in Europe, The ideological watershed is shifting, but remains quite pessimistic about the future:
Europe will sink away in ethnic strife and so will The Netherlands with its huge minorities and weak national identity.
It cannot be helped.
Finland, Ireland and Germany will be relatively unharmed, while France, Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK will see civil war. In the end the Europeans will win. Europeans still monopolize fields that really matter like Engineering, The Economy, and the Security Forces. We should be especially wary of attempts to bring the army and police in the hands of Muslims under the guise of diversity.
6) Jim is @ Large and offers a fascinating glimpse at The Softer Side of General Sada:
I spent the past few days with General Georges Sada, author of Saddam's Secrets, which rose to number 17 on the NY Times bestseller list a couple of weeks ago. Sada is best known, of course, as the man who said "no" to Saddam, and helped to prevent the erstwhile Iraqi dictator from attacking Israel.
It is a remarkable post about a man who you should know more about. [HT: Kobayashi Maru]
7) If you have ever wondered What Kind of Neighbor is Senator Hillary Clinton? go to Solomon's House; he opens the curtains and lets some sun light shine in on the junior Senator form New York, even as she closes the curtains.
8) Strange as it may sound, some on the left still think that Castro is an enlightened, benevolent progressive. Dr. Sanity attempts to open their eyes, but as the good Doctor knows, changing people's preconceived notions is very hard work. Her post is A CONSPIRACY OF TYRANTS; be sure to follow her link as well.
9) Tom McMahon tells us What I Have Learned In 15 Years, with grace and dignity. Wish him well on his ongoing efforts to "muddle through."
10) Finally, from Life's a Garden...Dig It!, the last word on the Olympics is Hmm.
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