Category Archives: Strategy

A Strategy Observation about the Ukraine War

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Holmes Oliver

Log In ‹ Liberty Bristles — WordPress The contest was over from the start. Below are ten strategic points why, most of them obvious from the git-go. (For efficiency purposes, I’m defining “git-go” as mid-February 2022, two years ago, but … Continue reading →

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Worrisome news

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Holmes Oliver

If you have not become aware of Seymour Hersh’s expose in which he accuses the United States government of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, you’ll want to check that out. If true, not good, and we need to find … Continue reading →

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Why I am the greatest living Strategic theorist, reason #4,682:

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Holmes Oliver

I just rediscovered a note I had made to myself to comment on a series of articles written by Armin Rosen, mostly for the online magazine Tablet. Just go there and they are easy to find. One of the latest … Continue reading →

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Regarding the Colombians’ rejection of the FARC – Santos accords

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Carlos Arenas

About the Colombian voters rejecting peace.  I notice the New York times published at least one article decrying the failure of democracy over this, and it seems that almost all of the news commentary is dismayed at the result.  And … Continue reading →

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smuggling terrain

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Holmes Oliver

Transportation Geography, an Observation about Smuggling This is a brief research note on geographic theory and practice related to law enforcement and irregular warfare. It uses a piece of cartographic evidence from the Colombian war as an example of how … Continue reading →

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