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Peace and Strength

3rd April 2013 HughWinter Global

We have been reminded that Ronald Reagan advocated “peace through strength”, which included the twin policies of deterrence and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Deterrence relied on ‘mutually-assured destruction’: it sent the […]

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Leave a comment Al Qaeda, Defense, Deterrence, Islam, Muslims, Obama, Peace, Reagan, Russia, SDI

Drone strikes

7th February 2013 HughWinter Global, terrorism

As reported by HuffPost, drone strike limitations are being considered by Congress.  The article doesn’t mention one very good reason for limiting the use of drones: their propaganda impact.  As […]

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