Category Archives: War

A Weekend at Ron’s

Posted on February 11, 2016 by odeboyz

Jan and I used to spend quite a number of weekends with Ron, who we both loved dearly. Ron was in fact Jan’s uncle, her own father, Ted, had died some years before, and as sometimes happens in close families … Continue reading →

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What a surprise!

Posted on January 28, 2016 by odeboyz

My wife Jan, and I often take the time to just chat to one another especially when there is nothing of interest on the T.V. a few months ago we were talking about now long passed over relatives and some … Continue reading →

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A Flexible Psychopath: Adolf Eichmann and the Hungarian Jews, 1944

Posted on January 22, 2016 by odeboyz

The moral degradation of the Nazis extended from Munich in the 1920s to Budapest in 1944. Boorish posturing in Munich was transformed when the Nazis became the government (1933). Their rhetoric was codified into the Nuremberg Laws (1935) reaching a … Continue reading →

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British Military Interventions 2001-15

Posted on December 11, 2015 by odeboyz

Beginning in 2001, the UK has been in continuous war and the current (2015) military commitment in Iraq and Syria is open-ended. The principal characteristics of the four major conflicts has been that they aren’t against countries. The 9/11 attacks … Continue reading →

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Iraq 2003-15: a wordless poem

Posted on November 24, 2015 by odeboyz

       

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Retirement

Posted on November 20, 2015 by odeboyz

Recently, well at the September AGM I carried out my last duty as the PETRA Chair, and after giving the committee my last ever monthly Chairs report – my 147th in the 13 years I held the position as Chair, … Continue reading →

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Syria: David Cameron, World Statesman, speaks

Posted on October 9, 2015 by odeboyz

 Syria needs BRITISH bombs. (Chris)

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Capital Punishment: British Style

Posted on September 15, 2015 by odeboyz

              “And the executioner’s face is always well hidden.” (Bob Dylan A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall) (Chris)

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The Press Gang: Manning the Royal Navy

Posted on August 7, 2015 by odeboyz

Royal Navy warships in the pre 20th century era were vile for the ordinary sailor. This was well known and as a result the navy suffered major recruitment challenges. The governments of the period had no alternative* but to adopt … Continue reading →

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The Nobel Peace Prize as Satire

Posted on May 26, 2015 by odeboyz

1973: Henry Kissinger for realising he’d lost the war South East Asia, especially Viet Nam. 2009: Barack Obama for not starting a war in his first nine months in office. (Chris)

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