btw - theres a war going on in iraq. i hardly even mention it. its getting worse. it looks like theyll be successful in their quest to kickstart a civil war. i can imagine grunts being increasingly restricted to their camps circling baghdad, with the rest of the country, including baghdad, being increasingly inaccessible.

meanwhile, the kurds are revolting, syria is toast, iran cant be far away from being invaded, saudi seems unstable and the ams are getting everyone outta bahrain, which happens to be the home of the navy in the region or some such.

china is running exercises about how to take over taiwan (using another nearby island). the ams have put 7 of their ships in the region just in case.

the osama/pakistan-afghanistan border thing is bound to heat up again in the near term. its still a mystery to me that kasmir isnt in play.