Former army officer, husband, and father of seven. Strategy, national security, foreign policy, history.
Mar 6, 2023 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Contortions.
Something about last week's HoC PROC debates on PRC electoral interference rang a bell with me.
It was resonating with something historical but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
I finally found it last night.
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.The Devil’s Alliance, by Roger Moorhouse, tells the story of how the Molotov Ribbentrop pact of 1939 affected the course of the WW2.
Not to worry, I’m not going to call anyone a Nazi or a Communist.
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Jun 10, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
So…Howard Blum’s new book The Spy Who Knew Too Much is a bit of a stunner, a non-fiction espionage thriller. amazon.ca/Spy-Who-Knew-T…
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.It’s the story of the late Tennent Bagley’s hunt for a never discovered mole in the CIA.
It treads much of the same ground as Bagley’s own Spy Wars (2007), but with some new and significant revelations.
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Aug 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Another thumb in the eye.
A US-made C-17 of the Qatari Air Force, flying in Iranian airspace, perhaps making its way toward Kandahar.
I'm guessing it's carrying Abdul Baradar, new leader of Taliban's Afghanistan.
.Interesting. The Qatari C-17 has turned around, just past Kandahar.
Perhaps waiting for the all clear on the ground. Perhaps was headed for Kabul and denied landing clearance.
Just left transponder coverage after this screenshot.
May 27, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
So...@scoopercooper’s Wilful Blindness is the most important Canadian book I’ve read.
It’s a plea for Canada to face up to a dire national security threat, decades in the making: the nexus of Triads and the CCP’s UFWD in Canada.
And it's infuriating. 1/ amazon.ca/Wilful-Blindne…
The response to this book is going to determine whether or not Canada really is a decent society and a stalwart ally, with deep values it lives.
Right now, it’s clear there are too many opportunists ready to compromise anything and to sacrifice our poor for cash or power.
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