Essay of the Week: 12/12/10-12/18/10

Why Arabs Lose Wars.

Nobody thinks of Arabs as being great soldiers. Still, some of the anecdotes in the above essay may shock even those who had low opinions of Arab capabilities. It raise the question of how much of Israel’s recent problems with Hezbollah stemmed from a real decline in Israeli military abilities (as some have alleged) and how much of it stems from the fact that Hezbollah does not fight like a traditional Arab army?

Stuff that did not make the cut

Rejected for Essay of the Week….

America’s Guantanamo Files

Chinese inflation and European defaults

Rejected for Rant of the Week…..

Ireland is Bankrupt

Poem of the Week had no competition. Nothing else would do for this week. The only real debate was over what version to use and if it should be to a site with better formatting or one with a basic explanation associated with it.