<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>US Military Bases Around The World : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/war/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>US Military Bases Around The World : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/war/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><description><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[America's Interests and the U.N.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are they one and the same? What happens when they differ?<br/>Another in the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Hillsdale College</a> series of articles. This one from a speech by John Bolton, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (and admitably, biased). Permanent <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.hillsdale.edu/images/userImages/mschonert/Page_4221/ImprimisApril08.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pdf link</a>.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62701/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/62701/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[That 192 countries quiz was WAY too difficult for us geographically-challenged Plimers(Plimates?)... If your ego needs a boost try one a little closer to home - unless you live in one of those other 191 countries.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ 7 Unusual Military Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cat Bombs, War Pigs, Military Insects<br/><br/>The most creative way to use a cat as a weapon happened in World War II. The United States&#8217; OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the precursor of the CIA) needed a way to guide bombs to sink German ships.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37453/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37453/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cricket&#8212;now played by millions of people in 92 countries ranging from the Caribbean to Europe to Africa to South Asia&#8212;was once the national game of, yes, these United States. And one of the first outdoor sports to be played on these shores. An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world, predating the revival of the Olympic Games by more than 50 years.<br/><br/>Very interesting and informative article.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Record company lets military personnel express themselves through music]]></title><description><![CDATA[In times of war, many voices are heard. The promises of politicians, the criticism of pundits and the objections of protesters, but one local record label is making sure the voices of those closest to the battlegrounds also are heard.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.tothefallenrecords.com/about" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">To The Fallen Records website</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13623/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13623/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hilariously silly signs from around the world which state the obvious and are just plain daft...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bungling sign writing around the world have been exposed by a new book which quite literally discovered a new &quot;sign language&quot;. From the down right obvious to the ridiculous and from South Korea to Canada, Signspotting 2 from the Lonely Planet series captures it all.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40237/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40237/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Berlin in 1936 or Beijing in 2008?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fascist regime plans to host the Olympic Games. Critics call for a boycott, but the Games come off as planned. And on the field of world opinion, the host scores an enormous victory.<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-rutten9apr09,0,6543352.column" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In 1936</a>, serious movements urging an outright boycott of the Berlin Games were mounted in the United States, Britain, France, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands. Adolf Hitler had come to power two years after the International Olympic Committee had awarded <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/olympics.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Berlin the Games</a> as a symbol of Germany's emergence from its post-World War I isolation. <br/><br/>Now that the Winter Olympics are over, all eyes will soon turn to the Summer Olympics. And that's just what the Chinese want. Like the Germans of the '30s, they will use the Olympics to showcase their economy -- and hide their repressive behavior.<br/><br/>But the rest of us don't have to help. Lest we repeat the errors of 1936, the United States should lead a boycott of the 2008 Olympics. Anything less will give the Chinese the same kind of propaganda boost that the Nazis enjoyed.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57581/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57581/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Heatwave in the Western United States ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The oppressive heat that crept over parts of the western United States during the first few days of July 2007 took hold of the entire West during the week of July 4 through July 11. Deep red tones blanket every western state in this land surface temperature image.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28317/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28317/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. refuses Israel weapons to attack Iran: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Did the United States turn down Israeli requests for military hardware to help it prepare for a possible attack on Iranian nuclear facilities?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72217/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/72217/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Files Left Unprotected Online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Detailed schematics of a military detainee holding facility in southern Iraq. Geographical surveys and aerial photographs of two military airfields outside Baghdad. Plans for a new fuel farm at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The military calls it &quot;need-to-know&quot; information that would pose a direct threat to U.S. troops if it were to fall into the hands of terrorists. It's material so sensitive that officials refused to release the documents when asked.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27099/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27099/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The World according to the United States]]></title><description><![CDATA[How America sees the rest of the world...]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/16801/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/16801/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Z Machine creates ice in nanoseconds]]></title><description><![CDATA[National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratory of United States, owns the Z Machine f Sandia's, which is capable to produce a temperature higher than Sun's. Recently has successfully obtained ice from water in just a few nanoseconds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13370/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/13370/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Warriors - in Their own words]]></title><description><![CDATA[United States military service soldiers speak about their experiences and what it means to be a warrior in this day in age.<br/>Trailer for the upcoming dvd.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59422/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/59422/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[US Invades Canada Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[well on this date 196 years ago. After years of fighting the French, UK started to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.warof1812.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blockade</a> the US to prevent trading, impressing Americans into fighting for the British as well as helping the native Americans in their fight against the US. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.1812.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Because</a> of this, America declared <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.history.army.mil/books/amh/amh-06.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">war</a> on the UK and invaded <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://warof1812.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>. The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/1812/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">war</a> was incredibly costly to both sides and is also the inspiration for The Star Spangled Banner.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/68570/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/68570/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Won The War of 1812?]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;In 1814 we took a little trip  <br/>Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip,  <br/>We took a little bacon and we took a little beans  <br/>And we fought the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.&quot;<br/><br/>The War of 1812 in which &quot;The Battle of New Orleans&quot; was fought was a war between the British and the United States, with Canada and the Native-Americans thrown in as well.<br/><br/>The question is who won that war? Lets put it this way, what Americans learn in school is different than what Canadians learn.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3139/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/3139/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Mexico Burn!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yet another unbelievable example of massive Mexican cajones! The Mexican government has filed a formal grievance with the United States because New Mexico fire fighters briefly crossed the border to extinguish a fire that started in the U.S. and spread South.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/13044/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/13044/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;comfort capsules&quot; to be installed on military planes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style. Production of the first capsule -- consisting of two sealed rooms that can fit into the fuselage of a large military aircraft -- has already begun.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69303/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/69303/1/</guid><category>war</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>