Guerrilla is Spanish for "Little War"

Institutional memory loss
By Arnaud de Borchgrave
The Washington Times


Guerrilla is Spanish for "little war." If only 1 percent of the Iraqi population is fighting the U.S. occupation, that would still be 250,000 terrorists, not counting the influx of jihadis, or holy warriors, from bordering states. Nor does that include the 100,000 common and hardened criminals Saddam Hussein ordered released from jail before the U.S. invasion. CENTCOM commander Gen. John P. Abizaid says all this boils down to no more than 5,000 guerrillas arrayed against the U.S.

He probably does not recall that in Northern Ireland, no more than 300 Irish Republican Army guerrillas tied down 35,000 of Britain's best troops and 24,000 local Royal Ulster Constabulary and Ulster Defense Regiment -- for a quarter-century. The total population the British were protecting was no more than 1.5 million. Baghdad alone has more than 5 million.

From Wanniski.com

The Esoteric C.S. Lewis

"Was it possible, Ward wondered, that each of the seven Narnia books was written under the sign of a different planet?"

seraphimsigrist mentioned this the other day and I finally got around to looking into it. Those Narnians on my friends list who are uncomfortable with the use made of Lewis by the narrower sort of Christian fundamentalists might take heart from the thought that their hero himself was a man of wider and deeper vision.

I admit that I have not read the Narnia books in a long time -- perhaps in your lifetime, gentle reader -- so if your acquaintance with them is more fresh, or if your knowledge of astrology is more precise, do let me know your take on this.