Because of Greece's decline of a token British force, the British forces in North Africa were allowed to advance to Benghazi. The commanders in Britain also decided that British forces should take the island of Rhodes and other islands in the Dodecanese belonging to Italy. General Metaxis and General Papagos were unsure what lines to defend, partly due to uncertainty over what Yugoslavia would do. If they cooperated with Germany, Greek forces would defend a line along the Aliakmon and Venetikos Rivers. This was a short front that would face the Italians in Albania. While this was being decided, General Wavell was told to prepare four divisions for service in the Balkans, in event of a German invasion. By the end of January 1941, the Italians attacked that quickly failed. This is based on the account in Vol.II of the Australian Official History.

Obama apparently wants to put the Muslim Brotherhood in charge of Egypt

From the latest news. Obama is intent on removing Hosni Mubarak as president of Egypt. From reports, Obama has been in communication with the Muslim Brotherhood for some time. Obama seems to want to put them in charge, despite them being anti-American and virulently anti-Israel. I have a lot of sympathy for the people who liked the stability of the Mubarak government and who profited from peace with Israel. Our administration is apparently pursuing a policy which will end up destabilizing the region and bringing about increased violence and possibly warfare.

Clayton Cramer is blogging again

Clayton Cramer is someone that I used to link to in the past. He was recently the target of the Copyright Trolls, who are out for no good, and he was forced to shut down for a while. He is now back up and blogging at Clayton Cramer's Blog. Clayton Cramer comes across as a social conservative, but he is also a strong supporter of gun rights and writes about the mentally ill who commit crimes and who are failed by the system. He is a programmer, like many of us, and is interested in history.