This is low speed, low wind speed, and the maneuverability is very increased, and here I'm going to do a small jibe, and look at the position of the sail.

Generals, it is said, always prepare to fight the last war an old jibe, but one that contains an element of truth. Indeed, flexibility does not come naturally to armed forces, with the result that the two decades since the end of the Cold War have seen only slow adaptation to the military s evolving roles.

The story in every country is different, reflecting its own news, which does not always jibe with news in other countries. For example, the current story in Colombia appears to be that the country s government, now under the well regarded management of President Juan Manuel Santos, has brought down inflation and interest rates to developed country levels, while all but eliminating the threat posed by the FARC rebels, thereby injecting new vitality into the Colombian economy.