Berto Jongman: Oil and Military Intervention – Once Again, “Conspiracy Theorists” Are Right On Target

Commerce, Corruption, Government, Peace Intelligence
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Oil and Military Intervention: Are the Conspiracy Theorists Right?

The probability that an “oil-thirsty” country will intervene in a civil war in an oil-producing country is over 100 per cent greater than the probability that an oil-exporting country will intervene in a civil war in a country that lacks oil resources.

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Marcus Aurelius: America’s Military Power in Decline with a Blood-Letting Commentary from Robert Steele

Corruption, Government, Military, Peace Intelligence
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

America’s Military Power in a Steep Decline

EXTRACT

If you want to know what is wrong about the entire approach to our nation’s military needs, consider that since 2009 when Obama took office, the Pentagon’s civilian workforce has grown about 7% to almost 750,000, while active-duty military personnel have been cut by approximately 8%. At the same time, dozens of military-equipment and weapons programs have been canceled, including a new Navy cruiser, a new search-and-rescue helicopter, the F-22 first-generation fighter, the C-17 transport aircraft, missile defense and the Marine Corps’ Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. We are not prepared to fight a war and now you know why.

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Marcus Aurelius: Obama Amnesty Plan: Legalize Foreigners, ‘Take Over the Host,’ ‘Push Citizens into the Shadows’

Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius

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Obama Amnesty Plan: Legalize Foreigners, ‘Take Over the Host,' ‘Push Citizens into the Shadows'

It was supposed to be a phone call for Obama administration ears only. But hear it the radio host did, she says. And what she heard should make your blood run cold — and perhaps your rage hot. Obama’s amnesty plan is to use illegal aliens as “seedlings,” said the federal officials. They will “navigate, not assimilate,” as they “take over the host,” create a “country within a country” and start “pushing the citizens into the shadows.” Welcome to the “fundamental transformation” of America.

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Gareth Porter: How Israel Games the Iran Threat

Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War
Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter

The long history of Israel gaming the ‘Iranian threat'

Years before his recent grandstanding in Congress, Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders conjured a threat where one previously didn’t exist

Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism. He is the author of the newly published Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare

Robert Steele: On Petraeus, a Mossad Honey Trap, and More — This Is a Bye for Israel — Update 6

08 Wild Cards, 09 Justice, Corruption, Director of National Intelligence et al (IC), DoD, Government, Officers Call, Secrecy & Politics of Secrecy
Robert Steele
Robert Steele

Sigh. I was not going to comment on David Patraeus gross dereliction of duty but several colleagues are totally pissed off and they are correct to be angry. Here are a mix of supposition and fact along with my conclusions on this sorry disgrace to the Republic. HOWEVER, I conclude this is not about Patraeus — many others should be indicted along with him and many others have committed high crimes and misdemeanors that exhonerate him in relative terms.

UPDATED to integrate specific observations from IDENS A-C.

UPDATED to add key paragraphs from Marcy Wheeler at SALON and Ray McGovern.

Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Patraeus-Mossad

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Wesley Clark: ISIS Funded by Our Closest Allies

Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace Intelligence
Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark

Gen. Wesley Clark: “ISIS Got Started With Funding From Our Closest Allies”

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Far from a spontaneously-arising root-of-all-evil organization, at least according to General Wesley Clark, ISIS was created and funded by our “closest allies.” As the General said: “ISIS got started through funding from our friends and allies… to fight to the death against Hezbollah.” Which friends and allies, he did not say. But he did suggest that it has become a “Frankenstein monster.” Read more.

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