The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Tip of the Hat to Antechinus
Part I: US gearing up for false flag attack blamed on Russia that enables a massive attack on Syria that can pivot against Russia. This is outright criminal insanity. “Something Big Is Underway On All Fronts“
Part II: An eye witness report on the massive build up of bombers, submarines, and warships at Diego Garcia, below the fold. More outright criminal insanity.
Each of the below references in cited in the new monograph series, Reinventing the US Army, for the US Army's Strategic Studies Institute (SSI); links go to the official US Army site. This list will grow over the next 30 days. Links to Human Domain graphics are included.
Continue reading “Special Forces Graphics & Think Pieces on Human Domain”
The Revolutionary Distemper in Syria That Wasn’t
Documents prepared by US Congress researchers in 2005 revealed that the US government was actively weighing regime change in Syria long before the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, challenging the view that US support for the Syrian rebels was based on allegiance to a “democratic uprising” and showing that it was simply an extension of a long-standing policy of seeking to topple the government in Damascus.
Huge U.S. Weapons Shipments To Saudi Arabia Prior to Yemen Funeral Attack
The United States shipped hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons to Saudi Arabia just weeks prior to the Saudi-led coalition’s funeral bombing in Sanaa, Yemen which killed 140 and wounded over 500.
Continue reading “Antechinus: Pay to Play in Syria and Yemen”
Below is the briefing that was given to General Eric Shinseki, USA, then Chief of Staff of the US Army, by the British Army. Bottom line: wheels are limited to roads and permissive environments; tracks are essential for all-weather operations and non-permissive environments.
PPT (19 Slides): FSCS/TRACER Wheels v. Tracks LTC Jakc Reiff DMP FSCS
Tomgram: William Hartung, The Doctrine of Armed Exceptionalism
The Urge to Splurge
Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?
By William D. Hartung
Through good times and bad, regardless of what’s actually happening in the world, one thing is certain: in the long run, the Pentagon budget won’t go down.
Transformation is not the same as modernization. Nor is transformation likely to be embraced by those who achieved their seniority via the old system.
Below is a briefing as presented to Command and General Staff Course (CGSC) Class, Logistics University, Fort Lee, VA on 7 April 2015.
Continue reading “Doug Macgregor: Admiral Fisher and the Transformation of the Royal Navy”
Robinson, Linda, Patrick B. Johnston and Gillian S. Oak. U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001–2014. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016.
This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014. The objective of this case history is to document and evaluate the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom — Philippines through (1) training and equipping Philippine security forces, (2) providing operational advice and assistance, and (3) conducting civil–military and information operations. The report evaluates the development, execution, and adaptation of the U.S. effort to enable the Philippine government to counter transnational terrorist groups.
Table of Contents Below the Fold
