Mongoose: UNASUR to Investigate US Destabilization Campaigns Against Venezuela

04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 07 Venezuela, 10 Transnational Crime, Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, Peace Intelligence
Mongoose
Mongoose

UNASUR Committee to Examine US Destabilization Efforts

The head of the regional bloc  announced the special committee will meet Monday to examine U.S. intervention in Venezuela. 

The Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper announced that a special a committee will convene next Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay to discuss U.S. destabilization efforts in Venezuela.

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Berto Jongman: Zionist Mole in White House, Lewinsky Audio Tapes by Mossad Used to Blackmail Clinton –Tie in USS Liberty, Zionist Role in JFK, Saudis on 9/11

02 Diplomacy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Officers Call
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

Being read in Europe.

Bill Clinton Blackmailed By Israel Over Lurid Sex Tapes

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Berto Jongman: War Is New Normal — Stop It!

01 Poverty, 03 Economy, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, IO Deeds of War, Media, Military, Officers Call
Berto Jongman
Berto Jongman

War Is the New Normal: Seven Deadly Reasons Why America’s Wars Persist

How do we inoculate our children against such a permanent state of war and the war state itself?  I have one simple suggestion: just stop it.  All of it.

by William Astore, CommonDreams

LIST ONLY: 1.  The privatization of war; 2.  The embrace of the national security state by both major parties; 3.  “Support Our Troops” as a substitute for thought; 4.  Fighting a redacted war; 5.  Threat inflation; 6.  Defining the world as a global battlefield; 7.  The new “normal” in America is war. Read full article.

Chuck Spinney: The Arrogance of US Ignorance

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, Military
Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

The excellent BBC documentary Bitter Lake is on youtube in two parts and can be found at these links:

It is well worth watching … stylistically I found its format somewhat distracting to my tastes and would have liked it more organized chronologically.   But that is a nit pick.  CS

Guardian Review by Emma Graham-Harrison below the line.

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Mini-Me: Media Failure on Charlie Hebdo — USG & SA Created Islamic Fundamentalist Movement

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
Who?  Mini-Me?
Who? Mini-Me?

Huh?

The Spectacular Media Failure on Charlie Hebdo

Shamus Cooke

CounterPunch, 14 January 2015

The U.S.-backed Afghan jihad was the birth of the modern Islamic fundamentalist movement. The jihad attracted and helped organize fundamentalists across the region, as U.S. allies in the Gulf state dictatorships used the state religion to promote it.  Fighters who traveled to fight in Afghanistan returned to their home countries with weapon training and hero status that inspired others to join the movement.

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Chuck Spinney: Former PM of Australia – Four Reasons to Break Completely from USA

04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

The USA: Australia's Dangerous Ally

Australia should not embrace America, writes its former prime minister, but preserve itself from Washington’s reckless overreach. 

By Malcolm Fraser,December 17, 2014

IT IS time for Australia to end its strategic dependence on the United States.

Four reasons and more.

Pierre Cloutier: Inside ISIS – What CIA Does Not Know and the West Refuses to Understand + Legitimate Grievances

04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call
Pierre Cloutier
Pierre Cloutier

Et tu, Brute?

Inside Isis: The first Western journalist ever given access to the ‘Islamic State' has just returned – and this is what he discovered

EXTRACT

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