The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This blaster is intended to bring two very important reports and a short third report to your attention. The three should be thought about together. 1 is an essay by Robert Parry Consortium News. It is an excellent summary of the last 10 years of perpetual war and the debacle wrought by the Neoconmen. It also …
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UPDATED with Comment from O-5 (at end). This email is from an active duty colonel who travels all over Afghanistan. He actually goes on foot patrols with troops to see things for himself. Here is his latest report. His message is bad Ju Ju, I am afraid. Chuck Spinney La Ciotat, France To All, The …
The Lost Villages Saying goodbye to a once-friendly land, now taken without a fight by the Taliban. ANNA BADKHEN, Foreign Policy, 03/06/11 BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The villages fell without a battle. Read full article…. See Also: Open Source Insights Into the Taliban New Army Chief of Staff: Out of Touch? NEW: Blistering Bullshit Flag …
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My only complaint about the analytical and moral content of this speech is that Sanders is not tough enough on the Pentagon (really the MICC). Chuck Spinney La Ciotat, France ——————– Published on Thursday, June 2, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Sen. Sanders Calls Out GOP and Dems on Corporate Tax Rates, Breaks for Wealthiest Statement and …
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For months I have been reading in the press about Robert Gates “cancelling more than 30 [defense hardware] programs.” A May 24 Bloomberg article by Viole Gienger (“Gates Says Military Cuts May Protect F-35, Submarines”) came up quick on a Google search. Other articles credit Gates with “saving more than $300 billion” with these – …
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Nobel Laureate: Globalism Has Been Ruinous for Americans How Offshoring Has Destroyed the Economy By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, Counterpunch, 31 May 2011 These are discouraging times, but once in a blue moon a bit of hope appears. I am pleased to report on the bit of hope delivered in March of 2011 by Michael Spence, …
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Insights into the Taliban….not available from US intelligence…. BOOK REVIEW TALIBAN: The Unknown Enemy By James Fergusson Da Capo, 432 pp., $27.50 By Chuck Leddy – Boston Globe Correspondent / June 1, 2011 Journalist James Fergusson has spent more than a decade covering the Taliban, from its beginnings in the 1990s as a militant Islamist …
