The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
James Fergusson 5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Leddy at Boston Globe Does Detailed Review, June 1, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews I wish I had the time and money to buy and read this book, but I don’t. However, in posting a forward by Chuck …
Robert Gates: Pitchman for a Declining Empire By Werther* Robert M. Gates is one of those people the Beltway Consensus refers to as a “serious adult”: not overtly partisan, measured in his pronouncements, possessed of actual knowledge about the job he has been charged to do. The adulation he has received is certainly understandable if …
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U.S. seems to be getting good at killing Taliban, but why? Friday, May 20, 2011 03:07 AM BY GEORGIE ANNE GEYER Columbus Dispatch While the United States keeps trying to forget about Afghanistan, a new secret program in Afghanistan is quietly boasting of bringing about an end to the decade-long war. The program is “kill/capture,” …
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This important essay by Robert Parry contextualizes Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s arrogant stuffing of President Obama, which took place after Obama gave a weak-kneed speech on the Middle East. If Parry is right, a really dirty game is in the offing. And look at the banality of language that provoked Netanhahu: Obama’s speech purported to …
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As someone who spent the better part of 2008 and 2009 in Turkey, I find the attached analysis a very useful summary of Turkish developments. To be sure, I am biased. Turkey is one of my very favorite countries, I love the people, the culture, and food, and I have been fascinated by its ongoing …
16 May 2011 BAHRAIN: How radical are Bahrain’s Shia? EGYPT: Could Egypt’s revolution become mirage in the desert? IRAN-BAHRAIN: Iranian ships carrying aid to Bahrain turned back in Persian Gulf IRAN-SYRIA: ‘Nakba’ clashes: Iran, Syria trying to turn Arab Spring fury into attacks on Israel? ISRAEL: The Arab Revolution is knocking at Israel’s door LEBANON-SYRIA: …
Phi Beta Iota: 10 more years of pain. – – – – – – – While the political elite obsesses over the rise in public debt, the US is on the cusp of an era of deleveraging — or more bluntly, a massive liquidation of private debt — the ramifications of which, in the best …
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