The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
While touted as strategy, I fail to see any, more like wishful thinking and hope…..and as we all know, Hope is Not a Strategy…. Remarks by Secretary Panetta at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LEON E. PANETTA: Thank you very much, Theresa, for that kind introduction. And thank you for the …
In this hard-hitting piece, Assange offers a taste of Wikileaks-released documents that will curl your hair. Two Years of Cablegate as Bradley Manning Testifies for the First Time Julian Assange Huffington Post, 29 November 2012 Thursday, November 29th, Bradley Manning testified for the first time since his arrest two and a half years ago in …
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Did Air Strikes Do It? No. Andrew Cockburn New York Review of Books, July 12, 2012 In response to: The Dilemma of Madeleine Albright from the June 7, 2012 issue To the Editors: Paul Wilson, in his review of Madeleine Albright’s Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937–1948 [NYR, June 7], sensibly …
Pentagon’s Budget Plan Said To Draw 40% Of Cuts From Weapons By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News Bloomberg.com, February 11, 2012 The U.S. Defense Department’s fiscal 2013 spending plan draws more than 40 percent of proposed reductions from weapons accounts that contribute less than a fifth of the budget, based on Pentagon projections. The military budget …
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More lies…big ones. Defense contractors launch campaign to end military spending cuts Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2011 Seeking to whip up public support for what’s expected to be a hard-fought budget battle in Congress, a group of defense contractors launched a lobbying campaign urging an end to cuts in military spending. The campaign, named …
An excellent read from credible sources in the vein of Phi Beta Iota articulated reforms. Oh, and by the way, surprisingly this was written (in part, this is a two-author article) by a fellow naval intelligence professional (and more surprising is the fact it comes from a senior navy intelligence officer …. not something I …
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Right-Sizing the US Military–Doug Macgregor sparked some discussion out this way. Combined with New Army Chief of Staff: Out of Touch? NEW: Blistering Bullshit Flag Waved from Afghanistan and so many other related posts at Phi Beta Iota, here are some “inconsistencies” that are obvious to all of us on this side of the world. …
