The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
It’s a good think Ike is dead… else he would realize his nightmare survived. Chuck Newsday January 13, 2011 Pg. 34 The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Eisenhower warned against the influence of arms production, but did we listen? By Bob Keeler EXTRACT: Now, the deficit has caused some unexpected voices to say, ever so softly, that everything …
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Worth a look….coincides with what Chuck Spinney has been saying. Defense Budget Debate: SAME OLD GAME: JUST NEW PLAYERS January 13, 2011 Harry C. Blaney III Rethinking National Security (Center for International Policy) Among the first security issues of the year is the release of information about China’s military capabilities and the recent release of the …
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January 12, 2011 Why Mine Warfare is Good for Protracted War Surging Tit for Tat in Afghanistan By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch President Obama’s ballyhooed surge of US forces in Afghanistan added 17,000 troops in early 2009 plus an additional 30,000 by 2010, in effect doubling the number of troops in Afghanistan (not to mention …
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CIA “OPEN SOURCE WORKS” ON PAKISTANI LEADERSHIP “A review of the Pakistani media during October 2010 indicates that there is less talk of imminent political change.” That is the rather pedestrian conclusion of a brief report (pdf) that was prepared last November by “Open Source Works,” a previously unknown initiative of the CIA Directorate of …
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The author is a former chief economist of the IMF and is now a professor at MIT. Chuck The Bill Daley Problem By Simon Johnson, co-author of 13 Bankers (out in paperback on Monday) Baseline Scenario, 9 January 2011 Highlighted extracts: The Bill Daley Problem is completely bipartisan – it shows us the White House fails …
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William Hartung Final Review: Boring, Limited, Not for General Audience January 3, 2011 After reading this book, which I found to be extremely boring, I have to give Pierre Sprey very high marks for his substantive contributions to the C-SPAN Book interview of the author. My summary of that interview is therefore an important part …
Pakistan will implode if the US does not leave Afghanistan The continuing US presence in Afghanistan fuels extremism in neighbouring Pakistan Imran Khan The Observer, Sunday 9 January 2011 The assassination of Salmaan Taseer has shown only too clearly the growing extremism in Pakistan, the radicalisation of its society and the polarisation that is taking …
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