Review: Violent Politics — A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq

William R. Polk 5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Spinney Raves About This Book…., June 12, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Chuck Spinney, along with Pierre Sprey and Winslow Wheeler and a few others, one of the top twelve brains with integrity on US defense fraud, …

Review: Grand Strategies — Literature, Statecraft, and World Order

Charles Hill Beyond 5 Stars–Can Frustrate, But Righteously Broad, June 9, 2011 I am sympathetic to those who are critical of the author, as I myself was frustrated at many points and also I confess feeling very ignorant about many of the literary works that were mentioned. However, and despite a rotten index and the …

Review: To Save America Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine

Newt Gingrich and *many* other contributors. Hyperbole Squared, Disingenious, Mostly Theater, June 2, 2011 I happen to like Newt Gingrich, but no one has held him accountable on matters of truth for decades. When I was elected Virtual President at the Huffington Post (search for Robert David Steele), Newt was my choice for Vice President …

Islam is winning the ideological war — USG Helping

From Geostrategy Direct A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates that 10 years after the September 11 attacks, support for Islamic fundamentalism is growing within the Muslim world and that U.S. efforts to produce an ideological counterproposal to Islamic terrorism have fallen short. Statistics released May 17 reveal, for example, that 47 percent …

Bob Gates, Chief Maintenance Clerk, Talks Crap — and the Wall Street Journal Goes Along…

The Gates Farewell Warning America can be a superpower or a welfare state, but not both. Phi Beta Iota Sidenote: BOTH of the above “choices” are corruption incarnate.  The correct choice was articulated by Thomas Jefferson: “A Nation’s best defense is an educated citizenry.” EXTRACT: In a series of farewell speeches, Mr. Gates has warned …

Nuclear/Climate Change: CLOSED 17 May 2011

ROLLING UPDATE from Beginning of Crisis SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/PBI-Japan-Update 16 May 2011 ALL:  Study: Seaports unready for climate change CANADA:  Climate change threatens arctic coastlines CHINA:  China’s Nuclear Arsenal: Status and Evolution EUROPE-SPAIN:  Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate GERMANY-JAPAN-USA:  Nuclear Nations Turn To Natural Gas And Renewables INDIA:  Manmohan Singh takes stock of country’s …