The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
After Action Report–General Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret) Visit to Kuwait and Afghanistan 10-18 Nov 09 11 pages Extracted points 01 Phenomenally useful report with too much cheerleading. This is a 10-year regional war, State Department and AID are pulling out for next several years (too dangerous), costing us roughly half per day what we paid …
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What Congress Should Ask McChrystal Phi Beta Iota: WIRED Magazine has put together a number of questions that ably illustrate the confusion in the public mind over why we are in Afghanistan and what that has to do with Pakistan. Based on the history of the Cold War, which appears to have been a Fity …
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Hot Topics AA: Iranian Crackdown Goes Global 12/03/09 AA: Report: 2600 bodies found in Kashmir graves 12/02/09 AF: Afghan Expert Says Obama Plan For Security Transfer May Work 12/02/09 AF: Body of second missing soldier found in Afghanistan 11/30/09 IQ: Iraq’s civilian death toll in November is lowest since war began 12/01/09 IR: Iran’s fist …
Phi Beta Iota: Reprinted in full to allow emphasis and easier reading. Original source at logo, “as is.” Recommended by our physical gold colleagues. ______________________________________ Several financial events this week indicate something big is about to happen, something that may make the 2008 credit crisis seem rather benign. First, the IMF announced that it is …
Marcus Aurelius Recommends: Karzai Aides, Tribal Leaders Say Surge Is Wrong Strategy KABUL — Some powerful Afghan politicians and tribal leaders have expressed doubts that more U.S. troops can turn the tide of the war, as President Barack Obama prepares to unveil a new Afghanistan strategy Tuesday. Army Researchers Warn Against Tribal War in Afghanistan …
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Hot Topics AA: German minister resigns over airstrike in Afghanistan 11/27/09 AA: Organized crime in the Caucasus 11/28/09 AA: Tajikistan urges compromise on power grid with Uzbekistan 11/25/09 AA: International patience with Iran is “running out” 11/27/09 AE: Assessing fallout of Dubai’s credit disaster 11/27/09 AF: NATO Forces Find Crash Site of Helicopter in Afghanistan …
