Review (Guest): The Accidental Admiral – A Sailor Takes Command at NATO

James Stavridis 5 Stars Essential Reading from the Finest Naval Officer of a Generation ByMichael N. Pocalykoon November 3, 2014 Admiral James Stavridis is the finest naval officer of a generation and almost parenthetically a magnificently gifted writer. This memoir, his second, is an incredibly incisive book packed with meaning, history, and introspection. Published just …

Owl: Nevada Land Fight About Fracking Over Cattle? Senator Harry Reid Making a Bundle Sponsoring Chinese Solar Power Plant on Public Land Tea Party Calls This Our Tiananmen Square Showdown — Snipers and Blackwater Deployed

The futurist lets it rip: Gerald Celente: Bundy Range War a Fascist Dream The real reason they are going after Bundy, making way for the frackers? Mike Adams lays out the case in detail for frackers behind federal persecution of Bundy: “This document from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology(1) shows significant exploratory drilling …

Berto Jongman: UK Army/PhD New Book – NATO Never Understood Afghanistan, Make the Conflict Worse

Nato troops in Afghanistan ‘often made conflict worse’ A Territorial Army captain has resigned to publish a book critical of British actions in Afghanistan. Mr Mike Martin said Nato troops in Helmand province “often made the conflict worse”. He quit his role in the TA after the Ministry of Defence (MoD) refused to give him …

Berto Jongman: Turkey Buys Chinese Missiles, Separates from NATO — De-Americanization Moves Forward

Turkish missile deal ‘almost done’: Chinese company Chinese firm China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corp. (CPMIEC) has made its first public statement on Turkey’s $3.4 billion long-range air and missile defense system, claiming that the finalization of the tender “is almost done.” Wu Yang, the coordinator of the project, spoke at DIMDEX 2014 International Maritime Defence …