The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The below linked article in the 2 October 2010 edition of the New York Times [Attachment 1] is a good example of the pro-Israeli bias in the US mainstream media when it comes to portraying Israel’s relations with the Palestinians. Note the paragraph I marked in bold which says unequivocally that “Israel halted most settlement …
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Special NightWatch Comment: Mirror imaging is a serious analytical flaw. If things are not done their way, analysts are prone to consider them inferior or wrong. It manifests a dangerous, potentially lethal cultural bias. This week US officers were quoted in international press, yet again, as accusing the Taliban of cowardice because they use improvised …
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Wanna know how incestuous amplification works in the politico’s OODA loop … or put another way, why the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac has become so disconnected from reality? … See if you have the stomach to read this disgusting drivel. Truth in advertising: I did not have the stomach to …
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Netanyahu’s Freeze Scam by Henry Siegman 30 Sep 2010 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks at the formal White House launching of the resumed Middle East peace talks on September 2 were the clearest indication yet of his lack of seriousness. But neither the host, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, nor any of the distinguished guests …
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Sacrificing Substance for Process Peace Process to Nowhere By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch The Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot reports that President Obama begged Prime Minister Netanyahu to extend his settlement freeze in order to save the so-called peace talks. As a quid pro quo, Obama is reported to have promised Netanyahu that (1) Israel could …
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The below article in Defense News explains how, in Loren Thompson’s words, the Pentagon is trying to embark on a “very important breakthrough” in its effort to determine how much weapons “should” cost. Thompson also expressed concern that the Pentagon does not have the right technical skills to make “should cost” happen. Thompson’s suggestion that …
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The essay by Andrew Bacevich (Colonel USA ret.) portrays one of the very worst aspects of the imperial court of Versailles on the Potomac — collective amnesia that opens the door to the grotesque… Chuck Spinney The Washington Gossip Machine Posted By Tom Engelhardt On September 26, 2010 Prisoners of War Bob Woodward and all …
