The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: COMMENT: Regional instability and our options —Shaukat Qadir 10/09/09 AF: Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight 10/12/09 AF: French killed after Italy bribed Taliban: report 10/15/09 IQ: Iraq releases new death toll figure 10/14/09 IR: Iran investigating prominent opposition cleric 10/13/09 IR: In Iran, 2 get death sentences for postelection uprising …
Rethink Afghanistan Part Six Robert Baer, a former CIA field operative says, “The notion that we’re in Afghanistan to make our country safer is just complete bullshit… what it’s doing is causing us greater danger, no question about it. Because the more we fight in Afghanistan, the more the conflict is pushed across the border …
Continue reading “Journal: Afghanistan, Biden, Baer, & Brains”
Hot Topics AA: Hamas denies return of Abbas troops to Gaza under Egyptian-brokered deal 10/03/09 AA: Iraq releases Iranian dissidents 10/07/09 AA: Central Asia: Developing Armies Of The Underprivileged? 10/04/09 AA: Engaging the Arab World on the Iran Nuclear Crisis 10/05/09 EG: EGYPT: Cleric calls for ‘Friday of anger’ against Al Aqsa violations 10/06/09 EG: …
Chuck Spinney Sends: The attached article, “Generals Open New Front in Washington,” by Pat Buchanan describes how the time honored practice of Versailles Groupthink is now closing in to circumscribe President Obama’s strategic options in Afghanistan and Pakistan, much as it did to Lyndon Johnson during Vietnam. Note how the “strategic” options for Afghanistan are boiling down …
Hot Topics AA: China, India lock horns over Kashmir 10/02/09 AU: O’Connor faces crime cash showdown 10/01/09 CN: China maps an end to the Afghan war10/01/09 CN: SCENARIOS: Key forces shaping China’s long-term future 10/01/09 KP: NKorea looks to unconventional warfare: US general 09/29/09 LK: Defending the defenders of Sri Lanka 09/29/09 LK: UN Urges …
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10 Steps To Victory In Afghanistan Reform or Go Home (David Kilcullen) End Suicide Attacks (Robert Pape) If You Can’t Beat Them, Let Them Join (Linda Robinson) Pump Up the Police (Anthony Cordesman) Kick Out Corruption (Nader Nadery) Learn to Tax From the Taliban (Gretchen Peters) Polls Have the Power (Merrill McPeak) Take a Risk …
Hot Topics AA: Fighting for a common cause 09/28/09 AA: Israel to Free 20 For Video of Soldier 10/01/09 AF: Afghanistan’s people have advice for U.S. 10/01/09 IQ: U.S. Drone Strikes Office of Sunni Party in Iraq’s North 09/26/09 IR: US officials: Digging, clues revealed Iranian site 09/28/09 KG: Kyrgyz Activists Alarmed By Call For …
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