The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
William R. Polk recently sent out the attached letter to his distribution list. It is a very comprehensive and I believe important review of Afghanistan. I urge you to take the time to read it. Appended to the end are a series of notes he used in the construction of his letter. Polk know …
The attached article was brought to my attention by a highly-educated, well-read medical doctor of Pashtun descent now living in the UK. It should be studied closely and ought to be mandatory reading in the White House, before the President gets stampeded by McChrystal debacle, the accession of General Petraeus, and his fellow travelers in …
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Obama Misses the Afghan Exit Ramp by Ray McGovern, Consortium News, June 25, 2010 Raymond McGovern (born 1939) is a retired CIA officer turned political activist (see biography). Is President Barack Obama so dense that he could not see why Gen. Stanley McChrystal might actually have wanted to be fired — and rescued from the …
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This is an excellent assessment, IMO. Chuck Middle East is Changing: What Ankara Knows By RAMZY BAROUD, Counterpunch “Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals.” The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a recent speech, following the deadly commando raid on the humanitarian …
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Overview of Syrian-US Relations Joshua Landis, Syria Comment, Thursday, June 17th, 2010 Joshua M. Landis is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is a member of the School of International and Area Studies. He writes “Syria Comment,” a daily newsletter …
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Rotting Oder of Pentagon Info Op Signals Effort to Shore Up its Great Game in the Hindu Kush On 13 June, James Risen of the New York Times conveniently (at least for the Pentagon and the war party) reported that the “United States has discovered $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan [also …
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Below and at the link is a comprehensive discussion of the emerging grand strategy that is shaping Turkey’s foreign initiatives. It deserves careful reading. Stealth Superpower: How Turkey is chasing China to become the next big thing by John Feffer John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, …
