The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
I’ve never met COL Yingling, but he is somewhat famous (infamous?) within the Army. He has survived his earlier article, provided second below, and even gotten promoted, apparently recently. So now he’s sitting in a somewhat idyllic spot, specifically Garmisch, a couple of years short of qualifying to retire as a colonel. He’s again frustrated …
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Ralph Peters 5.0 out of 5 stars Six Star Epilogue, the Capstone Work, September 26, 2011 I have been a fan of Ralph Peters for over fifteen years now, going back to the early 1990’s when the US Marine Corps was trying to get the Secretary of Defense (then Dick Cheney) to focus on most …
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All prior RECAPs plus Series CLOSED below the line. Updated 2 August 2013.
UPDATED to add photo. Guards at the front door, no guards across the totally exposed back end. Sheraton San Salvador was attacked from the ravine. Deja vu. Landmark Afghan hotel attacked Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2011 Gunmen and suicide bombers strike the tightly secured Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which has large foreign clientele. It …
Tip of the iceberg, no doubt…. Authorities take gunfire on border with MexicoAn Phi Beta Iota: The President’s declaration that the border is “safe” has inspired a sense of disbelief and even scorn among those who know that it simply is not so. This level of “cognitive dissonance” now characterizes informed public reactions to most …
Protesters could have learned something at lecture By Jennifer McErlean Published 12:01 a.m., Saturday, May 7, 2011 Deborah Austin-Ford (letter, April 9) asks what Martin Luther King‘s family would think of the choice of Van Jones as the annual King lecturer at Siena College. While the family’s opinion would be of interest, we could turn to …
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Glenn Beck, Muslims Agree On Bin Laden’s Burial Osama bin Laden’s death may have been only the third time the New York Times actually stopped their presses, but maybe they should go for four, because Glenn Beck and many Muslims both agree that the terrorist shouldn’t have been given a burial at sea. Read whole …
