The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Chris Hedges When Cultures of Violence get mixed with the Myths of War, November 19, 2013 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” This review is from: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning (Paperback) War is a Force that Gives us Meaning When cultures of violence get mixed up with myths of war Chris Hedges …
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Chris Hedges When Cultures of Violence get mixed with the Myths of War, November 19, 2013 Herberg L. Calhoun When cultures of violence get mixed up with myths of war Chris Hedges is a scholar of immense talents, who has “been there, done that;” (and bought the Tee shirt). He is as familiar with the …
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Knowledge Is Power – Interview: Robert David Steele Tuesday, 22 October 2013 Ex CIA-Agent Robert David Steele answered Elevate Festival’s questions about news services, secrets and the hacker-scene. #e13knowledge
Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire Protecting the Victims of the Privatization of War Over the years we have seen numerous cases of various abuses and outright crimes by private military and security contractors (PMSC). True, they don’t happen every day, and don’t reflect the actions of the vast majority of the contractors working overseas but …
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The attached article is a very important and informative essay. Patrick Cockurn describes how the media echo chamber warps the Orientation* of the public, as well as that of a government, to unfolding events in the so-called global war on terror that triggered by 9-11 and the continuously metastasizing instabilities the GWOT is unleashing. I regard …
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Is making a policy decision in the “National Interest” smart anymore? Probably not. Here’s something I’ve been thinking about. I’ve been grappling with a simple question. Is the use of national interest, as the basis of security and foreign policy, a dumb idea in the present context? National interest is a construct from the realism …
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America’s Drug Empire Narcotics: Business of Western wars “Heroin trafficking is the lubrication that keeps the wheels of Western politics moving as intended.” It was only a week ago that the US government released Eric Harroun, a former soldier who had been fighting with foreign backed al-Qaeda terrorists and the CIA against the Assad …
