The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Ann Jones 5.0 out of 5 stars A necessary book — Gabriel’s trumpet on true cost of war, December 3, 2013 A necessary book. The author has rendered a national — a global — service in documenting the psychological, social, and physical costs of war, costs that surpass the continually astonishing financial cost of war. …
Bin Laden’s Obituary Notice A Funeral Notice for Osama bin Laden was published on December 26, 2001, in the Egyptian newspaper al-Ward. An English translation is provided below. Anyone fluent in Arabic is invited to verify or correct the translation. This item was sent to me from a reader abroad. Also below are is a …
Continue reading “Paul Craig Roberts: For the Record – Bin Laden’s 2001 Obituary Notice”
This captures my continuing anguish. How American Troops in Afghanistan became Unreal (Jones) Ann Jones writes at Tomdispath.com Informed Comment Posted on 11/08/2013 by Juan Cole The last time I saw American soldiers in Afghanistan, they were silent. Knocked out by gunfire and explosions that left them grievously injured, as well as drugs administered by …
Continue reading “Penguin: Our Veterans, Our Blood, Our Soul”
The United States of Confusion and Disorder Descent into Chaos by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY COUNTERPUNCH, WEEKEND EDITION NOVEMBER 1-3, 2013 The US exit strategy from Afghanistan is emerging …. and the picture is not pretty. Nevertheless, it is a revealing microcosm of what now passes for governance in the United States of Confusion and Disorder. …
Continue reading “Chuck Spinney: The United States of Confusion and Disorder”
1. Ricks fails to understand that military strategy and policy do not exist in a vacuum. The White House and Congress both have votes that can be decisive. Shinseki and Franks were closer to right w/r/t force requirements for Iraq than was Rumsfeld. Further, Jerry Bremer unbelievably complicated Iraq by de-Baathification and dissolutionn of the …
Continue reading “Marcus Aurelius: Can Military Learn From Its Mistakes?”
India-Pakistan: Relations are trending downward and tension is up because of a surge in attacks from Pakistan in the past two months along the Line of Control and across the International Border of India’s Jammu and Kashmir State. This week two attacks occurred: on the night of 22 October and the night of 24 October. …
Continue reading “NIGHTWATCH: Pakistan Attacking India + Pakistan RECAP”
Here is what I believe is a correct assessment concerning the creation of the national security state in which we live today. Absurd amounts of money have been spent, and civil liberties abridged to an unprecedented degree, on the basis of a threat consisting of little gangs. It is transparently disproportionate, there has to be …
Continue reading “SchwartzReport: NSA Has Not Foiled a SINGLE Terrorist Plot + NSA Meta-RECAP”
