The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations House Committee on Foreign Affairs Baluchistan Hearing, February 8, 2012 Testimony of Ralph Peters, military analyst and author “PAKISTAN AS A FAILING EMPIRE” 2012-02-09 Ralph Peters House Testimony, Baluchistan and Pakistan (8 pages, doc) Introductory remarks: This testimony arises from three premises. First, we cannot analyze global events through reassuring …
The Iran War: Who will decide? By Amir Oren Ha’aretz, 5 February 2012 The War of Independence, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Iran War. That’s the sequence Defense Minister Ehud Barak laid out at the Herzliya Conference on Thursday in a speech on Israel’s fateful decision. All for the better, it has …
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Iran: Supreme Leader Khamenei made a significant statement of defiance against sanctions and Israel during a rare Friday prayer lecture at Tehran University. “‘From now onward, we will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against the Zionist regime across the world, and we are not afraid of declaring this,’ Khamenei said. Comment: This …
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Fact #1: Only one country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons – Israel. The quantity is unknown, with estimates of the Israeli arsenal range between 60 and 400 bombs, the upper range of 200-400 being the most often cited. Fact #2: Only one country in the Middle East has refused to the sign the …
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Robert Fisk: We’ve been here before – and it suits Israel that we never forget ‘Nuclear Iran’ The Ayatollah ordered the entire nuclear project to be closed down because it was the work of the devil Robert Fisk, Independent Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in …
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The State of Obama’s 2008 Promises Presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Democratic primary last time around largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq. Then he chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who had led efforts in the U.S. Senate to support …
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Chris Hedges’ latest. Thank You for Standing Up Chris Hedges truthdig, 23 January 2012 EXTRACT: Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick-Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey Shore.” The real debate, the debate raised by the Occupy movement about inequality, corporate malfeasance, the destruction of the …
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