The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Chuck Spinney Sends: The attached article, “Generals Open New Front in Washington,” by Pat Buchanan describes how the time honored practice of Versailles Groupthink is now closing in to circumscribe President Obama’s strategic options in Afghanistan and Pakistan, much as it did to Lyndon Johnson during Vietnam. Note how the “strategic” options for Afghanistan are boiling down …
Essays, Fundamentals, a Corner Stone October 6, 2009 Kevin Alexander Gray I was truly delighted to have this book arrive today, along with Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era, which I will write up tomorrow morning. Although the essays date back to 1994 this book (and the one …
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Hot Topics AA: China, India lock horns over Kashmir 10/02/09 AU: O’Connor faces crime cash showdown 10/01/09 CN: China maps an end to the Afghan war10/01/09 CN: SCENARIOS: Key forces shaping China’s long-term future 10/01/09 KP: NKorea looks to unconventional warfare: US general 09/29/09 LK: Defending the defenders of Sri Lanka 09/29/09 LK: UN Urges …
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We are fascinated to see Mort Zuckerman bidding against Bloomberg the company for Business Week. He spoke to OSS ’96 to great effect, and with Paul Strassmann has been one of our most dynamic speakers “jacked in” to the real world with real world bottom-line seriousness. We admire all parties concerned, along with TIME Magazine …
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Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative Conference, Matt Damon announced: Water.org commits to bringing safe dinking water and sanitation to a minimum of 50,000 people in Haiti overthe next three years. It will enhance awareness of good hygiene practices among local communities, and focus on integrating sustainable water resources management into community practices. Water.org co-founders …
SMALL WARS JOURNAL This Week at War: America’s Last Counterinsurgent? McChrystal report unwittingly slays counterinsurgency doctrine September 25, 2009 Robert Haddock This summer the U.S. government has faced a deteriorating crisis in Afghanistan. Such crises tend to force policymakers to face up to the facile assumptions they have previously made. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s report to …
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What Next In Afghanistan? The Five People Obama Is Asking Click on photo for full story. Grades and comments are those of Phi Beta Iota. Vice President Joe Biden. C+. Scale back, Drones and Special Forces on high-value targets. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. F. Delusional on Taliban as lovers of Al Qaeda, listening …
