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2012/03/232012/03/23

Chuck Spinney: The Afghan Bill – Cause, Effect, Consequences

AFGHANISTAN Who’s Going to Foot This Bill? By CHUCK SPINNEY, Time Battleland, March 23, 2012 William Pfaff has written a stunning critique of Obama’s policy in Afghanistan — and what its implications are for what is left of the American republic. Note particularly the estimates for sustaining the American-created Afghan National Security Force after 2014: $4.1 …

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2012/01/292012/01/29

Chuck Spinney: Should We Fear Nuclear Iran or Nuclear Israel?

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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2011/08/26

Penguin: 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Thoughts on Libya

2nd, 3rd, & 4th thoughts the norm…here’s more. Click on headlines to read full originals. William Pfaff on Libya Libya, Egypt, Tunesia: the Arabs did it themselves Absence of direct US presence in Libya enabled rebel momentum. Washington’s allegiance to Israel makes it impotent in Arabia. America now more hates in Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan …

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2011/06/18

Turkey Rising–21st Century an Ottoman Century?

Turkey in Position to Lead Region Out of Tumultuous Century By William Pfaff, Truthdig, Jun 14, 2011 Looking backward, there is a great deal to be said for leaving well enough alone, which is more difficult than one might think. Western Europe in the 19th century is now generally looked back upon as having constituted a pinnacle …

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2011/04/02

The End of Engagement in Afghanistan

A War College case study for Col Pfaff: “This Is not the Beginning of the End for the International Community in Afghanistan — This is the End” A bit more on that story we brought you earlier about the horrific killings in Afghanistan which followed lunatic Pastor Terry Jones’ Qu’ran-burning stunt. I wrote this a while back: …

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2011/03/192011/03/19

Reference: Evolutionary Psychology

Phi Beta Iota: Coincident with the emergence of the Collective Intelligence and Open Everything movements, and despite the enormous fragmentation of human knowledge by an academy that has lost sight of the importance of multi-disciplinary or “holistic” human intelligence, the field of Evolutionary Psychology is maturing rapidly while also branching to connect to Neuroscience. On …

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2011/03/192011/03/19

Climate Change, HAARP, Process, Politics, Power

“Remember than one one’s conspiracy is another man’s business plan.” “Climate change (both sides) is all about politics.” Phi Beta Iota: We are at the intersection of ideology, social conditioning, weak education, and the culmination of decades of power politics that have produced a severely retarded i.e. damaged collective psyche. The collective intelligence movement can …

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