The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
One of the main arguments made by self-proclaimed “liberal humanitarian interventionists” in support of President Obama’s escalation of the Afghan War is that a return of the Taliban to power will condemn women to conditions approaching slavery. It is true that women’s rights in Afghanistan are almost medieval in character, but the central question of …
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Hot Topics AR: Argentina’s Biggest Police Force Under Investigation 12/21/09 BR: VBTP: A New APC for Brazil 12/22/09 PE: PERU TO BUY BRAZILIAN FIGHTER PLANES 12/21/09 Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East By SCOTT ATRAN December 13, 2009 Scott Atran, an anthropologist at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, John Jay College and the University of Michigan, is the author of the forthcoming ‘Listen to the Devil.’ Confidence is important, but we also have to recognize that …
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REVIEW BY Russell J. Geoffrey (East Greenwich, RI) 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars INTEGRITY: easy to lose, hard to restore February 4, 2008 He was a Navy officer serving on the USS Yorktown by the age of 22, in law school at 26, a staff assistant …
Hot Topics AA: Lockheed Martin wins huge NZ Defence deal 12/15/09 AA: US general says N. Korean attack would hurt Seoul 12/19/09 AU: Joining China and Iran, Australia to Filter Internet 12/15/09 BD: Bangladesh police forces criticised 12/15/09 CN: China Says Asylum – Seeking Uighurs Suspected Criminals 12/15/09 CN: Leading China dissident to be tried …
Kudos should be given to the UN’s Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) for producing what is perhaps the most comprehensive and frank assessments to date of the international community’s implementation of Security Council Resolution 1373 and the measures adopted to combat international terrorism. Their report was presented to the Security Council by CTED Executive …
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Obama Approves $30 Billion in Military Aid to Israel Over Next Decade $500 Million in Aid Also to Go to Palestinian Authority by Jason Ditz, December 18, 2009 As the single largest expense of the 2010 foreign aid budget, President Obama approved $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel, the first payment in a decade-long …
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