The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics CD: Protest in DRC over insecurity 11/01/09 CF: Children bearing brunt of Central African Republic’s troubles, says UNICEF offic 10/21/09 DZ: Algeria: Al-Qaeda failing to attract recruits govt claims 10/30/09 ET: Can Ethiopia’s Electoral Code Guarantee Fair Elections? 11/01/09 ET: Ethiopia: 3 soldiers defect to Eritrea 10/31/09 GM: Former military police commander calls …
Hot Topics AA: Russia says has not supplied S-300 missiles to Iran 10/28/09 AA: Iran, Egypt cooperation creates difficult situation for Israel: Ahmadinejad 10/28/09 AA: Why India should worry about the turmoil in Pakistan 10/27/09 AF: Pentagon pressed on Afghanistan IEDs 10/29/09 AF: Afghans protest rumored desecration of Koran by US troops 10/25/09 EG: Is …
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Blood for nothing GIs die while Taliban thrives Ralph Peters October 28, 2009 AFGHANISTAN isn’t com pletely hopeless, just use less. It’s a strategic joke with a bloody punch line. Even if everything went perfectly in Afghanistan — which it won’t — the results would be virtually meaningless: Our mortal enemies (above all, al Qaeda) …
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Highlighting by Chuck Spinney High Cost, Low Odds by STEPHEN M. WALT The Nation October 21, 2009 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091109/walt/print Deciding what to do in Afghanistan requires a hard-nosed assessment of the costs of the war, the alleged benefits of victory and the likelihood of success. We know the price will be high. The United States has …
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Hot Topics AA: Cyber warfare: Sound the alarm or move ahead in stride? 10/21/09 AA: Iranian strike inside Pakistan a distant option: analysts 10/22/09 AA: Saudi-Iranian hostility hits boiling point 10/20/09 AE: UAE Attorney General calls for Arab coordination to combat crimes 10/20/09 AF: Brown Goes Wobbly on Afghanistan 10/21/09 AF: Italian troops denied access …
Johann Hari: The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan Case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection Johann Hari Independent Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Is Barack Obama about to drive his Presidency into a bloody ditch strewn with corpses? The President is expected any day …
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Hot Topics AA: ‘His reputation’s been destroyed’ 10/16/09 AA: Imperial Globalization and Social Movements in Latin America 10/16/09 AA: Russia, Bolivia to launch gas joint venture 10/17/09 AA: Western Terror Recruits on the Rise 10/19/09 AR: In Pursuing Human Rights, Argentina Displays a Broken Justice System 10/18/09 CO: Colombia VP under new scrutiny for para …
