The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Professor Loch Johnson is one of two people who have served on both the Church Committee and the Aspin-Brown Commission. The other is Britt Snider, Esquire. Today he examines the lack of integrity on the Hill, or totthless, inattentive oversight. He does not address two factors that we comment on below the fold: 1. There …
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We knew the Pentagon had hit bottom when a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (C/JCS) best left to his well-deserved obscurity said “Real men don’t do Operations Other Than War (OOTW).” This is the same person that ignored General Al Gray, USMC (Ret), then Commandant of the Marine Corps, who in 1989 …
Hot Topics AA: Brazil reaffirms influence in Bolivia and support for Evo Morales 08/23/09 AA: Latin America: Social Movements in Times of Economic Crises 08/25/09 AR: Argentinians have a more favorable view of the US 08/20/09 BR: Lobbying steps up ahead of Brazil jet fighter decision 08/20/09 CO: FARC website taken offline 08/21/09 HN: OAS …
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Hot Topics AA: AFRICOM: Western Self-Serving Interests or African Security? 08/21/09 AA: Islamists, US policy and Arab democracy 08/21/09 AA: Trans-Sahara gas pipeline will be risky 08/21/09 CD: DRC: There is indescribable fear in everyones eyes 08/21/09 DZ: China warns its citizens in Algeria 08/19/09 ER: UN report on Eritrea’s aid to insurgents in Somalia …
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Saigon 2009 Afghanistan is today’s Vietnam. No question mark needed. BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON AUGUST 20, 2009 For those who say that comparing the current war in Afghanistan to the Vietnam War is taking things too far, here’s a reality check: It’s not taking things far enough. From the origins of these …
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Hot Topics AA: Antonov Design Bureau to present new stages of An-70, An-124, An … 08/18/09 AA: Edge of Terrorism 08/17/09 AA: Egyptian Crews Overpower Somali Pirates, Kill 2 08/14/09 AA: No State Sponsors, No Terror 08/18/09 AF: A different take on the “safe haven” myth 08/20/09 PK: Body of al-Qaida suspect found 08/20/09 PK: …
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Hot Topics AA: Iran Is Not a Good Partner for Latin America 08/13/09 AA: Seven daggers at the heart of the Americas 08/15/09 BO: Bolivia Plants Coca, and Cocaine Follows 08/18/09 BR: Brazil Seeks More Control of Oil Beneath Its Seas 08/17/09 BR: TV crime host denies ‘death setups’ 08/13/09 CO: US-Colombia Military Agreement Stirs …
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