The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Perhaps the most enduring feature of US foreign policy is a self-righteous sense of divine mission blinds the Orientations of its self-referencing practitioners to the real world consequences of their Decisions, and Actions. Their missionary zeal makes their outlooks impervious to the corrective effects negative feedback from the real world. Put simply, with a few …
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US-Libya: Update: The British news outlet, The Independent, today published a detailed list of the extent of the security disaster in Benghazi, which goes beyond the tragic murders. According to The Independent, laptops were stolen that contain lists of Libyans who cooperate with the Americans, classified papers were taken and classified data was compromised. NightWatch …
It is trite to say big things are happening in the Middle East: The biggest, IMO, may turn out to be that Israel has overplayed its hand by hysterically fomenting the Iranian crisis. There are incipient signs suggesting that Netanyahu’s smarmy efforts to manipulate American presidential politics to Israel’s advantage and to the detriment of …
Your Aide Memoire came to my attention today. Apart from wishing you every success, I thought to contribute a few ideas. 01 The new meme that has replaced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) — I taught this to 90 countries including all NATO/PfP and six UN missions in Lebanon — is M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain …
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Rami Khouri paints an interesting contrast between the evolution of change in Egypt and Syria. CS. Two Men Who Define the Arab Moment of Change by Rami G. Khouri Agence-Global, 28 Jul 2012 BEIRUT — Two new men who appeared on the fast-changing stage of Arab politics this week — the defected General Manaf Tlas …
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Russia: For the record. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Vice Admiral Chirkov said today that Moscow is involved in talks toward establishing naval bases in Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles. Comment: This is the first public notice of any plan to build more bases.
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