The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
During World War II, most men joined the service out of a sense of duty and a sense of right and wrong. During the Vietnam war, many men, but not all, were drafted and really didn’t want to be there. But they didn’t want to go to prison. But men tend to join today’s volunteer army …
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Given Nato’s political problems with Pakistan, the Brits have elected to leave Afghanistan along the so-called Northern route to the Baltic Sea (see my 27 November posting, Afghan Dunkirk for discussion of the selection). Now, as Bryan Brady and Jonathan Owen report in the Independent, the entirely predictable baksheesh game has begun. Think of what the far larger, more logistics-intensive US …
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The politics of fear in insecurity are now the staple of American politics. They were used habitually during the Cold War to create powerful vested interests in a permanent war economy. These interests are clearly reflected in the pattern of political practices of the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC) that maintains and increases …
John Stoehr is the editor of the New Haven Advocate and a lecturer at Yale. Part II: Selling war from 1917 to 2012 The US has become more accepting of capitalism in the past century, even as economic security has declined. Al Jazeera, 26 March 2012 New Haven, Connecticut – One day in 1917, US …
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Huh? Tungsten-Filled 1 Kilo Gold Bar Found In The UK The last time a story of Tungsten-filled gold appeared on the scene was just two years ago, and involved a 500 gram bar of gold full of tungsten, at the W.C. Heraeus foundry, the world’s largest metal refiner and fabricator. It also became known that said …
Huh? The dangers of reporting the ‘war on terror’ We look at Obama’s role in the continued imprisonment of a Yemeni journalist and the issues behind it. Al Jazeera, 24 March 2012 Rarely does the Listening Post dedicate a whole show to the story of a single journalist. But when that story speaks so eloquently …
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The Shifting Strategies of Empire By David Swanson Remarks at the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference: President Obama this week declared the war on Iraq to be an honorable success that has given us a brighter future. Are you fired up? Ready to go? Eric Holder this month explained that it’s legal for a …
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