Robert Steele: REVOLUTION NOW! Thinking About Revolution (Trump Revolution 23)

2011 THINKING ABOUT REVOLUTION Robert David Steele Intelligence Program, Marine Corps University, AY 1992-1993 Updated to Include Pre-Conditions of Revolution Graphic for USA Today (2011) Drawn from 1976 Thesis: Theory, Risk Assessment, and Internal War: A Framework for the Observation of Revolutionary Potential where all appropriate citations and data operationalizations can be found. Original As …

Berto Jongman: ICSR Report – As American As Apple Pie – How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad + US Government Assassination RECAP

From the Introduction: This is an ICSR Insight written by Research Fellow, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens On the ten year anniversary of 9/11 earlier this month ICSR published an authoritative report on Anwar al-Awlaki, As American as Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki became the Face of Western Jihad. The demise of Anwar al-Awlaki, if reports of his …

G.I. Wilson: Killer Drones, Moral Disengagement, + War Crimes RECAP

The Psychology of Killer Drones – action against our foes; reaction affecting us G. I. Wilson Fabius Maximus, 28 September 2011 Summary:  We now have enough experience with drone warfare to study its effects.  Just as in physics, our actions affect ourselves as well as our targets. Social science research shows that drones are a gateway to moral disengagement dehumanization, …

Steven Aftergood: Obama Ambivalent on Open Government

AN AMBIVALENT WHITE HOUSE REPORT ON OPEN GOVERNMENT The White House reiterated its support for open government in a new report issued Friday afternoon.  But curiously, the 33-page document on “The Obama Administration’s Commitment to Open Government” (pdf) downplays or overlooks many of the Administration’s principal achievements  in reducing inappropriate secrecy.  At the same time, …

Worth A Look: Understanding 9/11 and 9/11 RECAP

Precedent works: Project for a New American Century Post-Event Illuminations: 2006  Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror 2007 Wesley Clark interview (March 2007): “We plan to take out 7 countries in 5 years” From Niels Groeneveld at Facebook: VIDEO:  9/11 Attack or Godsend (German and British Ministers) Decision to Invade Afghanistan …

Chuck Spinney: Can USA Move Beyond 9/11 Pathology?

CS Note: Lightly reformatted by text unchanged and nothing added Can the United States move beyond the narcissism of 9/11? The unity brought about by the tragedy was intense but fleeting. The war on terror has been disastrous abroad and divisive at home Gary Younge, guardian.co.uk, Sunday 4 September 2011 18.00 In the immediate aftermath of …