The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Could anything have checked America’s mad rush to war in Iraq in 2003, driven as it was by a cabal of neoconmen intent on cynically manipulating the trauma of 9-11 to achieve a different agenda? Perhaps (1) if Colin Powell had the courage to resign on principle rather than allowing himself to be pressured into …
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Imagine if a senior democratic senator pulled this kind of asinine stunt during the Reagan or Bush II presidencies — Would not the neocons, with McCain in the lead, would howl about usurping the commander chief’s prerogatives? McCain’s Syria Photo-Op Included Rebel Kidnapper Spokesman Says Incident ‘Regrettable,’ McCain Didn’t Know by Jason Ditz Anti-War.com, May …
Funny how stuff gets around. More than one source is talking about Dimona, Israel as the ideal “proportionate response” from Russia with love… Not sure why the French are allowing false stories about chemical weapons use by Assad — and we all continue to worry about Israel and the neo-cons simulating Iranian attacks on US …
Pressure is mounting for the US to become involved in the Syrian civil war. Advocates of intervention have all sorts of motives. Once of the most attractive talking points from the perspective of the interventionists is the Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons on its own people. This short and well focused essay addresses that …
This is what I mean by the Theocratic Right’s aggressive program to convert armed services personnel. Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army colonel, and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on …
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The Only Red Line That Matters Conclusion: Here are what I hope are a fairly complete laundry list of the issues: NATO member Greece has collapsed, triggering regional banking meltdown concerns Banks of Cyprus collapsed, Russian offshore banking haven taken out by Greek troubles Russian ally Assad’s Syria is failing, loss of Tartus would exclude …
Syria – Deception and Cover for Disaster US sinking down into the Syrian quicksand “…I think it [intervention] is a mistake in Syria, even if we had intervened more significantly a year or six months ago. We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes.” …former Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates America sank down another foot this …
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