Public Intelligence Blog – Page 3858 – The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.

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Flagged by Marcus Aurelius. Bing West, former Marine and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration, has put some straight-forwawrd words into the Small Wars Journal with a bottom-line that has been known to all of us for decades, but merits repetition over and over again until we finally restore integrity to the national security decision-making process.

Tactics or Strategy?

Our soldiers only get a small number of chances to engage the enemy. Our battalions average one arrest every two months, and one platoon-sized patrol per day per company that infrequently makes solid contact. On average, a US rifleman will glimpse a Taliban once a month.

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2009/08/162009/08/22

Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags “More Troops = More Targets”

05 Civil War

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Inside the Taliban:

‘The more troops they send, the more targets we have'

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad,Saturday 15 August 2009

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad is an Iraqi journalist who works as a special correspondent for the Guardian.

Phi Beta Iota Selected One-Liners followed by link to McNamara in Fog of War

Includes MAJOR finding on drone need for infrared body heat detection sensors

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2009/08/152009/08/25

Graphic: Who Am I? Does It Matter?

Political

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2009/08/152009/09/07

Journal: Ralph Peters, Hillary Clinton, & the U.S. Navy

02 Diplomacy, 10 Security, Ethics, Government, Military, Peace Intelligence

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Sometimes reality and fantasy collide in extraordinary ways. Below are four headlines and teaser editorial comments, click on the headlines to read the details, but the details do not really matter, here is the lunacy all together in one pot.

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2009/08/152009/08/15

Journal: Audit the Fed Favored by 75% and Growing

Banks, Fed, Money, & Concentrated Wealth, Collective Intelligence, Commerce, Government, Reform

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This movement, led by Congressman Ron Paul is gathering momentum across America, and could be the first sign of public consciousness that will ultimately destroy the two-party tyranny that sold our Commonwealth and gave our Treasury over to Goldman Sachs, Morgan, Citi-Bank, and other predatory ammoral Wall Street organizations. Click on the logo above to sign the Petition.

Unlike the lip-service being paid by the Obama-Biden Administration to the concept of “transparency” (their Open Government “dialog” was a massive fraud, failing to reach more than 5,000 individuals), this is for real. Congressman Ron Paul may be the last real Republican left in Congress, and he is assuredly one of a tiny handful that can be said to have kept their integrity.

2009/08/142009/08/15

Journal: Care to Write Army Doctrine? With ID, Log On

Military

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Full Story Online

PBI Comment: Tip of the hat to both the New York Times and the U.S. Army for this story. The dirty little secret behind this may be that much of Army doctrine has been written by contractors who know little, supervised by Training Officers far removed from the Mission Area being supported. This has been particularly troubling in the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) arena.

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Join the Army, where you can edit all that you can edit.

In July, in a sharp break from tradition, the Army began encouraging its personnel — from the privates to the generals — to go online and collaboratively rewrite seven of the field manuals that give instructions on all aspects of Army life.

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2009/08/142009/08/14

Journal: U.S. re-embraces relationship with U.N.

Government, Policies, Threats

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UNITED NATIONS | Declaring “the United States is back,” the Obama administration pledged Wednesday to turn more frequently to the United Nations and work with the world body on the basis of decency and mutual respect, rather than condescension and contempt.

Phi Beta Iota Editorial Comment:

This is not really sincere. It is lip-service for four reasons:

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