Yoda: Turkey & Iran Convergence, Off-Set to Sunni Extremism — Can Secular Pragmatism Create One Prosperous Muslim Faith?

De-Americanization? Iran, Turkey must work together to fight IS: Rouhani TEHRAN: Iran and Turkey must work with one another to root out the threat of extremism in the region, President Hassan Rouhani told his Turkish counterpart, the official IRNA news agency reported. … “A consolidation and expansion of ties between Tehran and Ankara is of …

Answers: Steele for NATO Strategic Foresight

My preliminary contributions to the NATO Strategic Foresight Online Workshop. I have no appointment or connection to NATO or the Transformation Command. This workshop is open to the public without restriction. Characteristics of the Future Threats & Possibilities Economic Considerations Environmental Considerations Human Considerations I & II Political Considerations Technology Considerations Strategic Foresight I & …

Marcus Aurelius: Jim Mattis on a New American Grand Strategy with Comment from Robert Steele

A New American Grand Strategy by General Jim Mattis Hoover Institution, Thursday, February 26, 2015 Questions asked and answered: What are the key threats to our vital interests? Is our intelligence community fit for its expanding purpose? How do we urgently halt the damage caused by sequestration? More broadly, is the U.S. military being developed …

Chuck Spinney: Gary Leupp on Washington’s Ignorance About the Sunni-Shia Divide — PLUS Sunni-Shia Graphic and ISIS RECAP

ISIS and Washington’s Ignorance About the Sunni-Shia Divide “Most Americans Don’t Have a Clue” by GARY LEUPP Counterpunch, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 EXTRACTS Patrick Cockburn reports that Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi ambassador to Washington (1983-2005), once told  M16 head Sir Richard Dearlove: “The time is not far off in the Middle East, Richard, when …

Berto Jongman: Fake ISIS Beheading Videos — Blatant False Flag Fraud to Deceive the US Public — PBI Comment on War for the Soul of US Intelligence UPDATED: Bomb Syria or Control Ebola? Duh!

Both beheading videos are questionable. Both were probably made by the same people following the same script and using the same format. I find it strange that the second video was distributed to subscribers of SITE before ISIS itself had the video made public. A SITE analyst had discovered the video on a filesharing site. …