Graphic: Obama Plays War Games…
Original Image from Palestinian Pundit.
Original Image from Palestinian Pundit.
Obama does not get it If independent, democratic, governments are formed in the Middle East, they won’t follow Washington’s orders. Lamis Andoni 09 Mar 2011 11:45 GMT Al Jazeera Barack Obama, the US president, has still not fully grasped the essence of the revolutions underway in the Arab world. He genuinely seems to believe that …
No intelligence, no strategy, no nothing. For this we pay taxes? In U.S. Signals to Egypt, Obama Straddled a Rift (NYT) Summary: State still loves dictators, has no idea what is going on with the young and the restless. Intelligence is no where to be found. Bottom line is that the President, who appears to …
Continue reading “Obama in a Strategic & Intellectual Vacuum”
One of the best SITREPS of the Arab Revolt in Egypt I have read. The author is an Israeli peace activist, a hero of the 1948 War and a former member of the Knesset. Chuck Spinney, The Blaster Blown Opportunities Tsunami in Egypt By URI AVNERY, Counterpunch, 14 February 2011 Until the very last moment, …
Continue reading “Obama on Egypt: Black Heart, White Ethics–Burned”
UPDATED to ADD USMC NIT 1991 & 3 articles. In 1991 the Marine Corps proposed a redirection of National Intelligence Topics (NIT) toward the Third World and Global Coverage. Here is what was proposed and refused, following upon General Al Gray’s article, “Global Intelligence Challenges in the 1990’s“: Reference: USMC Proposed Alternative National Intelligence Topics …
June 4, 2009: “..The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-cairo-university-6-04-09
My good friend Jim Fallows, national correspondent for the The Atlantic, asked me to be part of a team to publish guest blogs while he is using the ‘down time’ to finish a book. I am assigned, with three other people, for this week. Attached is my first entry, which I am also distributing as …