The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: Beirut must stand up to Riyadh 12/06/09 AA: Iran’s Vision of Saudi Arabia 12/09/09 AA: Israel, Lebanon, and the Middle East conflict 12/04/09 AA: Killing bin Laden key to Al-Qaeda defeat: mcchrystal 12/09/09 AA: UK accused of rendition over men arrested in Iraq 12/07/09 AE: Full support for UAE nuclear programme 10/10/09 …
Hot Topics AA: Iranian Crackdown Goes Global 12/03/09 AA: Report: 2600 bodies found in Kashmir graves 12/02/09 AF: Afghan Expert Says Obama Plan For Security Transfer May Work 12/02/09 AF: Body of second missing soldier found in Afghanistan 11/30/09 IQ: Iraq’s civilian death toll in November is lowest since war began 12/01/09 IR: Iran’s fist …
7 Stars–Nobel Prize (Of Old, Before Devalued) – Life Transformative Insights November 28, 2009 Robert Wright QUOTE: “Non-zero-sumness is a kind of potential–a potential for overall gain, or for overall loss, depending on how the game is played.” This book is one of the most sophisticated, deep, documented, and influential I have ever read, right …
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Editors Did Great, Could Have Gone Extra Mile October 31, 2009 Zhao Ziyang Most people miss the two bottom lines that I found engaging: 1. China’s government is a screwed up bureaucracy with petty egos just like ours. 2. China produced moderate pragmatist Premier Zhao Ziyang, promoted him, and empowered him. With all due respect …
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In my opinion, it is now almost certain that Afghanistan will wreck the presidency of Barack Obama. As I feared, Mr. Obama has allowed the US military and its allies in the Democratic wing and Republican wing of the national-security apparat (there is no real difference between these wings) to ensnare him in the wreckage …
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Johann Hari: The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan Case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection Johann Hari Independent Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Is Barack Obama about to drive his Presidency into a bloody ditch strewn with corpses? The President is expected any day …
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Rethink Afghanistan Part Six Robert Baer, a former CIA field operative says, “The notion that we’re in Afghanistan to make our country safer is just complete bullshit… what it’s doing is causing us greater danger, no question about it. Because the more we fight in Afghanistan, the more the conflict is pushed across the border …
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