The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Based on five years of investigation in the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami. The bottom line from our point of view is three-fold: 1. All money collected for an ostensible campaign must be “tagged” and audited and pooled so that the US military among others can draw down on the common fund and cover all …
The recent publication of the 2010 QDR reveals once again, in typically leaden and mind-numbing prose, how the Pentagon is incapable of coming to grips with the mismatches among strategy, programs, and resources that its decision makers create for themselves, even when budgets are at the highest levels since the end of WWII. The F-35 …
Afghanistan: Has The West Got The Will To Carry On Shedding Blood For The Afghans? (29 Jan 10) Afghanistan: The Taliban On General McChrystal And Negotiations (31 Jan 10) Afghanistan: UN In Secret Peace Talks With Taliban (29 Jan 10) Corporate Misbehavior: How a stray mouse click choked the NYSE & cost a bank $150K …
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Afghanistan: Mullah Omar Ready to End Al Qaida Ties (Video) Apocalyptic thinking and the signs of the coming apocalypse by sheikh IMran N. Hosein Book announcement: how enemies become friends Book Reviews, Books by Ronald Crelinsten by Tim Stevens Conflict in N Dimensions Excellent blog by Tim Stevens Cyber-War and Critical Infrastructure I Cyber-War and …
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TIP OF THE HAT to Manna The idea of a new agency for S&R ops was put forward a few months ago by Stuart Bowen, IG for Iraq reconstruction. After reviewing DoD and DoS efforts there, he proposed a US Office for Contingency Operations (USOCO). A whole of government agency to unify command and avoid …
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Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy To Small-Scale Warfare By August Cole and Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal January 30, 2010 Pg. 4 The shift in strategy sets up potential conflicts with defense contractors and powerful lawmakers uneasy with the Pentagon’s growing focus on smaller-scale, guerilla warfare. In particular, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has come to …
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NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: How Hugo Chavez’s revolution crumbled 01/24/10 AA: Time to Stop Ignoring Chávez 01/25/10 AR: Argentina’s Redrado Denies Threat To Reveal Dollar Lists-Lawyer 01/26/10 BO: Violence and democracy in Bolivia 01/26/10 BR: Brazil starts beefing …
