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2012/03/142012/03/14

Event: 20 Mar 1200-1330 Religion, Terror, and Error – U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement, by Dr. Douglas M. Johnston

Religion, Terror, and Error: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Challenge of Spiritual Engagement, by Dr. Douglas M. Johnston, president and founder, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy Date & Time: Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. How should the United States deal with the jihadist challenge and other religious imperatives that permeate today’s …

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2012/03/14

Chuck Spinney: No War with Iran, Settlements Open Game?

Did Obama Take Netanyahu’s Cape? The threat of an imminent attack on Iran by Israel or the US seems to be receding, perhaps because Obama stepped back and let the warmongers overplay their hand. No doubt, the White House narrative will trumpet its success in avoiding another war if the reduction in war hysteria continues. …

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2012/02/092012/02/09

Ralph Peters: Testimony to Congress on Pakistan As a Failing Empire, Focus on Baluchistan

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations House Committee on Foreign Affairs Baluchistan Hearing, February 8, 2012 Testimony of Ralph Peters, military analyst and author “PAKISTAN AS A FAILING EMPIRE” 2012-02-09 Ralph Peters House Testimony, Baluchistan and Pakistan (8 pages, doc) Introductory remarks: This testimony arises from three premises. First, we cannot analyze global events through reassuring …

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2012/01/17

Mini-Me: Smoking Gun Documents on Iran From Israel Mossad?

Smoking Gun Documents On Iran “Found” By US-Backed Terror Group The people pushing for war against Iran are the same neocons who pushed for war against Iraq. See thisand this. (They planned both wars at least 20 years ago.) The IAEA report being trumpted as a casus belli contains no new information, but is based on a re-hashing of old, debunked …

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2012/01/112012/01/11

Marcus Aurelius: Paul Pillar on Intelligence & Policy

Think Again: Intelligence I served in the CIA for 28 years and I can tell you: America’s screw-ups come from bad leaders, not lousy spies. Paul Pillar Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2012 “Presidents Make Decisions Based on Intelligence.” Not the big ones. From George W. Bush trumpeting WMD reports about Iraq to this year’s Republican presidential …

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2012/01/032012/01/03

Eagle: Congress Does Not Have Authority to Give on Military Detention without Due Process

What’s Old Is New Again Chris Sullivan Different Bugle, January 3, 2012 “My Lord, I can touch a bell on my right hand and order the arrest of a citizen of Ohio; I can touch a bell again, and order the imprisonment of a citizen of New York; and no power on earth, except that …

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2011/12/29

Oath Keepers: Launches Effort To Recall Members of Congress

Oath Keepers Launches Effort To Recall Members of Congress In response to the passage by the House and the Senate of the National Defense Appropriations Act of 2012 (NDAA), Stewart Rhodes (left), founder of Oath Keepers, announced a national effort to recall every member who voted for the act. Oath Keepers was founded by Rhodes …

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