Hats off to the Wall Street Journal for commissioning a pair of essays, short extracts of which are offered below. Karen Armstrong says we need God to grasp the wonder of our existence Most cultures believed that there were two recognized ways of arriving at truth. The Greeks called them mythos and logos. Both were …
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The Obama Administration means well, no question about it. They simply do not know what they do not know, and no one within the US Intelligence Community appears capable of speaking truth to power. The truth that needs to be spoken is that Washington lacks both integrity and intelligence (as in thoughtful holistic decision-making). Washington …
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SOF Targets and Soft Targets Austin Bay September 16, 2009 When American special operations forces (SOF) operating in Somalia killed a terrorist mastermind this past week, media reports focused on the drama and the bombast.
Phi Beta Iota: Admiral Dennis Blair, USN (Ret) has signed off on the 2009 update and revision of the National Intelligence Strategy of 2005, and on balance we give it a solid C with the observation that there is no “break-out” in this documents. (Continued below the fold–A for school solution, F for real-world need, …
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Hot Topics AA: Al-Qaida: Tales from Bin Laden’s volunteers 09/10/09 AA: Lessons of Failed States: Rebuilding Sierra Leone and Liberia 09/12/09 CD: UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda’s role in military operation 09/10/09 DZ: Algeria destroys 6000 French landmines 09/14/09 GH: Ghana protests bashing by Nigerian officials 09/09/09 GN: Tens of thousands rally to …
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Hot Topics AA: [Viewpoint] Policy of neglect has already failed 09/10/09 AA: 32 Filipinas in UAE jail pardoned by sheik 09/10/09 AU: Cyber security Tsar needed to lift Australia’s defences? 09/09/09 AU: Australia Says Probe of Timor Deaths Won’t Hurt Indonesia Ties 09/13/09 BD: Dhaka refuses to hand over top ULFA leader to India 09/12/09 …
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Recent (New) Reviews 201910930 NEW: Steele on Books & America: Love it or Lose it! FINAL & Published Robert Steele: Book Reviews (Trump Era) Robert Steele: Book Reviews US Populist Non-Violent Revolution (Spawned Trump, Will Create Post-Trump People Not Parties 2nd American Revolution?) Older Meta Briefings: 2014 Robert Steele Answers to Richard Olivier on 21st …
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