The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Timely and pathbreaking, Securing the Peace is the first book to explore the complete spectrum of civil war terminations, including negotiated settlements, military victories by governments and rebels, and stalemates and ceasefires. Examining the outcomes of all civil war terminations since 1940, Monica Toft develops a general theory of postwar stability, showing how third-party guarantees …
To Heal Haiti, Look to History, Not Nature (New York Times) On Jan. 1, 1804, when Dessalines created the Haitian flag by tearing the white middle from the French tricolor, he achieved what even Spartacus could not: he had led to triumph the only successful slave revolt in history. Haiti became the world’s first independent …
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Now that the mega banks have been bailed out, there is growing pressure in the US and the EU to cut back on state deficits. In the US, which is now under the constraints of of it highest burden private debt burden in recorded economic debt burden (i.e., level of debt related to size of …
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Africa and China are now immersed in their third and most transformative era of heavy engagement, one that promises to do more for economic growth and poverty alleviation than anything attempted by Western colonialism or international aid programs.Robert Rotberg and his Chinese, African, and other colleagues discuss this important trend and specify its likely implications. …
On Point Corruption: The Global Disease by Austin Bay January 20, 2010 The game hit the Internet on July 25, 2007. With a title reminiscent of a Bruce Lee epic or — a much more dangerous allusion for Beijing bureaucrats schooled in tumultuous history — an echo of “Outlaws of the Marsh” (tales of 12th …
“Let Me Be Perfectly Not Clear” and “Make Lots of Mistakes About It” by Victor Davis Hanson Pajamas Media January 19, 2010 It’s the Lying, Stupid? “Lie” is a rather harsh word; the noun and its verb form leave little to context or extenuating circumstances. So I use it sparingly. But I know no other …
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Recurring Themes: 1) US Intelligence Community does not actually “know” where Iran is on nuclear, where Yemen is on Al Qaeda, where the Taliban is on Afghanistan….the list is long. 2) CIA and DoJ ares out of control on assessments and investigations–or they are consistently politicized. One or the other, which is it? 3) Terrorism …
