The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Most readers of this list should be familiar with the name, if not the ideas, of the late American strategist Col John R. Boyd (USAF ret). Boyd was my mentor and closest friend, and I am deeply indebted to him for the knowledge he so generously bestowed on me. While no short essay can capture …
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15 searches for this phrase today. It’s really three completely different concepts: 01 21st Century war at sea (submarine, surface, air, and electromagnetic) 02 21st Century sea control (special focus on non-state maritime actors) 03 21st Century maritime environment (Arctic, rising sea level, pollution, fisheries, minerals, role of the ocean as source for desalinated water, …
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FYI … some of this attached NYT report seems to have been sourced in part on the “meeting at the Aspen Inst., reported by Max Blumenthal in Alternet (See “Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit”), which I distributed earlier this week. Note how the information in …
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Egypt. Extract: Generally, the Arab monarchies support the new Egyptian government. Elected Muslim governments, including Iran and Malaysia, are hostile. Indonesia, a secular government in a Muslim country, is supportive. What is curious is the hostility or ambivalence of mainstream news outlets and the stated opposition of most Western governments. Attitudes towards the US are …
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I know of three ways to get from today to a prosperous world at peace, a world that works for all — all three merit consideration as a whole. 01. Open Source Everything (OSE). This is the technical solution. The US Government is ignorant and arrogant in part because the cult of secrecy and the …
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Former CIA Head Warns David Gregory: We’ll Have To Be ‘Less Effective To Be A Little More Transparent’ Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told Meet the Press’ David Gregory on Sunday morning that security and transparency were a zero-sum game. “For part of my life, when I was running the NSA program, I thought lawful, …
No one reads history anymore. Japan’s Military Moves Toward Pre-Emptive Strike Capability By YUKA HAYASHI Wall Street Journal, 30 May 2013 TOKYO—Japan’s military, long constrained by the nation’s postwar pacifist constitution, moved toward gaining the freedom to strike enemy targets abroad if an attack is anticipated. Read full article.
