Chuck Spinney: How Contemporary War “Reporting” Messes Up Your OODA Loops

The attached article is a very important and informative essay.  Patrick Cockurn describes how the media echo chamber warps the Orientation* of the public, as well as that of a government, to unfolding events in the so-called global war on terror that triggered by 9-11 and the continuously metastasizing instabilities the GWOT is unleashing.  I regard …

Review: Pakistan on the Brink–The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

Ahmed Rashid REF A — 12 Years of Lessons Learned in Time for 2014, October 13, 2013 This is an extraordinary book that required a great deal of time, not in the reading, but in the reflection. This will be a longer review than usual, even for me, because this book contains all of the …

IO Newsletter Vol 13 No 10

ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v13_no_09 Articles in this issue: 1.      The Fanciful World of Cyber Warfare 2.      Electronic Warfare: The Cat-And-Mouse Game Continues 3.      Mysterious Actions of Chinese Satellites Have Experts Guessing 4.      Want to See China’s Latest Top-Secret Military Site? Just Google It 5.      Redhack Announces Election Software …

4th Media: US and Saudi Responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria?

Top US and Saudi Officials Responsible for Chemical Weapons in Syria Evidence leads directly to the White House, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, CIA Director John Brennan, Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar, and Saudi Arabia´s Interior Ministry. The Strategic Situation, leading up to the Use of Chemical Substances in the Eastern …

NATO WATCH: Afghanistan “Zero Option” and More…

In this July-September 2013 edition: NATO Watch Editorial: ‘Zero Option’ for Afghanistan – a realistic possibility? Review Article: The Taliban at war: inside the Helmand insurgency, 2004–2012 News, Commentary & Reports: Afghanistan-Pakistan; Arctic Security; Arms Control; Counter-Terrorism; Cyber Security; Defence Budgets; Drones; Energy Security; Enlargement and Partnerships; Exercises; Kosovo; Libya; Mali; Maritime Security; Missile Defence; …

Penguin: All US Military Precision Systems Subject to Jamming & Misdirection — Is This the Real Reason Elective Attack on Syria Was Called Off?

SPEAKING FREELY Lost Cruise fears save Obama on Syria By Gregory Sinaisky Asia Times, 3 October 2013 Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say. Please click here if you are interested in contributing. US President Barack Obama’s reversal on the bombing of Syria took the world …