Berto Jongman: Hybrid Warfare, EU Incapacity

All the areas where the Alliance is weak. Hybrid Tactics: Neither New nor only Russian CONCLUSION: The Alliance can take action, primarily, in the military and intelligence fields – through deterrence and, if necessary, direct intervention. But the very nature of the threat requires a wider array of tools: well-trained police forces, functioning border management …

Chuck Spinney: US Military Corruption Continues

President Obama claimed that America’s combat mission Afghan War was over in his SoU address, but 9,800 troops will remain in Afghanistan for the foreseeable future involved in training and counterterrorism missions.  This mission of this left over force has officially been changed to “Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.” To date, the U.S. has spent over $780 billion …

Berto Jongman: Saudi Arabia Behind Al Qaeda and ISIS — Saudi Arabia and Israel as the Greatest Destabilizers

Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel By Robert Parry, Common Dreams Saudi Arabia is under a new cloud after a jailed al-Qaeda operative implicated senior Saudi officials as collaborators with the terror group – and the shadow could even darken the political future of Israeli Prime Netanyahu because of his odd-couple alliance with Riyadh. Read full …

SchwartzReport: Treason at the Top — “National Security” Pork Over Education, Infrastructure, Family, and Everything Else

We have grossly inadequate funding for schools, infrastructure, elder care, child-care, and a host of other programs and projects that create a more compassionate and life-affirming society. But, boy, the dollars fall like a blizzard on the military industrial security industries. Here is the real truth of where you tax dollars are going. The sums …