The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Below find excerpts of Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes latest analysis of the costs of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Note that the costs are now estimated to lay somewhere between $4 trillion and $6 trillion. Find this important study at the Harvard website: Bilmes, Linda J. “The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How …
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Mark Huband 5.0 out of 5 stars Useful to Policy and Intelligence Professionals, as Well as Students and the Public, March 23, 2013 I enjoyed this book, and particularly enjoyed the rather clever the way the author is able to say some pretty devastating things about intelligence failures in a rather bland manner. This book …
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GOOD: Solar Power to Hit Cost Parity Next Year RP SIEGEL – Triple Pundit BAD: Amanpour on Iraq: Where Were the Journalists? DAVID FERGUSON – The Raw Story UGLY: The Last Letter: A Message to George Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran TOMAS YOUNG – Truthdig REALLY UGLY: America’s Dirtiest Coal Company[Deliberate Bankrupcy …
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James Steele: America’s mystery man in Iraq – video (51:08) The Guardian, Wednesday 6 March 2013 A 15-month investigation by the Guardian and BBC Arabic reveals how retired US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos …
Scott Lively and Kevin Abrams 5.0 out of 5 stars Please Appreciate the Difference — Much Misunderstanding Here, March 8, 2013 I notice the stark conflict between 30+ 5 star reviews and 30+ 1 star reviews. I humbly offer a clarifying comment based on my broad reading. There are two kinds of gays and lesbians …
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China-India: Chinese media reported that India and China have agreed to start a dialogue on Afghanistan. An “in-principle” agreement on official-level dialogue has been reached and dates for the first meeting are being worked out. Earlier this week, Indian National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon travelled to Moscow for the first three-way dialogue between India, Russia …
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Author works on new 9/11 book, winds up dead in the desert Open Salon, 27 February 2013 The author of a recent book that questions the official story of 9/11 was found dead earlier this month–along with his teen-age son and daughter and the family dog–at their home in the desert community of Murphys, California. …
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