The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
William R. Polk 5.0 out of 5 stars Chuck Spinney Raves About This Book…., June 12, 2011 By Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Chuck Spinney, along with Pierre Sprey and Winslow Wheeler and a few others, one of the top twelve brains with integrity on US defense fraud, …
REFERENCE Lessons from Anonymous on cyberwar A cyberwar is brewing, and Anonymous reprisal attacks on HBGary Federal shows how deep the war goes. Haroon Meer 10 Mar 2011 16:11 GMT Al Jazeera . . . . . . . Even while Barr was proclaiming victory and threatening to “take the gloves off”, Anonymous were burrowing …
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John M. Owen Academic, Historical Focus on States March 4, 2011 In comparison to Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order, which is receiving a 6+ from my (my top 10%), this is at best a 4 for the general public of which I am a part. It has its academic testimonials, in that world …
Very heavy interview with Turkey’s Foreign minister : Beginning at 9:40, the issue of Israeli intransigence on negotiations. No “mainstream” pick-up anywhere I can find. Turkey’s line in the sand. Cannot be walked back. I believe this to be a notice to US in the face of the wikileaks palestinian docs which revealed the US …
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No intelligence, no strategy, no nothing. For this we pay taxes? In U.S. Signals to Egypt, Obama Straddled a Rift (NYT) Summary: State still loves dictators, has no idea what is going on with the young and the restless. Intelligence is no where to be found. Bottom line is that the President, who appears to …
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The Afghanistan War: Tactical Victories, Strategic Stalemate? David Wood, Politics Daily, 13 February 2011 The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, likes to describe the tactical gains his troops are making against insurgents. But a stream of independent data and analysis suggests a wide gap between those battlefield gains and the strategic progress needed …
Analysis: The US moral conundrum in Egypt (AP) – 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — As with Iran 30 years ago, American leaders again are wrestling with the moral conflict between Washington’s demands for democracy among its friends and strategic coziness with dictatorial regimes seen as key to stability in an increasingly complex world, particularly …
