The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
America’s Military Power in a Steep Decline EXTRACT If you want to know what is wrong about the entire approach to our nation’s military needs, consider that since 2009 when Obama took office, the Pentagon’s civilian workforce has grown about 7% to almost 750,000, while active-duty military personnel have been cut by approximately 8%. At …
Michael Glennon 4.0 out of 5 stars World Class on One Half of the Challenge, Misses the Other Half Entirely, February 25, 2015 If Mort Halperin, who wrote the original book with the memorable “Rule 1” (Lie to the President if you can get away with it), Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy is kind enough …
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The Dangers of Slow Boil in Ukraine: A Cuban Missile Crisis In Reverse Defense News, a defense industry trade publication, just released a report entitled, Ukraine Signs Defense Deal with UAE. It led with — “ABU DHABI — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced a deal for unspecified military and technical cooperation with the UAE on …
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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 …
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USAF General James Post’s Mexican Hot Platter There are indications and warnings (I&W) that the U.S. Air Force is headed for the rubber room, at least if the attitude of Major General James Post, the Vice Commander of Air Combat Command is an I&W of the Air Force’s corporate attitude. As I said in an …
David Tucker 3.0 out of 5 stars A poor thesis, rotten sources, with no quality control in the literature review, January 27, 2015 This is a hugely disappointing book. It reads like a graduate thesis badly overseen (with zero in the way of serious literature search). While the author has some experience in the foreign …
The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex To understand perverse military decision-making, follow the money by BEN COHEN & WINSLOW WHEELER Medium.com/War-Is-Boring, January 25, 2015 Complete article below the line.
