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Chuck Spinney: Marisa Taylor on Criminally Dysfunctional Intelligence and Defense “Whistleblower” System — Screw the Truth, Kill the Messenger

Below is superb piece of reportage by Marisa Taylor of the Washington McClatchy bureau.  By a meticulous compilation of facts, Ms. Taylor has painted a detailed portrait of how this homeostatic control system protects normalcy in bureaucratic cultures.  The only point I would disagree with is her characterization of this system as being “broken.” To my thinking, …

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James Fallows: Chickenhawk Nation

The Tragedy of the American Military The American public and its political leadership will do anything for the military except take it seriously. The result is a chickenhawk nation in which careless spending and strategic folly combine to lure America into endless wars it can’t win.

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Review: Before the First Shots are Fired – How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield

Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz Foreign Politics Beyond the Beltway By Andrew Lubin on September 6, 2014 Today’s foreign policy world seems like the bad old days of American indecision under Jimmy Carter; the Israel-Hamas war, Putin annexed the Crimea, President Obama’s red-lines in Syria are repeatedly ignored, and the Americans killed in Iraq seem …

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Berto Jongman: War on Syria – War on China — What Obama’s Child Diplomats and Child Analysts Don’t Understand…

By removing Assad, Obama may be declaring war on China EXTRACT President Obama continues to operate with large blind spots when it comes to Chinese interests, risking strategic misjudgment according to Professor Zhen Wang of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Seton Hall University. Wang argues this is not surprising given the Obama …

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Marcus Aurelius: US Pacific Fleet N-2 (Intelligence Boss) Relieved Under White House Pressure for Speaking Openly About Chinese Military Plans and Activities

In this age of the daily indiscretion, a relatively senior naval intelligence officer has been openly relieved of duty. He said, orally and in writing, things that conflicted with Administration’s views. Two articles follow: First from Navy Times, a summary that says he was relieved, that he said things that SECDEF, CNO, and CSA either …

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OSE Manifesto in Spanish – Chapter 5

The OSE Manifesto is being translated into Chinese, French, and Spanish. Here is Chapter 5 in Spanish. Capítulo 5: Integridad, mentiras, y Panarquía Translated by Franco Vegara DOC (9 Pages): SPANISH OSE Chapter 5 Full Text Below the Fold