The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Academics Against Mass Surveillance AL QAEDA: Benghazi Terrorist Sought: Muhammad Jamal AL QAEDA: Bin Laden Alive! (We Do Not Make This Stuff Up!) The fact that the US never gave proof of his death keeps these stories alive. Phi Beta Iota: Bin Laden died in 2001. He was then resurrected (stand-ins) at least three times …
CYBER: Cyber’s Most Wanted DEFENSE: Iranian Mass Production of Coastal Submarines OPEN: interview With FBI Profiler of Psychopaths, Mary Ellen O’Toole OPEN: Italy Rise of Pitchfork Populists (USA Next?) OPEN: Lies About Singularity OPEN: Missing Links: Access to Papers’ Raw Data Plummets by 17% Each Year OPEN: NSA Mismanagement, NSA Retaliation Against Whistleblowers (Kirb Wiebe) …
In article below, Ricks is oversimplistic. Quality may be more important than quantity, but a certain amount of quantity is essential. We may not have months available for a buildup as in ODS/S and OIF. Capability and capacity are both required.) To improve the U.S. military, shrink it By Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post, December 6, …
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PART I: Keep fighting! We must not learn from our wars. Summary: We were ejected from Iraq, gaining nothing we sought. No oil, no ally against Iran, no unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East. All but the mad hawks realize we gained nothing in Afghanistan. Now comes the post-game show, as our military’s boosters attempt …
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Ladies and Gentlemen: You may want to check out US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute paper at link below and attached: Read with a view to some of the strange things that have been ascribed to FEMA. KNOWN UNKNOWNS: UNCONVENTIONAL “STRATEGIC SHOCKS”IN DEFENSE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT Nathan Freier Strategic Studies Institute, November 2008 EXTRACTS:
War game compares response of 2 versions of future Army By Lance M. Bacon Staff writer Army Times, Nov. 25, 2013 – 06:00AM A reduced reliance on airfields and seaports in a recent war game resulted in increased speed and entry operations. New Gear: What’s next If necessity is the mother of invention, get ready …
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Regarded in Afghanistan, A Real Gem, November 22, 2013 This book is in our J-2 Library in Afghanistan, and it is a very well-regarded gem. This is a vitally important book. The author drives the value-proposition home with his Afterword, entitled “Truth as a Casualty of COIN.” His core point: …
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