The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: If there were one book that could be said to have at a minimum lent credence to Occupy when others were scornful, and at best been an inspiration to millions who had ignored many other excellent works in the past dealing with both the corruption of politics and the corruption of finance, …
With his own words, Leon Panetta has shown that he is little more than a mouthpiece for keeping the defense budget at historically high levels and is incapable of coping with the coming era of modest (yes, modest) Pentagon budget reductions. Using DOD’s budget history and the ongoing decay (not a typo) of our military …
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On those rare occasions when two of our contributing editors hold diametrically opposite views, I am asked to come back and blend them. Here are my premises, followed by a selection of articles that represent both sides of the argument. 1. Neither Barack Obama nor Leon Panetta have a clue. They are posturing on the …
Tip of the Hat to DefDog and Marcus Aurelius American spies outed, CIA suffers in Lebanon Associated Press, 21 November 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies recently, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The intelligence …
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Washington Post Joins Hysterical Defense Budget Rhetoric Center for Defense Information, 7 November 2011 Monday, November 7, the Washington Post editorial board published its take on the extreme rhetoric the country has been hearing on the defense budget since Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta starting talking about the “doomsday mechanism” that would reduce defense spending. …
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More evidence, as if we needed it, of the lack of integrity of this administration….. New Afghan War Plan Concedes the Surge Fell Short Spencer Ackerman WIRED, 1 November 2011 As the Obama administration winds down its troop surge in Afghanistan, it’s adopted a new political strategy for ending the war. And that new strategy …
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Tip of the Hat to Marcus Aurelius. Source See Also: Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Dereliction of Duty (Defense) Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Empire as Cancer Including Betrayal & Deceit Worth a Look: Impeachable Offenses, Modern & Historic Worth a Look: Book Reviews on War Complex—War as a Racket
