The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This is a selective directory of items from the Rolling Update. Day to day stories are not included. Use the Rolling Update for current snap-shot, use this Directory to think about OWS in deeper terms. Updated 9 Nov 2011 0900 EST Hottest New Items Revised Statement of Demand (3.4) and Revised Electoral Reform Act of …
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Just as the leaders of US national security thinking led America into the war in Iraq based on the false premise of Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction and reckless, but politically powerful, rhetoric, Washington’s elite are now circling the wagons around the defense budget. They are using the same disingenuous tactics and the same kind …
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Ralph Peters 5.0 out of 5 stars Six Star Epilogue, the Capstone Work, September 26, 2011 I have been a fan of Ralph Peters for over fifteen years now, going back to the early 1990’s when the US Marine Corps was trying to get the Secretary of Defense (then Dick Cheney) to focus on most …
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What Has Been the Cost of the Post-9/11 Wars? Email from Winslow Wheeler This week, as the media runs its displays on America ten years after the 9/11 attacks, there will be references to the dollar costs. A figure some will use is the one trillion dollars President Obama cited as for the war in Iraq. …
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The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …
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Two core references for DoD going forward, both from the Defense Science Board (DSB). Corporate Downsizing Applications for DoD Military Retirement Final Presentation Phi Beta Iota: Defense can drop to $300 billion a year without any major issues. All it takes is integrity across the board. Military retirement–as with CIA and FBI and Secret Service …
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There are numerous misleading and misinformed assertions being made about the defense spending parts of the debt deal. The White House’s “fact sheet” asserts a $350 billion savings in the “base defense budget.” The $350 billion in defense savings that the White House declares apparently uses a different “baseline” (basis of comparison) and pretends that a …
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