The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The author of the below op-ed is the Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations. It is worth reading carefully, because this op-ed is well sourced, and Ambassador Khoshroo’s argument with respect to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s penchant for threat inflation can be compared to Gareth Porter’s history of Israel’s gaming to the Iranian threat. Netanyahu’s Nuclear Deceptions A …
Phi Beta Iota: We use the TIME Cover for Chuck Spinney to make the point that today, 35 years after he blew the whistle on defense mis-management, in such depth as to warrant a TIME Cover, we still have not corrected any of the deficiencies he brought forth. Defense acquisition remains corrupt to the bone, …
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Americans Now Fear ISIS Sleeper Cells Are Living in the U.S., Overwhelmingly Support Military Action Glenn Greenwald The Intercept, 8 September 2014 EXTRACTS What kind of country goes around bombing people with no strategic purpose and with little motive other than to “flex muscles” and “show toughness”? This answer also seems clear: one that is …
Mythological Basis of Foreign Policy Is U.S. foreign policy based on myths? Public pressure has helped push back against a bill in Congress that would have torn up the negotiated agreement with Iran by imposing yet more sanctions on the people of that country. The people of this country are not eager for another war, …
New York Launch Please join us for the launch of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare by Gareth Porter Tuesday February 18, 2014 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon Hardin Room, Church Center for the United Nations 777 UN Plaza (Corner of 44th Street and 1st Ave) Gareth Porter is an investigative …
Gareth Porter 5.0 out of 5 stars Does for Iran What Truth Dig Did for Iraq, January 29, 2014 I *strongly* recommend this book to every citizen concerned about a government that lies all the time. The NSA debacle of recent time, on top of the CIA debacles (rendition, torture, assassination by drone) on top …
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