The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Brilliant but Narrow, Simplifies A Bridge Too Far December 19, 2009 Mark Moyar EDIT of 21 Feb 2010: A colleague in COINSOC has pointed out that I missed one key aspect of this book and I hasten to add it: “Moyar’s point that we are applying peacetime personnel policies by putting people in place based …
Chuck Spinney sends: In my opinion, this is an extremely important piece of writing and needs to be read very carefully. The author of this article built an international reputation for excellence during his reporting on the Iraq War, and now he is positioning himself to do the same on Afghanistan. Conflating al Qaeda with …
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A Groundbreaking PTSD Court Decision Week of November 02, 2009 A groundbreaking verdict for accused veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was decided recently in Canyon City, Ore. when former Soldier Jesse Bratcher, on trial for murder, was found guilty by reason of insanity. It appears to be the first trial in the U.S. where a …
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Not Really a Novel, More Like a Wake-Up Call October 10, 2009 Ralph Peters Although I read mostly non-fiction, one of Ralph Peter’s novels (his first in ten years, the last one I really liked was Traitor), is better than reality, for it portrays what we can expect when our delusional political, economic, and military …
Excellent for the General Reader, Nicely Slams the Hystericals October 8, 2009 Bjorn Lomborg I must acknowledge that I appreciated this book all the more for first having read Global Crises, Global Solutions as edited by Lomborg (37 contributors), but I do NOT recommend the latter book–read my summary review instead. This book I most …
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First, Understand the Enemy Within, July 25, 2009
Publisher Lazy, Content Shines, June 6, 2009
