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2013/09/242013/09/24

Berto Jongman: Mercyhurst Sources & Methods (Foreign Language Online Learning)

Top 11 Online Language Learning Resources (Or: How To Make Yourself More Attractive For US Government Intelligence Positions) In fiscal year 2011, the National Intelligence Program (NIP) made payments to 7,507 government employees within the CIA, DIA, FBI, NGA and NSA for foreign language proficiency (See the Washington Post’s breakdown of the so-called “Black Budget”). …

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2013/09/232013/09/23

Paul Craig Roberts: The War on the Poor

Guest Column — The War On The Poor — Jeffrey St. Clair & Alexander Cockburn The American poor are being driven into the ground. Not only is owning a home out of the question, but also the poor can’t even afford to rent. They lack the money for a damage deposit, and they lack the …

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2013/09/022013/09/02

Ioannis Koskinas: The U.S.-Afghan game of “Chicken”

使用谷歌翻译在下一列的顶部。 गूगल अगले स्तंभ के शीर्ष पर अनुवाद का प्रयोग करें. Google sonraki sütunun üstünde Çevir kullanın. Используйте Google Translate на вершине соседней колонке. گوگل اگلے کالم میں سب سے اوپر ترجمہ کا استعمال کریں. The U.S.-Afghan game of “Chicken” Ioannis Koskinas Foreign Policy, 1 August 2013 The game of “Chicken” typically involves two drivers, …

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2013/09/02

Chuck Spinney: Thoughts on Obama’s March to Folly in Syria

President Obama’s Syria nightmare is becoming increasingly bizarre. The man who claimed he could distinguish dumb from smart wars is marching headlong into the dumbest one yet, with allies jumping ship left and right. Consider, please, the following: (1) NBC just released a poll saying a majority of the American people are opposed to another …

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2013/08/292013/08/29

Max Manwaring: Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict

Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict by Max G. Manwaring Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict Small Wars Journal, 27 August 2013 Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as …

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2013/08/242013/08/24

Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon Implodes — Dull Minds Make Dull Cuts

COMMENT: RIFs vice furloughs is consistent with other reporting which quotes Frank Kendall, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics as saying, essentially, that recent furloughs were inconvenient for OSD seniors because they made it virtually impossible to hold meetings on Mondays and Fridays. Bloomberg.com August 22, 2013 Pentagon Weighs Firing Thousands Under 2014 …

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2013/08/202013/08/20

Berto Jongman: US Military SATCOM Vulnerabilities

The Future of MILSATCOM This report argues that the US’s military satellite communication systems (MILSATCOM) are becoming increasingly vulnerable to physical, electronic and cyber-attacks by those who reject the idea that space should be a conflict-free domain. Given these threats and the specter of reduced budgets, the report thus suggests that the US might want …

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