NIGHTWATCH: Revolution 2.0 Round-Up

Bahrain-Arab League, Arab League, Yemen, Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Libya, US, France, Coalition Update, Rumania, The Netherlands, Germany (withdraws). Phi Beta Iota: Don’t miss the observation on pan-Arab desire for the nuclear bomb and Arab dictator harmony against the Persian/Iranian/Shi’ites.  The observation on untrainable mobs also merits note–dictators (and faux democratic tyrannies) favor stupid uneducated publics–transitioning from …

Assisi-Rome 2nd Meeting

The first meeting, in Assisi on Saturday 22 January 2011, was off the record.  The letter is in the Franciscan Order’s hands.  The third meeting, with a major trans-Europe foundation, is off the record until the Secretary-General obtains approval to proceed with broad dissemination of the letter. The second meeting, arranged by Sergio Germani, was …

Journal: Will Pakistan Implode Because of US in AF?

Pakistan will implode if the US does not leave Afghanistan The continuing US presence in Afghanistan fuels extremism in neighbouring Pakistan Imran Khan The Observer, Sunday 9 January 2011 The assassination of Salmaan Taseer has shown only too clearly the growing extremism in Pakistan, the radicalisation of its society and the polarisation that is taking …

Journal: What’s Wrong with American defense….

Phi Beta Iota: Notes summarizing the 59 minute video are below the line. ….Watch this!!!!!  My good friend Pierre Sprey interviews Bill Hartung on Book TV about Hartung’s new book, Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex. The book is a history of the largest military contractor in U.S. history, …