The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Two things seem clear to me: the Pentagon budget is going down, and pretty much no one in Washington wants to impose the three fundamental reforms needed to enable DOD to prosper in an era of lower budgets. I explain my point of view in a new article in Foreign Policy and below. EXTRACT: They are …
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Israel is all but alone in the Middle East The Financial Times, Ian Bremmer, November 20, 2012 On Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Israel as a “terrorist state”. Whether you find yourself nodding or shaking your head in response, take a moment to consider those words. This judgment did not come from predictable quarters: from Syria’s …
Updated 21 Dec 2012 1800 Short Persistent URL for This Post: http://tinyurl.com/UN-21-Intel DOCUMENT: 2012 Reflections on UN Intelligence 2.3 21 Dec 2012 I had occasion to look at the Report of the Secretary General on the Work of the Organization, and thought this would be a good time to integrate some of what I have …
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Obama’s kill list policy compels US support for Israeli attacks on Gaza The US was once part of the international consensus against extra-judicial assassinations. Now it is a leader in that tactic. Glenn Greenwald. guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 November 2012 13.23 EST Israel‘s escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this …
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Huh? Jane Harman and Israeli Spying Possible New CIA Director Already Politically Compromised by ALISON WEIR CounterPunch, November 14, 2012 It is astounding to find that one of the handful of prospects being floated to become CIA director following the fall of General David Petraeus is a person reportedly implicated in a 2005 Israeli spy …
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Huh? Obama’s Silence on Benghazi Indicts Him EXTRACT: Another report today from Canada Free Presstell us it is likely Russians ordered Iranians to attack our consulate in Benghazi in order to stop the arming of Syrian rebels. … Speculation, buttressed by certain developments, indicates Stevens was being used by Obama to coordinate weapons shipments to …
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