The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: Arab experts predict Mideast water wars 11/13/09 AA: Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat 11/11/09 AA: Muslims must quit British Forces, says Iranian envoy Abdolhossein Moezi 11/14/09 AA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are not best countries for … 11/13/09 AA: Terror training camps smaller, harder to target 11/09/09 …
Hot Topics AA: Assassinations, Peace and State Violence in India and Pakistan 11/04/09 AA: Sri Lanka’s top general leaves U.S. unquestioned 11/04/09 BD: Is Bangladesh heading towards civil war? 11/07/09 CN: All forces’ cooperation key to beating terror, says air chief 11/09/09 CN: Chinese premier: Africa trade push is ‘selfless’ 11/07/09 CN: Defying China, Dalai …
Phi Beta Iota: We’ll figure out the troop balance, probably by getting serious about Of, By, and Through IQ forces between now and July 2010–we do that or both the Democrats and Republicans are toast in November 2010. What merits deep reflection below is the mental health angle that ties in with the Fort Hood …
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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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A good example of why learning from the past can be useful. October 31, 2009 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Chimera of Victory By GIAN P. GENTILE If history is a guide, then the recent suicide bombings in Baghdad show that the insurgency in Iraq is far from over. Contrary to much of what is written and said, …
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In my opinion, it is now almost certain that Afghanistan will wreck the presidency of Barack Obama. As I feared, Mr. Obama has allowed the US military and its allies in the Democratic wing and Republican wing of the national-security apparat (there is no real difference between these wings) to ensnare him in the wreckage …
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Johann Hari: The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan Case for escalating the war is based on premises that turn to dust on inspection Johann Hari Independent Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Is Barack Obama about to drive his Presidency into a bloody ditch strewn with corpses? The President is expected any day …
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