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Oh Hugo! Why so Angry? Chavez Claims Columbian Troops Picnicked Without Permission.

Aren’t Sundays supposed to be a day of rest? A day to reflect on the week gone and the week to come? How can a man so loved, so full of gusto and confidence, so sure of his destiny … wake up on a bright sunny Sunday morning and be so negative? /sarcasm.
AFP reported yesterday [...]

More Reasons to Distrust China – The Cyber Cold War [Part II]

[Follow up to blog post, "China's 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | Wake up! We Are Losing!"]
Something is very wrong. The number of press stories / pentagon reports / think-tank assessments and arbitrary Joe Geek office cube conversations revolving around Chinese Hackers continues to escalate and very little notice (publicly) appears to be [...]

Texas Threats and Russian Savvy? Goodbye America!

Texas Governor Rick Perry stirred the stick of popularism yesterday with his war-cry of secession from the Union during the Texan-chapter of the not-so-great Tea Party rallies. Alas a firebrand pitchfork and torch march on Capitol Hill was not the reality hoped for by hundreds and the mainstream media added just the right measure of [...]

U.S. National Debt Since 1940 | Where is the Outcry? When is the Revolution?

I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering …
- Where is the public outcry?
- Where are the pitch forks?
- When [...]

U.S. Military Spending | Versus the World

Source: Wikipedia
Chinese Military Power Report

Will Iran Slap Obama’s Peace Overtures?

The Middle East – and Iran issue specifically – lies at the center of so many foreign policy hurdles for the United States. The pursuit of peace in the Middle East and the reestablishment of a legitimate U.N. entity can only start with a proven warming of relations between the U.S. and Iran.
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The World Smells U.S. Weakness. Dismantling Begins!

The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century.
In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush administration [...]

The Guardian | Leaked Report on Intelligence Failures in Afghanistan

The Guardian Newspaper (UK) yesterday reported on a confidential report leaked to the Press that outlines a ‘bleak picture of a counterinsurgency effort undermined by intelligence failures that at times border on the absurd.‘
This is on topic of recent comments by Army General David McKiernan – the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – that equally [...]

U.S. General Says We’re “Stuck in [Afghan] Stalemate” – Despite Enormous Troop Increase?

Associated Press (AP) reports this morning that the “top U.S. commander [Army Gen. David McKiernan] offered a grim view Wednesday of miliarty efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have ’stalemated’ U.S. and allied forces.”
This is a huge deal and should raise massive – visible from [...]

Americans | Don’t Give a Damn or Don’t Know Jack?

First let me quickly state that I am indeed a recovering European – a newly naturalized U.S. citizen – and I’ve come to a wholly different conclusion about Americans and their view of the world and of themselves.
The United States of America is an unwanted protagonist in a world that finds itself stewing, quite contently, [...]

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