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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 [...]

Posted on March 7th, 2009 under Afghanistan, Americans, Axis of Evil, British Sailors, Bush Administration, CIA, Espionage, Gitmo, Global Policeman, Guardian, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamofascist, Jack Bauer, Middle East, Mullahs, Muslim Brotherhood, NATO, NSA, Obama, Pentagon, President, Robert Gates, Rumsfeld, Russia, Security, Spending, Spying, Terrorism, U.S., UN, United Nations, War on Terror, Washington, WikiLeaks, al Qaeda, counter-intelligence, interviews, john mccain, journalism. Comments: None

Remember the days before 9/11? Don’t they seem quaint in comparison to the tsunami of fear we, as a society, face across all fronts – social, economic, and militarily?
As the Obama administration tries to reenergize the American (and therefore, Global) economy – the focus on the U.S. Budget is upon us with renewed and very [...]

Posted on February 24th, 2009 under 9/11, Arms Trade, Budget, Bush Administration, Conspiracy, Corruption, Deficit, Eisenhower, Global Policeman, Homeland Security, JFK, NeoCons, New York Times, Obama, Patriotism, Pentagon, Politics, Rumsfeld, Social Security, State of the Union, U.S., US Dollar, War on Terror, Washington, debt, defence, john mccain. Comments: 1

Any and all Presidential wannabe’s can and have taken repeated potshots at the Former Secretary of Defense – Donald H Rumsfeld. He is fair game after all. His tenure in office, as the Secretary of the largest and perhaps most important government departments, was precarious from the very start.
Rumsfeld was hired by President Bush to [...]

Posted on February 20th, 2007 under Iraq, McCain, Pentagon, Rumsfeld. Comments: 1

As we all know – annual conferences are a great venue for peacock pride, barrel-chested bravado, and well-worn speeches full of optimism and strategy yet hollow on truth and outcome.
The annual Munich Conference on Security Policy is this and so much more. The conference, in its 43rd year, invites “the international security community – ministers, [...]

Posted on February 7th, 2007 under Australia, EU, Great Satan, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Japan, Lieberman, McCain, Merkel, Munich, NATO, New Zealand, Putin, Robert Gates, Rumsfeld, Russia, Sergey Ivanov, Taliban. Comments: 8