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DoD confesses that they whitewashed revelations about an info op run against us

By / 2 Comments / 11 July 2009

Even whitewash does not always stick!  This post follows up two posts about a sophisticated info op run by the Dept of Defense to influence US public opinion about the Iraq War: The media discover info ops, with outrage!, 22 April 2008 Concrete evidence of government info ops against us, but it’s OK because we are sheep, …

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Does Secretary of Defense Gates have cojones grande?

By / 13 Comments / 8 April 2009

We are fools, even sheep.  Reading the newspapers provides daily proof.  For today’s example we have the Defense Department, which has avoided meaningful reform for generations by means of a simple dance step, play another round for us.  It’s only 5 steps, well able to fool simple people even when repeated many times. Plan to spend sums of …

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“What’s wrong with the US military?”, an interview with Winslow Wheeler

By / 25 Comments / 10 December 2008

I recommend reading in full this interview with one of our top defense analysts.  Winslow Wheeler is Director of the Straus Military Reform Project at the Center for Defense Information (see his bio). Supporting information: America’s Defense Meltdown, Click here to download (2.6 MB PDF). A brief description of the book. “The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense …

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Thoughts on fixing America’s national security apparatus

By / 11 Comments / 11 January 2009

Summary:  a quick look at the basis of America’s post-WWII grand strategy, and why it no longer works.  Ninth in a series of notes , we discuss solutions. Regeneration America is a State, not a person.  The arrow of time points only one way for an individual, but nations are reborn every generation.  It’s outside …

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