Summary:Â Our foreign policy consists largely of repeating mistakes from the past. This post examines two example — one from a decade ago, one from today — along with a comment by Machiavelli chastising our folly. This is the 2nd of 3 posts today about our FAILure to learn, each with a lesson from the …
Machiavelli warns us against listening to Iran’s exiled terrorists Read More »
Summary: Among other services, the FM website warns you today about future dangers. Here we review two important news stories about matters often reported on the FM website. Please reading these stories, which describe potentially major trends. More importantly, please act on at least one of them. Information is useless if it provides only fodder for gossip and …
Updating you about today’s news confirming long-ago warnings on the FM website Read More »
Summary: The news media saturate us with news, which can make understand more difficult — not less. At the FM website we help you sort through that flow to see the patterns important to you as a citizen. Today we show two examples, illustrations of powerful trends shaping America about which we warned for the …
Summary: We’re marching towards a war. Like our other wars this past decade, an ill-considered conflict based mostly on lies. Wars being among the most uncertain things in life, this might be larger, more expensive, and more painful than our other wars since 9-11. Take a deep breath while reading this post and consider what …
Summary: There are reports that the US has supported terrorist groups seeking to overthrow Iran’s government. This is the first post in a series; at the end are links to the other chapters. Contents Background A description of the situation and what we know Evidence of covert support for terrorists: leaks and speculation What might …
Is the War on Terror over (because there are no longer two sides)? Read More »
