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Is the American Republic dying, as in the last days of the Roman Republic?

By / Leave a Comment / 7 January 2017

Each day brings comparisons of America to various failing states, like Zimbabwe (see here) and Greece.   I believe the strongest comparison is to the last days of the Roman Empire.   Bernard Finel (of the American Security Project) sketches the similarities in The Fall of the Roman Republic: Lessons for David Petraeus and America, at his blog …

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Preface to Manning the Future Legions of the United States: Finding and Developing Tomorrow’s Centurions

By / Leave a Comment / 18 January 2015

Summary:  This is the fourth in a series of articles about Donald Vandergriff, explaining why changing the Army’s methods of recruiting, training, motivating, and retaining people are the key structural changes to make it better fitted for warfare in the 21st century. . Today’s we have a excerpt from the Preface to Don Vandergriff’s book Manning the …

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The hidden key to understanding Europe’s crisis – and ours

By / Leave a Comment / 17 November 2014

Summary:   The response by major national governments to the Greek crisis is rational, and inevitable.  It has nothing to do with Greece, and everything to do with these government’s own debts and deficits.  This is the key to understanding the crisis. {Trantor’s} dependence upon the outer worlds for good made it increasingly vulnerable … and Imperial …

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America appoints a Magister Populi to deal with the financial crisis

By / 10 Comments / 26 April 2012

Summary:  as our ruling elites use the financial crisis to gather economic and political power, the next step is the granting of extraordinary powers to our Executives.  Following historical precedent, these will follow the usual forms while greatly changing the substance. Contents A historical precedent Hot excerpts from the Paulson proposal See the following post:  …

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Forecasts for the American Expedition to Iraq

By / Leave a Comment / 2 June 2013

What comes next in Iraq? Here are some straight-line extrapolations. Nothing certain, but these seem like good bets. 1.  American public support for the Iraq War has evolved to the tipping point — the critical level at which mainstream politicos move to explicit opposition. In this sense Iraq is a second Vietnam: a foreign war …

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