tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post559075968895865744..comments2024-03-21T02:23:19.513-07:00Comments on STEVE PIECZENIK <b>TALKS</b>: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376863188680913389noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-56470198183833440492013-05-01T09:16:01.295-07:002013-05-01T09:16:01.295-07:00Eisenhower was not saint, and he was responsible f...Eisenhower was not saint, and he was responsible for what the CIA did in the 1950s, which was as bad as what the communists did, or Nazis did.....<br /><br />Eisenhower has a LOT OF BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.<br /><br />However...<br /><br />He was a competent person who was motivated by the good of the nation, and that makes him far, far different than almost anyone else who's been President.<br /><br />In particular Eisenhower was constantly at odds with the expansive demands of the services, and he was constantly reducing their budget requests.<br /><br />When he left and the Democrats came in they expanded defense spending until by 1962 defense spending was ten percent of GDP, or almost half of the Federal budget.<br /><br /> MITmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712376188659356195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-32907875254789810112013-05-01T09:05:37.669-07:002013-05-01T09:05:37.669-07:00Amen!
It's always been that way in the US mil...Amen!<br /><br />It's always been that way in the US military, and no one knew this better than Eisenhower.<br /><br />It took the Second World War to shake out the dead wood and politicians from among the officer corps, and once the officers who could perform and get results like Eisenhower were in a whole new set of problems set in.<br /><br />The officers who got results during war time tended to also be too hard charging in peacetime, and they fueled the cold war unnecessarily.<br /><br />The military must be watched carefully by civilians, but today many civilians are more warlike and idiotic than the brass hats.<br /><br />It's a fucking mess, just like the rest of this country's governance.MITmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712376188659356195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-47420723345543434592013-05-01T03:46:13.748-07:002013-05-01T03:46:13.748-07:00"Is there not one honorable general or admira..."Is there not one honorable general or admiral who will stand up" No -- most men with honor and ethics in the military are weeded out long before they obtain the rank of General. The promotion system is set up as a square filling exercise with the only discriminator -- who you know. Many MIC companies and organizations (FFRDCs) can influence the promotion process and can/will stop a promotion to 06, even at the service/Sec Def level -- done all the time to people that take their fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers seriously. For example: William LaPlante of the Mitre Corporation (FFRDC)will start on May 6 as the principle deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition --- the incestuous circle of influence and control of our military by those companies and organizations that feed on the system continues. Iraq and Afghanistan will fail. Afghanistan will be a repeat of the Russian failure as the puppet government we installed will be seen as no different than the puppet government the Russians installed--which as the article says can stay in power only as long as we keep paying for it -- which won't be long. Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04584337145628964549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-89645614052119257992013-04-30T20:26:21.295-07:002013-04-30T20:26:21.295-07:00Frontline:
Top Secret America:
http://www.pbs.org/...Frontline:<br />Top Secret America:<br />http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topsecretamerica/#bPatriarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138603022259989149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-89402750321391269142013-04-30T15:34:40.397-07:002013-04-30T15:34:40.397-07:00Thanks for the information and the movie reference...Thanks for the information and the movie reference. Will repost.<br />Best,<br />SteveAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08376863188680913389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-46801365727195145192013-04-29T19:30:09.992-07:002013-04-29T19:30:09.992-07:00Every American should see the film "The Kill ...Every American should see the film "The Kill Team" about the commonplace murder of Afghanistan civilians by depraved US hip-hop generation raping, killing, asshole US hero servicemen.<br /><br />The services have covered up the widespread practice of torture, rape and murder by US heros in Iraq and Afghanistan...just as they did in Vietnam.<br /><br />"The Kill Team" is presently making the rounds.<br /><br />It's directed by Dan Crouse.MITmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712376188659356195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-33935796590596428932013-04-29T19:24:14.952-07:002013-04-29T19:24:14.952-07:00Well now here's a topic I might know something...Well now here's a topic I might know something about.<br /><br />So here I am, twenty years old, and friends of mine in CIA tell me in addition to an undergraduate degree in international relations what I really need is a degree in communications - journalism or RTF or the like. So that's what I do, and then off to Boston for the Masters thing at MIT (Stephen Miller, Meyer, Ruina et.al). <br /><br />But I can't wait to get started so there I am working with the Afghanistan Task Force on communications, which is to say, lying about what's going on there...<br /><br />Pretty much everything the public was told about Afghanistan from 1981 forward was a lie. I can say that personally.<br /><br />And in the last twelve years the Defense Department has become MUCH MORE PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS ORIENTED and DECEPTIVE than EVER BEFORE.....<br /><br />I'd say that since November 2001 that the public has been continuously lied to about everything in Afghanistan, including much of the horror stories about the Taliban on CNN as the US invasion was underway.<br /><br />Now what was the name of that American kid who was with the Talibs and was captured and bullied by Mike Span just before his ass was blown away? Whatever. That kid never picked up a gun, ever, in Afghanistan or anywhere else. After Span was killed this kid had a bag put over his head and he was lashed to a board and US heros (servicemen) took turns pissing on him. Then he was take to the US and thrown in prison for twenty years.<br /><br />USA!<br /><br />USA!<br /><br />USA!<br /><br />(Now try telling me that US servicemen are any more noble than the rampaging German army in Poland or Russia...they arn't)MITmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712376188659356195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-65159864263669402852013-04-29T14:44:16.536-07:002013-04-29T14:44:16.536-07:00Our American Pravda:
http://www.theamericanconserv...Our American Pravda:<br />http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/our-american-pravda/Patriarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138603022259989149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-32398227670981556142013-04-29T14:41:35.556-07:002013-04-29T14:41:35.556-07:00HERE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/world/asia...HERE:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/world/asia/cia-delivers-cash-to-afghan-leaders-office.html?hp&_r=1&Patriarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138603022259989149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4480959310171271494.post-2745330959463835172013-04-29T10:02:36.409-07:002013-04-29T10:02:36.409-07:00Just read an article in NY times via the internet ...Just read an article in NY times via the internet a report about president Karzai receiving plastic bags of dollar bills nicknamed "ghost money" now I'm not stupid enough to think transactions such as this don't occur especially to grease the palms of various warlords which indeed the report states that's where part of the cash went with one 'administrator' demand a year up front 'to build my dream home' but the penny dropped as it were and it occurred to me its in everyone's interest to keep up this charade in Afghanistan! One side the military industrial complex then the narcotics and the greedy warlords whom without this situation wouldn't be getting handsomely rewarded! Might be just me but the further you look into things the more simpler it becomes! Always follow the moneyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612969869137211590noreply@blogger.com