Seymour Hersh, the same reporter who broke the Abu Graib story, has now come out with insider reports that the Pentagon is scouting military targets in Iran. In his report he quotes his informant: “This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush Administration is looking at this as a …
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Every 5 years, the CIAs thinktank, the National Intelligence Council, releases a report looking out 15 years in the future. They have just released their report out to 2020 and it’s a long, interesting read. As I go through the report I’ll post some bits and pieces and reaction. Until then, feel free to grab …
I’ve had some back and forth with the blog Bunker Mulligan about the Bush Doctrine, that is, the more Unilaterist (sp?) position taken by the current US administration versus the Multilateral, UN based actions that were the norm since WWII. There is no doubt that this doctrine, which was, as Bunker Mulligan pointed out, actually …
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