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Category Archives: war on terror
The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy
Bombs, Bullets, and Bellicosity Instead of Brains By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views In my latest article for TomDispatch.com, I parse the meaning of America’s latest National Defense Strategy. Hint: It’s not about defense. More than two millennia ago, in the History of … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Lloyd Austin., Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NDS, People’s Liberation Army, Russia, US Foreign Policy, war
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Never Let A Good Crisis Go to Waste
Relentless Ukraine reporting helps conceal other conflicts By Philip Giraldi Source: Information Clearing House It is astonishing how many observers of war in Ukraine who should know better have been inclined to take at face value the assertions of “sources” … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Africa, AFRICOM, corporate news, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, Israel, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Palestine, propaganda, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, war
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The American Kleptocracy: A Government of Liars, Thieves and Lawbreakers
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, FBI, Law, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, al-Qaida, ANOM, arms manufacturers, civil liberties, Cointelpro, Covid-19, Cyberwarfare, DOJ, Dystopia, entrapment, FBI, Kleptocracy, NSA, police state, state terrorism, surveillance state, Technocracy, terrorism, US government
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How a Missile in Kabul Connects to a Speaker in Taipei
By Pepe Escobar Source: The Unz Review This is the way the “Global War on Terror” (GWOT) ends, over and over again: not with a bang, but a whimper. Two Hellfire R9-X missiles launched from a MQ9 Reaper drone on … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, Neocons, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, IMF, imperialism, International Law, Kabul, Nancy Pelosi, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin, war, war on terror, Xi Jinping
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Forget liberating Ukraine – We first need to liberate our minds
Because we in the West are the strongest tribe on the planet, we are also the most deluded, the most propagandized, and the most dangerous By Jonathan Cook Source: Jonathan Cook Blog Nothing should better qualify me to write about … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, censorship, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, NATO, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Apartheid, China, corporate media, culture, disinformation, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, International Law, Israel, Labour, Mainstream Media, media, Meretz, NATO, neo-Nazis, Palestine, propaganda, rules-based order, Russia, Saddam Hussein, society, Tribalism, Ukraine, war, war on terror, Zionism
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‘We the People’ Are the New, Permanent Underclass in America
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “We are now speeding down the road of wasteful spending and debt, and unless we can escape we will be smashed in inflation.”—Herbert Hoover This is financial tyranny. The … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Drug War, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, imperialism, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, police state, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Dystopia, Economic Collapse, Economics, empire, financial crisis, imperialism, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, national debt, police state, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
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AS WAR DRUMS BEAT FOR UKRAINE, REMEMBER, LIES AND PROPAGANDA STARTED NEARLY EVERY WAR IN US HISTORY
By Don Via Jr, Source: Waking Times War is one of the most primitive and senseless manifestations of the human experience, so naturally, most sane people with families, ambitions and kind hearts want nothing to do with such things. Unfortunately, as … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, False Flag, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged black ops, Deep State, empire, False Flags, Geoffrey Pyatt, geopolitics, imperialism, Iraq War, Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden, Korean War, Libya, NATO, neo-Nazis, Neocons, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Victoria Nuland, Vietnam War, Viktor Yanukovych, war, war on terror, World War 1, World War 2
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