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National Security |
I cannot emphasize enough how
ill-advised I feel the continued use of contractors in our national security is.
This article is one of several you need to read so you can be aware of this issue. -
Larry |
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Outsourcing the War by Jeremy Scahill |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/12/1136/ |
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When Napoleon Hill wrote Think and
Grow Rich , he told his readers that there was a secret of wealth and success
hidden within the contents of his book and invited them to try to find that secret.
Similarly, I feel there is a secret to understanding this conflict we are in now and
what course of actions are now required in one of these letters. See if you can
discover what it is. - Larry |
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Iraq Generals to President: You've Failed Us—From National
Security Network |
http://nsnetwork.org/node/143 |
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I disagree with the author’s premise.
Our Generals have given good advice to this administration. Their advice has been
ignored. - Larry |
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US Officer Blasts Generals’ Handling of Iraq War |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/27/816/ |
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Divide and Rule: America’s Plan for Baghdad
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http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/article2439530.ece |
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Inside the Belly of the Blackwater Beast
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http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/04/inside_the_bell.html |
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McCaffrey: Military ‘In Peril'
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http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2007/03/military_Iraq_McCaffrey_070327/ |
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The Democrats' Special Forces Fetish
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/330frnuq.asp?pg=2 |
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No Good Military Options in Iran
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http://thinkprogress.org/iran-military-option |
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Iraq Resolution Debate: Their Terms or Ours (Internal GOP House
Memo) |
http://majorityleader.house.gov/docUploads/ShadeggHoekstraDearColleague.pdf |
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Army Giving More Waivers in Recruiting |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/us/14military.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin |
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A Time for the Senate to Lead by Senator Jim Webb |
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/07/webb/ |
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Our Mercenaries in Iraq
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http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0125-25.htm |
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Chuck Hagel for President |
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0117-26.htm |
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Preparing Us for War with Iran |
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0117-22.htm |
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Report from American Enterprise Institute: Choosing
Victory: A Plan for Success in Iraq The rationale behind the “surge”. |
http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.25396/pub_detail.asp |
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Good Reasons to Leave Iraq by Bruce Bartlett |
http://bartlett.blogs.nytimes.com/?th&emc=th |
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If not Iraq, Then When, Where, and at What Cost? |
http://patriotpost.us/ |
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President Bush's Interview on “Sixty Minutes” January 14, 2007
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/14/60minutes/main2359119_page3.shtml |
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Major Bill Edmonds—A Soldier's Story
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061211/soldiers_story/3 |
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Pentagon's Plan: More US Troops in Iraq |
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1213-04.htm |
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Bush's New Way Forward Is Into Quicksand by Joseph L. Galloway |
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1214-29.htm |
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Link to the Iraq Study Group report:
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http://www.usip.org/isg/iraq_study_group_report/report/1206/index.html |
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Senator Chuck Hagel: Iraq an Absolute Replay of Vietnam |
http://newnebraska.blogspot.com/2006/07/chuck-hagel-iraq-absolute-replay-of.html
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Fiscal Responsibility |
Costs of Prolonged War
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http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,132415,00.html |
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Joint Statement Supporting Pay As You Go Rules in Congress
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http://www.concordcoalition.org/issues/fedbudget/doc/070321-4cs-paygo-statement.pdf |
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US Heading for Financial Trouble? (Also see our link to the
Concord Coalition on the Resources Page)
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/01/60minutes/main2528226.shtml |
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Prison Growth Could Cost Billions Over the Next Five Years |
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=170300008 |
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Taming the Deficit, Together |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/opinion/12sawhill.html?th&emc=th |
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Dollar's Skid Puts a Glow on the Euro |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/business/03dollar.html?th&emc=th |
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WSJ Says US Army Out of Money |
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121706Z.shtml |
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Another Quagmire—About the international financial crisis we face |
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12273
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Our Economic Quagmire |
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1202-25.htm |
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Social Tolerance |
Income Inequality Worsens
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http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/03/29/income_inequality_worsens.php |
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Taxpayers Should Be Allowed to Challenge Bush Faith Based
Initiatives |
http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=8869&JServSessionIdr001=s14gjlif51.app13a |
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Small Towns Bear Biggest War Death Burden |
http://www.nbc11.com/news/11063869/detail.html?treets=bay&tid=2653444191813&tml=bay_12pm&tmi=bay_12pm_1_02050302202007&ts=H |
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Greetings from Rancho Mirage by Ben Stein |
http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,124135,00.html |
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Second Thoughts on Gays in the Military |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/opinion/02shalikashvili.html?th&emc=th |
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Legislators Vote for Gay Unions in NJ |
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/15/nyregion/15union.html?th&emc=th |
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An Insider Reveals Faith Based Manipulation at the White House |
http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Politics-Divides-Forward-Together/dp/0670037877 |
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Faith and Politics, a new book by Senator Jack
Danforth |
http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Politics-Divides-Forward-Together/dp/0670037877 |
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Obstacles and Progress |
Capital Hill Faces People Party Revolt on Trade and Health
Care by David Sirota |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/03/942/ |
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When the Class War Goes Local by David Sirota |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/04/974/ |
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This monumental documentary is
available for you on the PBS website. Be sure to watch it. - Larry |
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Devastating Moyers Probe of Press and Iraq |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/24/713/ |
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One of the things that keeps us from
actually solving our problems is the hypocrisy of inconsistency. We have too many
people whose outlook is based solely on the fact that they have chosen to identify
with one side/party or the other instead of identifying with a standard of
performance. Everything their side does, therefore, is OK and everything the other
side does is wrong. This article, combined with some other recent events (the firing
of Don Imus and the dismissal of charges against the Duke Lacrosse players, offers
an instructive example of this thought. - Larry |
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Pot (Burton) Calls the Kettle (Waxman) Black |
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/12/pot-burton-calls-the-kettle-waxman-black/ |
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Conservatives for the Constitution |
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/04/07/371/ |
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Schwarzenegger to Limbaugh: I'm not Selling Out |
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/arnold.rush/index.html |
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Los Angeles Times: Political Muscle Blog, Schwarzenegger calls
Limbaugh Irrelevant |
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/politicalmuscle/2007/03/schwarzenegger__5.html |
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Tougher Tactics Deter Migrants at US Border
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/americas/21border.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin |
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In Public View, Saudis Counter Iran in Region |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/world/middleeast/06saudi.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&emc=th |
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Military Wants More Civilians to Help in Iraq |
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/washington/07military.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin |
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Congress Short on Military Experience |
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,124180,00.html?ESRC=dod.nl |
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Funding an Energy Alternative |
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/01/18/funding_an_energy_alternative.php |
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Quantity or Quality by Tom Philpott |
http://www.moaa.org/todaysofficer/columnists/Philpott/recruitment.asp |
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Six Brutal Truths About Iraq |
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00146 |
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From the Patriot Post—Leaders and Clerks
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http://archive.patriotpost.us/pub/06-48_Digest/index.php#continued |
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Unconventional Wisdom |
Bring Back the Draft? |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/08/60minutes/rooney/main2547775.shtml#ccmm |
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Victory Is Not an Option by LTG Odom
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020901917_pf.html |
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The Draft as Deterrent |
http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=HOME%20DefenseWatch%201.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=2&rnd=542.5336374003552
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January 8, 2007, Another Confused Conservative (from the Bruce
Bartlett Blogs) Sub-Theme: Why you can be both conservative and anti-Bush |
http://bartlett.blogs.nytimes.com/ |
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A Parable for our Times by Bill Moyers |
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1222-24.htm |
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Schwartz on How More Produces Less in Iraq |
http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=145524 |
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The Election and the Investigatory Powers of Congress by George
Friedman
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http://www.offnews.info/verArticulo.php?contenidoID=6318 |