Roberta Jacobs-Meadway’s Post

Interesting read from Stephens

The plan to attack Iraq , Syria, Iran was planned June 3rd 1997 by a neo conservative Republican group called "The Project for A new American Century" Me may 24th 2005- meeting with Robert McNamera and Ted sorrenson at the United Nations in New York NY. We tried to end war. Paul Wolfowitz and the others that planned the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, the holy land and The war in Iran are here- June 3rd 1997- "The Project For a New American Century" https://lnkd.in/gBUgjf97 June 3, 1997 American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century.

Interesting read from Stephens

This is really worrying. It is also NOT my place to be here; I am NOT a US citizen but a caring individual. I try to stick to commercial economics property economic issues. Putting Capital Assets in the hands of someone who perhaps should be certified seems a recipe for disaster, following what he got up to in the 2020 election. Also how is it possible that this got passed #CNN s editorial to be published. It is putting the wrong ideas into people's heads. https://lnkd.in/gf6XAX56

“I spoke to 10 veterans of the bureau, including six former assistant secretaries who led it. While no single ingredient seems to explain its relative success, a few ingredients together might: INR analysts are true experts. They are heavily recruited from PhD programs and even professorships, and have been on their subject matter (a set of countries, or a thematic specialty like trade flows or terrorism) for an average of 14 years. CIA analysts typically switch assignments every two to three years. INR’s small size means that analyses are written by individuals, not by committee, and analysts have fewer editors and managers separating them from the policymakers they’re advising. That means less groupthink, and clearer individual perspectives. INR staff work alongside State Department policymakers, meaning they get regular feedback on what kind of information is most useful to them. Intelligence analysis is a notoriously difficult craft.” Reading:

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The world will be destroyed if Iran is attacked. The plan to attack Iraq , Syria, Iran was planned June 3rd 1997 by a group called "The Project for A new American Century" Me may 24th 2005- meeting with Robert McNamera and Ted sorrenson at the United Nations in New York NY. We tried to end war. Paul Wolfowitz and the others that planned the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, the holy land and The war in Iran are here- June 3rd 1997- "The Project For a New American Century" https://lnkd.in/gBUgjf97 June 3, 1997 American foreign and defense policy is adrift. Conservatives have criticized the incoherent policies of the Clinton Administration. They have also resisted isolationist impulses from within their own ranks. But conservatives have not confidently advanced a strategic vision of America's role in the world. They have not set forth guiding principles for American foreign policy. They have allowed differences over tactics to obscure potential agreement on strategic objectives. And they have not fought for a defense budget that would maintain American security and advance American interests in the new century.

How are Series EE savings bonds taxed?: Savings bonds are purchased by many Americans, often as a way to help fund college or show their patriotism. Series EE bonds, which replaced Series E bonds, were first issued in 1980. From 2001 to 2011, they were designated as “Patriot Bonds” as a way for Americans “to express support for our nation's anti-terrorism efforts,” […] https://bit.ly/3WKzAG1

Sigh...cutting is not investing, and the Minister's BS answer about efficiency is lame, without direction CAFs hands are tied. DND is where there is bloat, and even they can't make the requiered changes without direction. I'm still fucking pissed with these budgets 'cuts'. Ya great SSE doubled the budget but it was never real money, and we have attrited our capability since SSE dropped. How is reducing dollar amounts, increasing our broken capability? CBC CTV News GlobalNews Group, The Globe and Mail ,National Post, Inc. Toronto Star Canadian press, you need to be harsher in your questioning, don't accept 'political noise' when receiving answers. We can't be rude, but we can be insistent for real answers. Please consider this your duty to help save future lives of our service personnel. You can read the writing on the wall, just as clearly as I can.

So some people call me a conspiracy theorist, but the issue is figuring out the conspiracy. I don't think that there is a cabal of people that run the world. I do think that there are dozens of different cabals, some of whom run some things and some people who run others, and it's a mess to try to figure out what is going on. It helps if you look at history and the history of history. We are still trying to figure out what went on to start World War 1, and one lesson that I've learned from history is that you get a lot of situations where someone thinks X is going on but Y is happening, or they expect X but Y happens. So it doesn't look like that the US actively plotted for the overthrow of Assad, and it looks like people in the US are really, really confused about what to do which says something not good about how decision making happens in Washington. The other thing is that I find weird about Biden's remarks is "whoa, aren't you going to be out of a job in about a month?" Right now, what I am seeing in the foreign policy journals is a rear guard action by the Biden administration to lock in policy for Trump. The stuff that people in the Biden administration are publishing right now is *weird*. Normally when you are about to leave the job, you would write a farewell address (like Reagan's speech when he left the White House) and you would describe what you are happy you got done, and what you wish you had done differently. The stuff that the Biden team is writing is stuff you would write at the *start* of an administration. So what I think is going to happen is that the Biden people are going to try to use the "deep state" to force Trump toward certain policies, and this makes for a very bumpy transition. https://lnkd.in/gVDTWmmG