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According to Sun Tzu's 'Art of War'

02-01-2012 • www.dailypaul.com

According to Sun Tzu's Art of War, Americans are losing:...

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Massive U.S. Military Buildup Reported Around Iran; Up to 100k Troops Ready By March

02-01-2012 • shtfplan.com via rense.com

The comment thread was the best part of this article! I recommend wading through the usual bs and you'll find some real issues being discussed intelligently.

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Obama Denies ‘Huge Number of Civilian Casualties’ in Drone War

01-31-2012 • AntiWar

President Obama confirmed the drone war in Pakistan, breaking with protocol which demands US officials not speak publicly about the classified program. “I want to make sure people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian c

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Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed Fighters

01-28-2012 • New York Times

The Free Syrian Army’s leadership is based over the border in Turkey. It is unclear whether it has any organizational control over the local, ad hoc militias in Syria that one person described as “franchises.” The scene in the square in Saqba showed

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Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East

01-28-2012 • Washington Post

The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. The Navy is converting an aging warship into a makeshift staging base

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The Three Biggest Lies the Government Is Telling You

01-26-2012 • Charles Goyette on LewRockwell.com

Government lies are legion. So many are its lies, that narrowing them down to three of the most important is a demanding task. But our current crisis has been chiefly enabled by monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the global military empire. So I

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THE WAR: I think I am going to be sick

01-24-2012 • www.dailypaul.com

I as a Pastor need to speak against this evil ... it is my duty ... and I am calling out the clergy in this nation to speak up and out against this wickedness. I just watched this video which would explain why so many of our kids are choosing to end

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Israeli-Saudi Cyberwar Heats Up

01-24-2012 • arclein

OxOmer claims he is 17 years old and belongs to a four-member team of hackers who call themselves Israel Defenders. In the earlier counterattack, they published hundreds of Saudi credit card numbers. They told the Jerusalem Post they were also behind

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Marine pleads guilty, ending final Haditha trial

01-23-2012 • Reuters

The U.S. Marine sergeant accused of leading a massacre of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha pleaded guilty on Monday to dereliction of duty, ending the final prosecution stemming from a 2005 incident that brought international condemnation of U.S. troops

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Why World War I Resonates

01-23-2012 • www.nytimes.com

The last old soldier or sailor has died and almost all of the witnesses have gone, but the war exerts a tenacious hold on the imagination.

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How Pakistan helps the U.S. drone campaign

01-22-2012 • Reuters

They made use of Pakistani "spotters" on the ground and demonstrated a level of coordination that both sides have sought to downplay since tensions erupted in January 2011 with the killing of two Pakistanis by a CIA contractor in Lahore. "Our work

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Times poll shows GOP schism on interventionism

01-18-2012 • Washington Times

Nearly half of all Republican primary voters say it's time the U.S. stops intervening in world affairs and focuses on domestic priorities instead, signaling a persistent rift that is playing out in the party's presidential nomination battle.

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Situation Deteriorates, Pakistan Tells US Envoy to Stay Away

01-18-2012 • news.antiwar.com

The US State Department is reporting today that a request to allow Special Envoy Marc Grossman to visit Pakistan has been turned down by the Pakistani government, citing the “prevailing situation” in the nation.

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Privatizing the War on Terror: America’s Military Contractors

01-18-2012 • njtoday.net

at the same time that Obama is reducing the number of troops in Iraq, he’s replacing them with military contractors at far greater expense to the taxpayer and redeploying American troops to other parts of the globe, including Africa, Australia and Is

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Killing Dissent with War

01-18-2012 • www.fff.org/Jacob Hornberger

A point made by James Madison might well explain the U.S. government’s strangulation of Iran’s economy with ever-tightening sanctions: “Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended.”

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Obama and Santorum: Two Peas in a War Pod

01-17-2012 • tenthamendmentcenter.com

Apparently Rick Santorum is cut from the same fabric as Barack Obama when it comes to congressional declarations of war, as required by the Constitution.

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War is a Racket by Smedley Butler

01-17-2012 • www.youtube.com

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This speech by two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many.