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America Begins Nation-Building at Home

From On November 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

(Provided Your Home is the Middle East)

By Nick Turse

via Tom Dispatch

A billion dollars from the federal government: that kind of money could go a long way toward revitalizing a country’s aging infrastructure.  It could provide housing or better water and sewer systems.  It could enhance a transportation network or develop [...]

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David Petraeus and the Militarization of the CIA

From On November 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

via Lobe Log

The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill injects some badly needed context into the media frenzy over David Petraeus’s CIA resignation by examining the four-star General’s legacy against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized intelligence agency:

As head of US Central Command in 2009, Petraeus issued execute orders that significantly broadened the ability [...]

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U.S. CENTCOM Commander Endorses Linkage

From On March 4, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Commander of the U.S. military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has joined his predecessor, Gen. David Petraeus, in endorsing the concept of linkage.

The notion of linkage contends that a festering Arab-Israeli conflict takes a strategic toll on the U.S. in the Middle East.

In an Congressional testimony, CENTCOM head Gen. James Mattis [...]

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