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Why does it seem the Pentagon is far better at spending money than actually putting together a successful operation? The failed “Operation Prosperity Guardian” and the disastrous floating Gaza pier are but two recent examples of enormously expensive initiatives that, though they no-doubt enriched military contractors, were incapable of meeting their stated goals. To great fanfare, last December the Pentagon announced the launch of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a joint US/UK military operation to halt the Yemeni Houthi disruption of Israel-linked commercial shipping through the Red Sea. The Houthis announced their policy in response to civilian deaths in Israel’s war on...

Colonel Douglas Macgregor Interview - DEBUNKING Taiwan, Ukraine LIES Sample of viewer comments -- all are very favorable...well worth watching. Colonel Mac Gregor is an intellectual you can rarely speak with in America. What a intellect of this man you can only admire him. And what a honest man speaking the truth with his wide minds over the situation in the world. Compliments from Europe colonel. This man has busted my preconceptions of what an American Colonel is like. Massive respect, hugely open minded (holistically, not as in rather narrow modern definition), a man truly worth listening to. Colonel Mac...

Lobbyists in the EU capital opposing gay rights are in close contact with US neoconservative organizations, raising questions about where their money comes from. The lobbyists themselves deny any funding comes from overseas. One such lobby group is European Dignity Watch, founded in 2010, advocating "life, the family and fundamental freedoms." According to the EU transparency register, it has an annual budget of €80,816 ($99,307)—all in the form of anonymous donations. It rallies against abortion, euthanasia, but most ardently against gay rights. It accuses the European Parliament of pressuring member states into legalizing same-sex marriage, and the European Commission of...

The death of a Russian foster child came to light six months afterwards Denis Uritsky, an 8-year-old boy from Russia, was killed by his American adoptive parents. Donna and Samuel Merryman, a married couple from the U.S., the pious teachers at a Sunday school, starved their foster son to death. Prior to the ill-fated adoption, the child had lived in an orphanage located in the town of Ochery, Perm region, Russia. His adoptive parents, though it is hard to call those monsters "parents," did not torture or beat up the child. They simply did not give him any food. He...

It is said that the U.S. president, George W. Bush, believes in God and prays frequently. I suspect the reason why this is said is because it is true. I suspect that attempts to understand the man, without bringing this personal eccentricity into account, must fail. I even suspect, that in addition to the advisers he has squabbling around him, he is in the unmodern though not necessarily unAmerican habit of seeking some kind of divine guidance, to supplement what the CIA can tell him (which, even on a clear day, isn't all that much). Anyone in his position who...