August 11, 2012 0

Genesis of US-Saudi "Al Qaeda Frankenstein" in Syria

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Saturday, August 11, 2012 Genesis of US-Saudi "Al Qaeda Frankenstein" in Syria Al Qaeda militants funded, armed and arrayed against Syria by the West since at least 2007 receive PR boost from Western media as public awareness grows of their presence.  by Tony Cartalucci August 11, 2012 – "To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia’s government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran.

August 11, 2012 0

We’ve got enough problems without shooting ourselves in the foot

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves

August 9, 2012 0

Getting Romney’s culture quote just right

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There may have been some confusion about what Romney actually said about culture and economic success, so I thought I would document it: I recognize the power of at least culture and a few other things….As you come here and you see the G.D.P.

August 9, 2012 0

Introducing the Gulf State Despots: 10 Facts about Saudi Arabia

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Astounding hypocrisy, self-censorship, and complicity by the West regarding one of the most regressive regimes on Earth. by Tony Cartalucci August 9, 2012 –  The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) comprises of 6 nations, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. In principle, Kuwait and Bahrain are considered “constitutional monarchs,” in practice, all 6 are despotic autocracies with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman overtly “absolute monarchs.” Devoid of even a feigned semblance of representative governance, these regimes brutally repress not only their own subjects, but play active roles in repressing the people of other nations, both on their borders and well beyond them.