Robert Gates

Second Stage Terror Wars

Edward Curtin “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” William Casey, CIA Director, Feb. 1981 It is well known that the endless US war on terror was overtly launched following the mass murders of September 11, 2001 and the linked anthrax attacks. The invasion of Afghanistan and the Patriot Act were …

Both Sides-- But Not The Joni Mitchell Version

The Wall Street Journal ran an OpEd by Robert Gates Friday evening, To End the Shutdown, Try Thinking Big on Immigration. It almost doesn't matter what his "big idea" is since his presentation is so utterly flawed. "Both parties are to blame for this embarrassing impasse," he wrote. Really? Both parties. Pin a pin in that. We'll come back to it. First I want to make sure you know who Robert Gates is.

My (unpublished) letter to The Guardian about NATO pursuing regime change in Libya

Dear Sir/Madam
Discussing President Obama’s 2011 Libya intervention Julian Borger asserts the “US went to the United Nations for backing for military action, but then – in Moscow’s eyes at least – abused the mandate by pursuing regime change” (‘From healthcare to foreign policy – the achievement, and the disappointments’, 4 January).
Readers might like to know the idea regime change became the goal of the West in Libya has more credible supporters than the Russian government.