For two decades, the Pentagon has been applying the “Rumsfeld/Cebrowski doctrine” to the “wider Middle East”. Several times, it thought of extending it to the “Caribbean Basin”, but refrained from doing so, concentrating its power on its first target. The Pentagon acts as an autonomous decision-making center that is effectively outside the power of the president. It is a civil-military administration that imposes its objectives on the rest of the military. In my book L’Effroyable imposture [1] [2], I wrote, in March, 2002, that the attacks of September 11 were aimed at making the United States accept : on the inside, a system … Continue reading →
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Biden s Middle East Balancing Act: Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia
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(Bloomberg Opinion) I was in Saudi Arabia in September 2019Â when drone strikes, almost certainly instigated by Iran, hit major Saudi oil facilities. From the balcony of my hotel, I could see the smoke rising in the distance. I talked it over with the U.S. ambassador at the time, retired General John Abizaid, and we agreed that the Saudis were facing an existential threat from Tehran.Nothing has changed: I recently spoke with retir.
(Bloomberg Opinion) I was in Saudi Arabia in September 2019Â when drone strikes, almost certainly instigated by Iran, hit major Saudi oil facilities. From the balcony of my hotel, I could see the smoke rising in the distance. I talked it over with the U.S. ambassador at the time, retired General John Abizaid, and we agreed that the Saudis were facing an existential threat from Tehran.
This Is Who We Are Now, We Boo Medal of Honor Recipients
July 29, 2016
General John Allen, who has failed in his fight against Isis, was booed last night to chants of “no more wars” by the Bernie supporters and other leftist groups. The pro-Hillary forces were given USA signs and told to counter the boos by chanting “USA”, which they plagiarized from Donald Trump, and which they did.
This is who we are now. These are our values now.
General Allen is a Medal of Honor recipient and this is how he is treated.
As an aside, it’s odd to hear General Allen, who was hired by the left-wing Brookings think tank, say only Hillary can put out the fires she started. It is Hillary who destroyed Libya and it is Hillary who tried to destroy Egypt and it is Hillary who did nothing right diplomatically in the Middle East.