by Greg Maybury | Mar 13, 2017 | Deep State, Geopolitics, Military/Industrial/Security Complex, National Security, Neo-conservatism, Neoliberalism, Power Politics, Surveillance State, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, US Political Economy, US Politics
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. — F Scott Fitzgerald, 1936 — So far as I can see, all political thinking for years has been vitiated in the...
by Greg Maybury | Jan 16, 2017 | Deep State, Economic History, Geopolitics, National Security, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, US Intelligence, US Military, US National Security, Wall Street
Brief: The so-called ‘military-industrial complex’ ushered in by the passing of the 1947 National Security Act is a luxury America and the world can no longer afford. The unprecedented threat posed by the over-privileged belligerents infecting U.S. military doctrine...
by Greg Maybury | May 9, 2016 | Geopolitics, National Security, Power Politics, The Presidency, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, US History, Wall Street
‘My accomplishments as Secretary of State? Well, I’m glad you asked. My proudest accomplishment in which I take the most pride, mostly because of the opposition it faced early on, you know. The remnants of prior situations and mindsets that were too...
by Greg Maybury | Oct 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
‘As the global reach of industry and finance grew during the postwar era, so did the national security complex. America’s vast system of military and covert power was aimed at not just checking the Soviet threat but at protecting U.S. corporate interests...
