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 | Nov 27, 2016 | Deep State, Geopolitics, National Security, Shadow Government, The Presidency, US Foreign Policy, US History, US Intelligence, US Military
The death of Fidel Castro offers us an ideal opportunity to reflect not just on the profound geopolitical import of Cuban-American relations. In the process we acquire a timely insight into how badly the Washington establishment gets it all so demonstrably and...
by Greg Maybury | Nov 22, 2016 | Economic History, Geopolitics, National Security, Power Politics, The Presidency, US Foreign Policy, US History, US National Security, US Politics, Wall Street
Brief: The outcome of the 2016 presidential election will keep pundits across the political spectrum looking to explain the rise to the Oval Office of the most improbable candidate in American political history for some time to come. This will especially be the case...
by Greg Maybury | Aug 25, 2016 | Deep State, Geopolitics, The Presidency, US Foreign Policy, US History, US Intelligence, US Military, US National Security
“Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the State of Israel on trial.” [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, 25 March, 2001 quoted in BBC News Online.] — ‘Every time we do something...
by Greg Maybury | Aug 3, 2016 | Geopolitics, US Foreign Policy, US National Security
When it comes to the arms business…there’s no end to the good news from the Middle East. Take the [Obama] administration’s proposed new 10-year aid deal with Israel. If enacted as currently planned, it would boost U.S. military assistance to that...
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...
