by Greg Maybury | Sep 19, 2017 | Economic History, Geopolitics, Military/Industrial/Security Complex, National Security, Political Economy, Uncategorized, US Foreign Policy, Wall Street
‘…[In] such trying games of conquest, results might never be expected to take shape quickly…Imperial stratagems are protracted affairs. The captains of world aggression measure their achievements…on a timescale whose unit is the generation. It’s...
by Greg Maybury | Jun 26, 2017 | Deep State, Geopolitics, Military/Industrial/Security Complex, National Security, Neo-conservatism, Shadow Government, The Presidency, US Foreign Policy, US National Security
‘It has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that Fortune which loves the brave.’ US Secretary of State John Hay, referencing the Spanish-American War of 1898, in a letter to...
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 | Aug 6, 2015 | Geopolitics, US History, US Politics
The masses have never thirsted for the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master….Whoever attempts to destroy those illusions is always their victim. Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: The Study of the Popular Mind. -*- – Special...
by Greg Maybury | Aug 5, 2015 | Geopolitics, US History, US Politics
‘The masses have never thirsted for the truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master….Whoever attempts to destroy those illusions is always their victim.’ Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: The Study of the Popular Mind. -*- – Special...
