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Sputnik International
January 24, 2018
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Anti-Russia hysteria and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe helped feed the imperialist blueprint the Defense Department recently unleashed designed to lock-in a new Cold War, former Pentagon analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik. Defense Secretary James Mattis said inÃÂ ...
Center for Research on Globalization
January 21, 2018
Much has been written about our Twitterer-in-Chief and the tortured response to his presidency, particularly within the GOP. As a recent example, Frank Bruni of the New York Times lamented the fate of Senator Lindsey Graham, who has now become one of Donald Trump's biggest defenders onÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
December 27, 2017
Both Washington and Moscow now appeared to be locked into a mutually reactive cycle of worsening relations, veteran Department of Defense analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik on Wednesday. "This is tit-for-tat posturing or background music in the ongoing drift to a new Cold War," he said. Spinney, whoÃÂ ...
BillMoyers.com
December 19, 2017
BY Chuck Spinney and Pierre Sprey | February 27, 2017. House Speaker Paul Ryan gave a vivid sense of where that presidential flamethrower could be aimed soon when he told radio host Ross Kaminsky, “We're going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debtÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
December 4, 2017
Chuck Spinney (Wikipedia) is one of America's top defense analysts. He sent me this summary of the core problem with our military today. “Traditionally, the military–industrial–congressional complex (MICC), including the people who really counted in the Pentagon, preferred a Cold War to hot war.
Sputnik International
October 20, 2017
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Secretary of Defense James Mattis will fail to cut costs enough for the modernization program he and President Donald Trump want to implement by closing 19 percent of US bases around the world, retired Department of Defense analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik on Friday.
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
April 13, 2017
Summary: Trump has received much applause for bombing Syria. Republicans, Democrats, journalists, and geopolitical gurus all cheered. Here insightful defense analyst Chuck Spinney asks inconvenient questions about the lack of evidence and illogic of the “Assad did it” story. This is a follow-up toÃÂ ...
BillMoyers.com
February 27, 2017
(Editor's Note: Franklin “Chuck” Spinney is the epitome of a principled, outspoken Washington whistleblower. For 30 years, working within the Pentagon, he analyzed the cost and effectiveness of America's weapons, boldly speaking out against “the military-industrial-congressional complex” and the billionsÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
February 25, 2017
Clinton's team was well-stocked with cheerleaders for restarting the cold war. Trump won, so we have an administration stocked with cheerleaders for restarting the cold war. McMaster as National Security Advisor completed the roster. Here Chuck Spinney describes how the Deep State has managed thisÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com (blog)
December 28, 2016
Legendary Pentagon analyst and whistleblower Chuck Spinney joins today's Liberty Report to explain the budget nightmares a President Trump will face at the Pentagon. Why do these weapons systems cost so much and perform so badly? Chuck knows…and tells Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams onÃÂ ...
Consortium News
July 2, 2016
By Chuck Spinney. America is engaged in the longest and second most expensive war in its history — a small war in terms of forces deployed and op-tempos, but a war that is grinding on endlessly, without a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. Contrary to the whining about constrained budgets causingÃÂ ...
CounterPunch
April 20, 2016
b. to seal him off from his lines of retreat, thus undermining the enemy's will and destroying his morale;. c. to hit his centers of administration and disrupt his communications, thus severing the link between his brain and limbs. Reflection on these three aims proves the truth of Napoleon's saying: 'The wholeÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus (blog)
September 22, 2014
Summary: 25 years ago 5 men published one of the seminal articles in modern military theory, introducing the concept of 4th generation war. They did so at the start of a new cycle of conflicts for America. America would be much stronger today had we listened. As we start new wars, it's vital that weÃÂ ...
TIME (blog)
July 19, 2011
The courtiers in the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac are lining up to give Leon Panetta advice on how to manage the Pentagon in the coming era of budget “constraints.” Most of this wisdom takes the form of platitudes of how important it is to have a strategy and to make the hard choicesÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
October 20, 2017
... implement by closing 19 percent of US bases around the world, retired Department of Defense analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik on Friday.
Sputnik International
July 21, 2017
... Syrian rebels is long overdue and will benefit the United States long-term, former Defense Department analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik.
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
April 13, 2017
Here insightful defense analyst Chuck Spinney asks inconvenient questions about the lack of evidence and illogic of the “Assad did it” story.
BillMoyers.com
February 27, 2017
(Editor's Note: Franklin “Chuck” Spinney is the epitome of a principled, outspoken Washington whistleblower. For 30 years, working within the ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
February 25, 2017
McMaster as National Security Advisor completed the roster. Here Chuck Spinney describes how the Deep State has managed this impressive ...
Antiwar.com (blog)
December 28, 2016
Legendary Pentagon analyst and whistleblower Chuck Spinney joins today's Liberty Report to explain the budget nightmares a President ...
Consortium News
July 2, 2016
By Chuck Spinney. America is engaged in the longest and second most expensive war in its history — a small war in terms of forces deployed ...
Fabius Maximus (blog)
September 22, 2014
Summary: 25 years ago 5 men published one of the seminal articles in modern military theory, introducing the concept of 4th generation war.
Washington Examiner
March 2, 2013
Pentagon officials responsible for making sure Department of Defense military and civilian employees, retirees and contractors get paid on ...
Fabius Maximus (blog)
September 24, 2012
Summary: Today we have our of America's sharpest observers, Chuck Spinney, explain what might be our core problem — our broken ...
TIME (blog)
July 19, 2011
The courtiers in the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac are lining up to give Leon Panetta advice on how to manage the Pentagon ...
Truthdig
December 31, 1999
Commenting on this phenomenon, former Pentagon analyst Chuck Spinney suggested to me that “the laborious act of devoting so much mental ...
BillMoyers.com
August 10, 2017
As tensions with North Korea escalate, Congress and the military must prevent a nuclear first strike. By Mark Hertsgaard | August 10, 2017. Do You Trust DonaldÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
July 21, 2017
... Syrian rebels is long overdue and will benefit the United States long-term, former Defense Department analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik.
Sputnik International
June 26, 2017
Former US Defense Department senior analyst Chuck Spinney claims that the United States will open the flood gates to a new wave ofÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
April 13, 2017
Here insightful defense analyst Chuck Spinney asks inconvenient questions about the lack of evidence and illogic of the “Assad did it” story.
BillMoyers.com
February 27, 2017
(Editor's Note: Franklin “Chuck” Spinney is the epitome of a principled, outspoken Washington whistleblower. For 30 years, working within theÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
February 25, 2017
McMaster as National Security Advisor completed the roster. Here Chuck Spinney describes how the Deep State has managed this impressiveÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com (blog)
December 28, 2016
Legendary Pentagon analyst and whistleblower Chuck Spinney joins today's Liberty Report to explain the budget nightmares a PresidentÃÂ ...
Consortium News
July 2, 2016
By Chuck Spinney. America is engaged in the longest and second most expensive war in its history — a small war in terms of forces deployedÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus (blog)
September 22, 2014
Summary: 25 years ago 5 men published one of the seminal articles in modern military theory, introducing the concept of 4th generation war.
Fabius Maximus (blog)
September 24, 2012
Summary: Today we have our of America's sharpest observers, Chuck Spinney, explain what might be our core problem — our brokenÃÂ ...
TIME (blog)
July 19, 2011
The courtiers in the Hall of Mirrors that is Versailles on the Potomac are lining up to give Leon Panetta advice on how to manage the PentagonÃÂ ...
Middle East Online
February 27, 2017
The West's current hysteria about "Russian aggression" ignores the long history of real Western aggression against Russia, now underscored by plans to sharply increase spending on nuclear weapons, note Chuck Spinney and Pierre Sprey. Middle EastÃÂ ...
BillMoyers.com
February 27, 2017
(Editor's Note: Franklin "Chuck" Spinney is the epitome of a principled, outspoken Washington whistleblower. For 30 years, working within the Pentagon, he analyzed the cost and effectiveness of America's weapons, boldly speaking out against "theÃÂ ...
Fabius Maximus website (blog)
February 25, 2017
Summary: One of the "an echo not a choice" aspects of the election was the war on Russia. Clinton's team was well-stocked with cheerleaders for restarting the cold war.
War on the Rocks
January 25, 2017
John Boyd, Thomas Christie, Franklin "Chuck" Spinney, and Pierre Sprey were key players of what became known as the defense reform movement.
Antiwar.com (blog)
December 28, 2016
Legendary Pentagon analyst and whistleblower Chuck Spinney joins today's Liberty Report to explain the budget nightmares a President Trump will face at the Pentagon.
Salon
November 1, 2016
The one-two punch of an environment in which the military can do no wrong, while being outfitted for every global task imaginable, and what former Pentagon analyst Franklin "Chuck" Spinney has called "political engineering," has been a tough ...
Mother Jones
October 30, 2016
The one-two punch of an environment in which the military can do no wrong while being outfitted for every global task imaginable, and what former Pentagon analyst Franklin "Chuck" Spinney has called "political engineering," has been a tough combination ...
Truthdig
October 28, 2016
The one-two punch of an environment in which the military can do no wrong, while being outfitted for every global task imaginable, and what former Pentagon analyst Franklin "Chuck" Spinney has called "political engineering," has been a tough ...
Huffington Post
October 25, 2016
The one-two punch of an environment in which the military can do no wrong, while being outfitted for every global task imaginable, and what former Pentagon analyst Franklin "Chuck" Spinney has called "political engineering," has been a tough ...
Digital Journal
October 12, 2016
SHADOW WORLD also features commentary by David Leigh, Helen Garlick, Riccardo Privitera, Pierre Sprey, Vijay Prashad, Jeremy Scahill, Marta Benavides, Lawrence Wilkerson, Chris Hedges, Franklin C. Spinney, Cynthia McKinney, Michael Hardt, JamesÃÂ ...
Opposing Views
September 12, 2016
Nobody knows," Franklin Spinney, a retired military analyst, told Reuters in August. That doesn't mean $6.5 trillion is missing -- it means the Army "lacked receipts and invoices to support those numbers or simply made them up," the Reuters report said.
Truthdig
September 1, 2016
The Army lost or didn't keep required data, and much of the data it had was inaccurate, the IG said. "Where is the money going?
Corvallis Gazette Times
August 19, 2016
Analyst Frank "Chuck" Spinney has exposed the corruption in the military, calling the whole industry "Welfare Queens.
