[Peace-discuss] PBS program on military spending Nov 18

[E. Wayne Johnson]

The oil companies know which palms to grease.

Oily to bed and oily to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, & otherwise.

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We tend to think of Military Intelligence as being an oxymoron.
Pierre Sprey was a follower of the ideas of John Boyd, an interesting 
exception.

There are a lot of military people who are opposed to the war.


On 11/18/2011 1:33 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> apparently the experts are Winslow Wheeler, of the Center for Defense
> Information (a key critic of Pentagon spending), Pierre Sprey and
> Andrew Bacevich.
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> Sprey, a former warplane designer, said this about the Iraq war:
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> "It is an enormously unjust war, not fought for any of the reasons put
> forth," he said. "Very simply, I don't think we should be going to war
> for oil companies."
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501518.html
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> Should be interesting.
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> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Robert Naiman
> <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>  wrote:
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>> I don't know who the "experts" are, but this might be useful:
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>> Need to Know, November 18, 2011: The Pentagon: Hard times, hard choices
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>> This week’s special edition of Need to Know shines a light on the
>> debate over the Pentagon’s budget, exploring whether the $700 billion
>> defense budget can be cut and, if so, how and by how much. Fred
>> Francis, former Pentagon correspondent at NBC, moderates a roundtable
>> discussion between military experts who discuss the risks and benefits
>> of cutting U.S. defense spending on military pensions, health care,
>> deployments and equipment. Ray Suarez hosts.
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>> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/uncategorized/need-to-know-november-18-2011-the-pentagon-hard-times-hard-choices/12374/
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>> --
>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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