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

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Sprey has been a source & co-writer with Alex Cockburn of Counterpunch.

(See e.g. their joint piece on Fukushima: <http://chuckspinney.blogspot.com/2011/08/sprey-cockburn-report.html 
 >.)

On Nov 17, 2011, at 1:11 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:

> The oil companies know which palms to grease.
>
> Oily to bed and oily to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, &  
> otherwise.
>
> *
>
> 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.
>>
>> Sprey, a former warplane designer, said this about the Iraq war:
>>
>> "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
>>
>> Should be interesting.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Robert Naiman
>> <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know who the "experts" are, but this might be useful:
>>>
>>>
>>> Need to Know, November 18, 2011: The Pentagon: Hard times, hard  
>>> choices
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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