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Boulevardier's avatar

Reminds me of when the deep state was laying the groundwork for the Iraq war. There was an organization called the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq that would sometimes pop up or be quoted and of course there was a long list of board members and advisors who were figures in politics and the media to give it credibility, like forever war enthusiast Bill Kristol. One would imagine it had a big office somewhere with a bunch of credentialed staff analyzing this or that.

Nope - their official office at the time was a row house converted to offices near the Eastern Market in DC that had maybe 2000 square feet and had like 4 organizations with their plaques by the door including theirs. I lived near there and walked by frequently at various hours of the day and it was always empty. Just a total sham front, and that was the entire point of those 'offices'.

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A Andersen's avatar

Scott Horton’s new book, Provoked, goes into great detail as to exactly how this public/private network of proxy NGOs and Security State cutouts has been behind virtually ever regime change starting with Kosovo, especially including the disastrous 2014 Ukrainian coup that disrupted a delicate live and let live balance between East & West. Just like in the George Floyd mostly peaceful protests, pallets of bricks mysteriously appear along with disgruntled “protesters”, and snipers if necessary.

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Arthur Sido's avatar

I often think of this when you hear of American troops being killed in random African nations. I wonder if an average President has any clue as to the disposition of the military that he is allegedly the commander-in-chief of on any given day? Everything is so vast that no one can possibly know what is going on, or anything more than a tiny fraction of it. Sure he knows we have troops in the Middle East and troops in South Korea and troops in some of the larger bases around the world, but what about the little outposts, the submarines, the special operators here and there?

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