...the directive was signed in September and would send “small teams of American troops” to “both friendly and hostile nations in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Horn of Africa to gather intelligence and build ties with local forces.” More importantly, “the order also permits reconnaissance that could pave the way for possible military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear ambitions escalate.”
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
U.S. Is Said to Expand Secret Actions in Mideast
from The NY Times. The article reports on the latest revelation of secret operations authorizing the US military to carry out. As such, it illustrates once again how any pretense of foreign, or domestic, policies that are not in conformance with the US Constitution are simply made secret by executive order of the President. In this case, a Presidential order was not even mentioned. Instead it has been authorized by Gen. Petaeus. Of course, this could not have happened without Obama administration approval.