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| | *[https://youtu.be/pK4SZ5IzeRE The New Atlas LIVE: Mark Sleboda on West Pivots to "Long War" in Ukraine, Industry to Decide Victor]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 09:09, September 29, 2023 (EDT) | | *[https://youtu.be/pK4SZ5IzeRE The New Atlas LIVE: Mark Sleboda on West Pivots to "Long War" in Ukraine, Industry to Decide Victor]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 09:09, September 29, 2023 (EDT) |
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| − | *[Something Necessary to Understand About Washington DC]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 12:56, September 29, 2023 (EDT) | + | *[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/09/29/something-necessary-to-understand-about-washington-dc/ Something Necessary to Understand About Washington DC]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 12:56, September 29, 2023 (EDT) |
| | + | :*''If you are reading this, wherever you are reading this, by self-association you are in a select group of high information people with a much larger understanding of the issues than your network. That means you know, comprehend, understand and have a level of insight and discernment that is far above average. Now, let me be brutally honest. |
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| | + | ::Factually speaking, all of the people within the mechanisms of DC; the people you associate with being key allies to fight back against the visible corruption; the people you assign hope toward; are not as smart as you. |
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| | + | ''Re-read that as needed. |
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| | + | '''''One of the biggest shifts of thinking needed in order to change our dynamic to the abusive relationship with government, is to realize these people you consider important are just not that smart.''''' They are not wiser; they are not more strategic; they are not as well versed in the details at the heart of the crisis; they are not as well informed; they do not have special access to information that makes them more capable; they do not understand the issues better than you. |
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| | + | ''Again, RE-READ that with new eyes to evaluate and understand the challenge. |
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| | + | ''It doesn’t matter what position they hold, or what access they have, or what groups, interests, networks or information resources are at their disposal. You know more than them, and you understand the material at a much higher level of comprehension than they do. It does not matter what their rank or importance is, YOU know more. Once you realize this, then you begin to change how you look at the challenge and at their functional capability within it.,,, |
| | + | : [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]</sup> 12:59, September 29, 2023 (EDT) |
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| | ===Overview of the History and Future of US Foreign and National Security Policy=== | | ===Overview of the History and Future of US Foreign and National Security Policy=== |