The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

M.N.: Demagogue - "community organizer" ( Alinsky 's student), ideologue - inspirational manipulative "preacher", paranoid controlling "micro-manager", cool (cold, detached, revengeful, angry) "transformer", and with all this - a "good person": warm, humane, caring, responsible, deep, not a show-off, has and enjoys a sense of humor, likes a comfortable and easy  petit bourgeois  life ( mentality determines class ), knows and appreciates the role and value of money. We are paradoxical creatures , our lives - paradoxical phenomena and  experiences .  _____________________________________________ " Like the defense secretaries in the Obama administration who preceded him, Hagel, in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine published Friday, said he was the subject of repeated political micromanagement. In his case, the former Republican senator from Nebraska and decorated Vietnam War veteran suggested there had been a...

" Now, Nick, along with CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey , provided a threat briefing.  And Director Comey and Attorney General Lynch updated us on the investigation into the San Bernardino attacks.  I reiterated that the investigation will continue to have the full support of the federal government and that we should leave no stone unturned in determining why and how these terrorists carried out that tragedy ... Of course, when terrorists pull off a despicable act like what happened in San Bernardino it tears at our hearts.  But it also stiffens our resolve to learn whatever lessons we can and to make any improvements that are needed ...  As I indicated in my address to the nation last week, we are in a new phase of terrorism , including lone actors and small groups of terrorists, like those in San Bernardino.  Because they are smaller, often self-initiating, self-motivating, they’re harder to detect, and that makes it harder to prevent......