Mike Ritland

But the typical way this will happen is the White House wants to do something, or the Secretary of State, or some sort of thought leadership node within that, or within the National Security Council, pitch the idea and

All the different equities that would be involved in it, whether that's the Defense Department, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, supporting functions like FBI counterintelligence or DHS or other Justice Department and other people who would need to know in on that op would work. would all provide their comment and input.

All the different equities that would be involved in it, whether that's the Defense Department, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, supporting functions like FBI counterintelligence or DHS or other Justice Department and other people who would need to know in on that op would work. would all provide their comment and input.

All the different equities that would be involved in it, whether that's the Defense Department, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, supporting functions like FBI counterintelligence or DHS or other Justice Department and other people who would need to know in on that op would work. would all provide their comment and input.

It would finally get approved, and then it would be greenlit, and the appropriate grants to support that would all flow. The Pentagon would get the money, the State Department would issue grants about this, and then places like USAID would do the relevant humanitarian aid work in the region that would provide the cover to juice this, whether that's

It would finally get approved, and then it would be greenlit, and the appropriate grants to support that would all flow. The Pentagon would get the money, the State Department would issue grants about this, and then places like USAID would do the relevant humanitarian aid work in the region that would provide the cover to juice this, whether that's

It would finally get approved, and then it would be greenlit, and the appropriate grants to support that would all flow. The Pentagon would get the money, the State Department would issue grants about this, and then places like USAID would do the relevant humanitarian aid work in the region that would provide the cover to juice this, whether that's

doing civil society activity that has a sort of civil-military dual-use purpose or doing civil society work in the area that has a sort of CIA, State Department, national interest, political warfare element to it. And then that process would be midwifed by the National Security Council. But USAID is really unique in this process. And one of the reasons that it's gone so rogue is because

doing civil society activity that has a sort of civil-military dual-use purpose or doing civil society work in the area that has a sort of CIA, State Department, national interest, political warfare element to it. And then that process would be midwifed by the National Security Council. But USAID is really unique in this process. And one of the reasons that it's gone so rogue is because

doing civil society activity that has a sort of civil-military dual-use purpose or doing civil society work in the area that has a sort of CIA, State Department, national interest, political warfare element to it. And then that process would be midwifed by the National Security Council. But USAID is really unique in this process. And one of the reasons that it's gone so rogue is because

USAID has always been this switch player. It was created in 1961 by JFK. A point that I've stressed continually is that a lot of people are talking about this presently as if JFK was purely thinking of creating USAID as a magnanimous charity because of the his high moral fiber, and then it got corrupted through these money laundering and payoff networks that are being publicized.

USAID has always been this switch player. It was created in 1961 by JFK. A point that I've stressed continually is that a lot of people are talking about this presently as if JFK was purely thinking of creating USAID as a magnanimous charity because of the his high moral fiber, and then it got corrupted through these money laundering and payoff networks that are being publicized.

USAID has always been this switch player. It was created in 1961 by JFK. A point that I've stressed continually is that a lot of people are talking about this presently as if JFK was purely thinking of creating USAID as a magnanimous charity because of the his high moral fiber, and then it got corrupted through these money laundering and payoff networks that are being publicized.

Two weeks before JFK created USAID by executive order, he awarded the Green Beret to the U.S. Special Forces and is singularly responsible for the massive upscaling of U.S. psychological operations, civil-military affairs, and unconventional warfare. JFK was bogged down in Vietnam and Laos and all these counterinsurgency debacles where the U.S. had interests in the region

Two weeks before JFK created USAID by executive order, he awarded the Green Beret to the U.S. Special Forces and is singularly responsible for the massive upscaling of U.S. psychological operations, civil-military affairs, and unconventional warfare. JFK was bogged down in Vietnam and Laos and all these counterinsurgency debacles where the U.S. had interests in the region

Two weeks before JFK created USAID by executive order, he awarded the Green Beret to the U.S. Special Forces and is singularly responsible for the massive upscaling of U.S. psychological operations, civil-military affairs, and unconventional warfare. JFK was bogged down in Vietnam and Laos and all these counterinsurgency debacles where the U.S. had interests in the region

World War II had ended quite recently. The World-Based International Order made it a big no-no to declare conventional war and bring in, you know, 1950 North Korea-style tanks and planes and napalm. And so we moved into this small wars, political war modality. And JFK believed in that very, very strongly. You know, this is why you have places like the, you know,

World War II had ended quite recently. The World-Based International Order made it a big no-no to declare conventional war and bring in, you know, 1950 North Korea-style tanks and planes and napalm. And so we moved into this small wars, political war modality. And JFK believed in that very, very strongly. You know, this is why you have places like the, you know,

World War II had ended quite recently. The World-Based International Order made it a big no-no to declare conventional war and bring in, you know, 1950 North Korea-style tanks and planes and napalm. And so we moved into this small wars, political war modality. And JFK believed in that very, very strongly. You know, this is why you have places like the, you know,

John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare that trains our special operations folks and the whole Fort Bragg-JFK special relationship during his presidency. But just two weeks after that historic October 21, 1961 Green Beret Special Forces event, JFK created USAID, and just one month later,