Comments on: Michael Scheuer http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:50:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Commentary » Blog Archive » The Scheuer Charade http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-127463 Commentary » Blog Archive » The Scheuer Charade Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:52:08 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-127463 [...] When he is talking to or writing for the non-mainstream media, he heads for zany territory. One only has to read his diatribes on antiwar.com or listen to him on antiwar radio talking about Israel’s covert-action programs in this country to get a good sense of what kind of crackpot he is. [...] [...] When he is talking to or writing for the non-mainstream media, he heads for zany territory. One only has to read his diatribes on antiwar.com or listen to him on antiwar radio talking about Israel’s covert-action programs in this country to get a good sense of what kind of crackpot he is. [...]

]]> By: Erroll http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-5319 Erroll Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:56:31 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-5319 Ryan Lohman There are some good books out there which discuss how and why the United States is so quick to bring this nation to war. Some of the better books that one can find on this subject are The New American Militarism by Andrew Bacevich, Superpatriotism by Michael Parenti, Second-Rate Nation-From the American Dream to the American Myth by Sam D. Sieber, and the trilogy of books by Chalmers Johnson-Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis-The Last Days of The American Republic. All of these books are accessible to the average reader. Another indispensable book which, to quote the first line of the introduction, "... deals with the Contours, Motives, and Goals of U.S. foreign policy since 1950, but especially since the year 2000", is The Age of War-The United States Confronts the World by Gabriel Kolko. Each and every one of these books should help bring into focus the United States' insatiable need to sacrifice its citizens on the altar of needless aggression. Ryan Lohman

There are some good books out there which discuss how and why the United States is so quick to bring this nation to war. Some of the better books that one can find on this subject are The New American Militarism by Andrew Bacevich, Superpatriotism by Michael Parenti, Second-Rate Nation-From the American Dream to the American Myth by Sam D. Sieber, and the trilogy of books by Chalmers Johnson-Blowback, The Sorrows of Empire, and Nemesis-The Last Days of The American Republic. All of these books are accessible to the average reader. Another indispensable book which, to quote the first line of the introduction, “… deals with the Contours, Motives, and Goals of U.S. foreign policy since 1950, but especially since the year 2000″, is The Age of War-The United States Confronts the World by Gabriel Kolko. Each and every one of these books should help bring into focus the United States’ insatiable need to sacrifice its citizens on the altar of needless aggression.

]]> By: peter kirsch http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-5297 peter kirsch Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:43:34 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-5297 Dear Ryan Lohman, I recommend that you read ON A DAILY BASIS the BBC Online, AL Jazeera Online, HAARETZ Online, LE MONDE Online, DEUTSCHE WELLE Online and most important the Asia TImes online @ www.atimes.com and RIA Novosti Online - a new Russian newspaper. All these are available in English. Books - anything by Kissinger, the arch-politician who said that "Countries don't have friends, they have interests." He is thoroughly dishonest and very devious, but is worth a read. Another VITAL book is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS by Paul Kennedy. Yet another great book is THE DECLINE OF THE WEST by Oswald Spengler (original in German - Die Untergang des Abendlandes). Another good book is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William Shirer. Yet another comes to mind - INSIDE THE THIRD REICH By Albert Speer. I also recommend anything by Richard Nixon except his memoirs which of course are self-serving. But he was a shrewd politician in international affairs and wrote intelligently and effectively on such matters. All of these books deal with the causes and/or effects of war. Good luck! Dear Ryan Lohman,

I recommend that you read ON A DAILY BASIS the BBC Online, AL Jazeera Online, HAARETZ Online, LE MONDE Online, DEUTSCHE WELLE Online and most important the Asia TImes online @ http://www.atimes.com and RIA Novosti Online - a new Russian newspaper. All these are available in English.
Books - anything by Kissinger, the arch-politician who said that “Countries don’t have friends, they have interests.” He is thoroughly dishonest and very devious, but is worth a read. Another VITAL book is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREAT POWERS by Paul Kennedy. Yet another great book is THE DECLINE OF THE WEST by Oswald Spengler (original in German - Die Untergang des Abendlandes). Another good book is THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by William Shirer. Yet another comes to mind - INSIDE THE THIRD REICH By Albert Speer.
I also recommend anything by Richard Nixon except his memoirs which of course are self-serving. But he was a shrewd politician in international affairs and wrote intelligently and effectively on such matters.
All of these books deal with the causes and/or effects of war.
Good luck!

]]> By: Marycatherine Barton http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3954 Marycatherine Barton Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:22:36 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3954 I have posted Washington's farewell address in my officek and indeed everything you have said is so true, and it is heart warming to know that you would choose the brig over slaughter-in-Iraq abomination on earth. I try to let people know that, for at least a long while the most well known man in the world, Muhammad Ali, did that same thing when he refused to slaughter-in-Vietnam, not only giving up his title. I have posted Washington’s farewell address in my officek and indeed everything you have said is so true, and it is heart warming to know that you would choose the brig over slaughter-in-Iraq abomination on earth. I try to let people know that, for at least a long while the most well known man in the world, Muhammad Ali, did that same thing when he refused to slaughter-in-Vietnam, not only giving up his title.

]]> By: Marty http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3832 Marty Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:13:35 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3832 http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2007/0911.html http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/2007/0911.html

]]> By: Marty http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3831 Marty Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:12:19 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3831 Kent Conrad, D-ND, ran for U.S. Senate promising to term limit himself. When it came time for him to leave his office, he reneged. He still gets re-elected because he is good at "fighting for North Dakota" which translates to $1.92 per capita back from Washington, D.C. for every $1.00 per capita sent by tax. Ron Paul has a better idea than term limits. Get back on the gold standard, when government runs out of gold they'll be forced to make the unpopular choices thereby getting voted out of office if they screw up. Jefferson, Madison, et. al. were smart guys. We should obey the laws they wrote. Kent Conrad, D-ND, ran for U.S. Senate promising to term limit himself. When it came time for him to leave his office, he reneged. He still gets re-elected because he is good at “fighting for North Dakota” which translates to $1.92 per capita back from Washington, D.C. for every $1.00 per capita sent by tax.

Ron Paul has a better idea than term limits. Get back on the gold standard, when government runs out of gold they’ll be forced to make the unpopular choices thereby getting voted out of office if they screw up.

Jefferson, Madison, et. al. were smart guys. We should obey the laws they wrote.

]]> By: v for vendetta http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3824 v for vendetta Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:14:20 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3824 I was suprised about Mikes comments about the authenticity of the Bin Laden video. He was sure it was authentic because he recognizes the voice? I can't believe he is not versed on the current voice duplication technology! ps. PNAC must be exposed to the American masses and tried for conspiracy to defraud Congress! I was suprised about Mikes comments about the authenticity of the Bin Laden video. He was sure it was authentic because he recognizes the voice?

I can’t believe he is not versed on the current voice duplication technology!

ps. PNAC must be exposed to the American masses and tried for conspiracy to defraud Congress!

]]> By: Bill Federkiel http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3817 Bill Federkiel Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:35:05 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3817 And, by the way, I'm a former Marine and I wouldn't have gone to Iraq..the brig yes, Iraq no...I took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and all enemies foreign and domestic...Not to fight an enemy of Al-Quaeda ( Hussein ) and not to enhance the long-term security of nulcear Israel..And not for the privatization ( foreign ownership ) of Iraqi oil..And not for the profits of "defense" contractors or mercenaries or war reconstruction co.'s... To read anti-war.com and not be pursuaded by it ( by anyone ) is an example of intellectual inertia..And that's the problem w/most Americans..they just adopt the position ( on ANY issue ) that they're most comfortable with, facts be damned... Which is another reason to read Washington's Farewell Address; in it he warns aginst the mentality that is bred by political parties........Semper Fi! And, by the way, I’m a former Marine and I wouldn’t have gone to Iraq..the brig yes, Iraq no…I took an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States and all enemies foreign and domestic…Not to fight an enemy of Al-Quaeda ( Hussein ) and not to enhance the long-term security of nulcear Israel..And not for the privatization ( foreign ownership ) of Iraqi oil..And not for the profits of “defense” contractors or mercenaries or war reconstruction co.’s…
To read anti-war.com and not be pursuaded by it ( by anyone ) is an example of intellectual inertia..And that’s the problem w/most Americans..they just adopt the position ( on ANY issue ) that they’re most comfortable with, facts be damned…
Which is another reason to read Washington’s Farewell Address; in it he warns aginst the mentality that is bred by political parties……..Semper Fi!

]]> By: Bill Federkiel http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3779 Bill Federkiel Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:56:46 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3779 " by our " of course.. ” by our ” of course..

]]> By: Bill Federkiel http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3777 Bill Federkiel Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:52:51 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3777 Ryan just read Washington's Farewell Address and the foreign policy espoused our best President..He would be against this war... Ryan just read Washington’s Farewell Address and the foreign policy espoused our best President..He would be against this war…

]]> By: Marycatherine Barton http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3755 Marycatherine Barton Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:01:30 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3755 There would not be a political establishment marching to Bin Laden's beat if such establishment would let the American citzenry have what the vast majority of them want, term limits for our federal lawmakers. There would not be a political establishment marching to Bin Laden’s beat if such establishment would let the American citzenry have what the vast majority of them want, term limits for our federal lawmakers.

]]> By: WB http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3724 WB Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:44:22 +0000 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/09/10/michael-scheuer-3/#comment-3724 1. Listen to Scott Horton's interviews regularly 2. Read at least the following books: a. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq b. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq c. Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum 3. Spend many years living in foreign lands listening to their viewpoints as I did _OR_ at least perform some thought experiments where you simply look at things from THEIR perspective while NOT assuming ANYTHING about what you BELIEVE are U.S. motives. All guaranteed to change your "world view." WB (USAF ret.) 1. Listen to Scott Horton’s interviews regularly

2. Read at least the following books:
a. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
b. Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from
Hawaii to Iraq
c. Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of
America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum

3. Spend many years living in foreign lands listening to
their viewpoints as I did _OR_ at least perform some
thought experiments where you simply look at things
from THEIR perspective while NOT assuming ANYTHING
about what you BELIEVE are U.S. motives.

All guaranteed to change your “world view.”

WB (USAF ret.)

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