Arianna Huffington: Iran a Major Threat – Greenwald Disagrees
Arianna Huffington is leading the neo-liberals in their pile-on against Iran.
Here she, and WAPO’s Jonathan Capehart, go up against Glenn Greenwald:
Poverty and Polarization of Media Foreign-Policy Debate
A very good insight of what could be called the “Beltway Bubble” on foreign-policy thinking can be gained by a study of the September 19 National Journal’s “Insiders Poll” in which 115 Democratic and 116 Republican “insiders” ranked prominent columnists, bloggers, broadcast personalities, and other media types by their influence in “most help(ing) to shape [...]
Ron Paul on the Anti-Iran Hysteria
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) explains:
GE On the Anti-Iran Bandwagon
In another ominous sign in the run-up to war with Iran, General Electric announced earlier this month that it was jumping on the bandwagon of hawkish non-profit “American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc.” (ACANI) signing a pledge to never conduct business in the nation and also pledging not to do business with anyone who owns [...]
Vidal Turns Against Obama: ‘We’ll have dictatorship soon’
Gore Vidal supported Barack Obama for President, but now says “America is rotting away,” under the new President.
Read the full interview with the Times of London.
Best “V for Vendetta” Tattoos
From the Small Press Expo cartoonist show this weekend in Bethesda, MD – a tribute to the greatest political movie of this century:
[full size versions of photos available here]
The Heavy Hand of the State
Hey everybody, check out this awesome interview of James Bovard by Judge Andrew Napolitano about the lawless, and near-lawless, abuse of American persons by the FBI – specifically those arrested and charged last week for merely lying to feds while the subjects of loudly trumpeted terrorism accusations across the TV.
And check out Judge Napolitano’s Web [...]
Today ACORN, Tomorrow … Lockheed Martin? Northrop Grumman?
Not much can top a federally-funded ACORN associate telling a (supposed) prostitute how she can launder her income – on camera. Except for maybe this:
or this:
Those are guards from the federally-funded ArmorGroup, which has a $184 million contract to protect our embassy in Afghanistan. When these photos emerged from a FOIA request by the Project [...]
Sibel Edmonds’s Big Day
Sibel Edmonds, former contract-FBI translator/whistleblower and “most gagged person in U.S. history” has finally told all – to Antiwar.com’s Philip Giraldi. It’s all in the cover story for November’s issue of The American Conservative magazine, “Who’s Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?” which hits the stands (and Website) on Tuesday.
Last month, Edmonds was deposed in a [...]
Dogs, Donkeys and Women, Oh My!
A newly created group dedicated to fighting the “Islamization of America” will be walking the streets of Washington DC on September 25th engaging passers-by in a “dialogue” about Islam in America.
The group, Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), stands out for its extensive ties to far-right bloggers in the US and Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security [...]
Thanks for supporting Antiwar.com, by buying on Amazon
Last month we got a record $1700 from readers who bought stuff on Amazon.com by clicking on the Antiwar.com Amazon link on the front page (or by bookmarking our auto-link to Amazon).
When you click on the Antiwar.com link to Amazon, everything you buy on that visit nets Antiwar.com a commission, ranging from 4-15%.
In addition to [...]
Ron Paul on the Afghan Surge
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) on the possibility of stopping a US surge in Afghanistan.
