They learned they don't like communism the hard way - - - and they have nukes - - - a LOT of nukes - - - Still M.A.D. After All These Years?
Maybe this time the law DOES matter —
The United States (Government) hasn't been legally at war since September 12, 1945, when the Japanese forces in Southeast Asia surrendered to Allied Commander Louis Mountbatten in Singapore, ending World War II. That's right, the Korean "War," the Vietnam "War," the...
Who says he can’t?
Here's what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to say about using force against another country -- one considered far more offensive than Syria -- when she was a U.S. Senator: "If the administration believes that any, any, use of force against Iran is...
The “International Community” is shrinking
As per Prof. Noam Chomsky, now that the U.K. is no longer supporting military action against Syria, "The International Community" is down to three countries: U.S., France, and Turkey. Prof. Chomsky pointed out that the U.S. defines "International...
Syria: Sticking to The Plan?
In an interview with Amy Goodman on March 2, 2007, U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explained that the Bush Administration planned to take out 7 countries in 7 years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. So, with the pending illegal action against...
What happens when NSA has kids with The Singularity?
JACOB APPELBAUM: [TOR developer & journalist] ... it's not merely a matter of whether or not we have something to hide, because it is not us that will decide whether we have something to hide. It is an analyst somewhere. It is a machine learning algorithm...
The REAL reason Mr. Obama won’t declare Egypt a “coup?”
According to The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, The U.S. Government must suspend aid, particularly military aid, to any country suffering a military coup. (Sec. 508). SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Egypt -- the [Egyptian] military does get this $1.3 billion of [U.S.] aid,...
Why “we” REALLY nuked both Hiroshima & Nagasaki. In just 3 days.
OLIVER STONE: ... Every school kid -- still, my daughter in her school, in private school, in good school, is still learning this: We dropped the bomb because we had to, because the Japanese resistance was fanatic, and we would have lost many American lives taking...
Where Does the MilitaryIndustrial Complex come from? Egypt?
"A military-industrial complex (MIC) is composed of a nation's armed forces, its suppliers of weapons systems, supplies and services, and its civil government." -- Wikipedia The U.S. MIC has evolved - - - SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS: Egypt -- the [Egyptian] military does...
Sneak-Preview?
"The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain...