As the Iraqis find the back-door to getting U.S. troops out of their country, is Afghan President Hamid Karzai trying a different tack - - - "God forbid, if a war breaks between Pakistan and America, we will side (with) Pakistan," Karzai said, according to a...
On Friday, October 21, 2011, Mr. Obama, invoking one of his campaign promises, announced the complete withdrawal of all U.S. Troops from Iraq by "the [Christian] holidays." Over the weekend, he and his media arm further spun the story, claiming the deadline...
Yesterday, consistent with the long U.S. tradition of mission creeps, the Obama Administration authorized the use of killer Predator drones in Libya. Forget the collateral damage, we can't even solve a closed room crime like the Jonbenet Ramsey murder. And, after the...
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. And that includes the current action in Libya. That's...
. Fox news, likely acting, as usual, as front-end for the U.S. militaryindustrialcongressional complex, is already floating Libya "mission-creep" trial balloons, pimping deeper U.S. involvement. Even BEFORE the U.S. "background" involvement starts....
ALLAN NAIRN: Well, now, as the U.S. is losing its edge economically, it has one clear comparative advantage. And that's in killing. And it's using it. Obama has increased the attacks on Afghanistan, Pakistan. Brookings Institution last year estimated that for every...
Israeli military 'regrets' killing wrong man in Hamas raid, Unarmed Palestinian Amr Qawasme was shot dead during IDF operation to arrest militants in Hebron, Harriet Sherwood, guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 January 2011 16.03 GMT OOPS! In the occupied West Bank, Israeli...
Why Julian Assange (and Wikileaks) are so dangerous. In Assange's own words - - - Sun 31 Dec 2006 : The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance ...different structures of power are differentially affected by leaks (the defection of the inner to the...
NOAM CHOMSKY: The Brookings Institute just a few months ago released extensive polls of what Arabs think about Iran. ...They show that Arab opinion ...—holds that the major threat in the region is Israel, that’s 80 percent; the second major threat is the United...
You will know you have spoken the truth when you are angrily denounced; and you will know you have spoken both truly and well when you are visited by the police. --J. B. R. YantApparently the folks from Wikileaks.org have spoken both truly and well. Which is why you...
