Another One for Your “Don’t Bomb Iran!” File

I know it's in the highlights section today and all, but I really want to draw extra attention to the latest article by historian Gareth Porter, where he explains, "How the Neocons Sabotaged Iran's Help on al-Qaeda,""The United States and Iran were on a course to work...

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President

"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy, which...

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The Pentagon is Run by a Madman

Rumsfeld at the CFR: "Some humility is in order." Of course, all he means by that is that it's hard to Karen Hughes people into believing you're trying to help them while you're setting them on fire. Also: "I do not believe we have reached the end of history." Of...

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You May Love Government…

But they consider you the enemy. U.S. concludes 'Cyber Storm' mock attacksBy TED BRIDIS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- The government concluded its "Cyber Storm" wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would respond to devastating attacks over...

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Absolutely Horrible

Updated twice. Here is Antiwar.com's archive of the newly released Abu Ghraib photos, and this is the complete version of the video Australian SBS TV news program. The one BradBlog has cuts right to the chase. Salon.com has even more. Shame on you fools who think you...

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Update: Manufacturing Crisis and Leviathan

Hooray! An American newspaper has finally decided to cover the plan that Bush and friends had cooked up in early 2003 to make it look like Iraq had started the war by deliberately getting a U-2 spy-plane painted in UN colors shot down, as revealed in the book "Lawless...

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“I’m a murderer.”

Thursday night I met a guy who, it turns out, was a soldier in town (Austin) from Ft. Hood. He was a nice chap. We chatted for a while, then when he complained about the overwhelming show of force by the local cops on their taxpayer horses, I took the opportunity - of...

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National Security Whistleblowers Hearing

Via Sibel Edmonds: February 9, 2006 Greetings, The hearing on National Security Whistleblowers by the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats & International Relations (Chairman: Christopher Shays) is set to go. The list of witnesses on three panels...

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