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Eric S. Margolis: Who Won the Iraq War?

by on 25. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Eric S. Margolis is the author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination?   As the troops come home, it’s time to count the cost.   The American Conservative November 21, 2011   In October, 2002 I wrote in the first issue of The American Conservative an analysis of the impending Iraq War entitled “The Road [...]

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Justin Raimondo: The Armageddon Network

by on 15. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

How the war party is ginning up war with Iran   Antiwar.com November 14, 2011   The War Party is bound and determined to drag us, kicking and screaming, into a military conflict with Iran – and they have constructed a vast network of agents inside both parties, and inside the government, to accomplish exactly [...]

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Video: Michele Bachmann Wants Iraq to Pay US for Being Invaded

by on 15. Nov, 2011 in Analysis, Newsletter Links

ThinkProgress6 November 13, 2011   During an interview on Sunday with ‘Meet the Press’ (video below), Rep. Michele Bachmann said that the Iraqshould pay Americafor invading , occupying and destroying their country . “It’s over 800 billion dollars that we have expended [in Iraq]. I believe that Iraq should pay us back for the money [...]

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Stephen Lendman: America’s Media War on Iran

by on 14. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net .   Information Clearing House November 11, 2011   – WhenWashingtongoes to war or threatens it,America’s media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact.   News is carefully filtered, dissent marginalized, and supporting imperial belligerence substitutes for full and accurate disclosure.   As [...]

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Why the Washington Post won’t fire Jennifer Rubin

by on 14. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By Glenn Greenwald   SALON Saturday, Nov 12, 2011   Several weeks ago, I wrote about a truly twisted, deranged rant by neocon royal family member Rachel Abrams. Abrams — wife of Iran-contra convict and Bush 43 official Eliot Abrams, step-daughter of Norm Podhoretz, half-sister of John Podhoretz, and a Board Member of Bill Kristol’s [...]

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Washington’s Enemy ‘Doesn’t Exist’

by on 14. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By Michael Scheuer   RT November 11, 2011   Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due toWashington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer.   Historian Michael Scheuer, an author [...]

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Stephen M. Walt: Romney flunks foreign policy … again

by on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

FOREIGN POLICY      Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – 11:54 AM In a remarkable statement of foreign policy myopia and domestic political pandering, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced last week that the United Statesshould largely subordinate its Middle East policy-making to Israel. In response to a reporter’s question about moving the U.S.embassy to Jerusalem, Romney said [...]

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Gideon Levy: Israeli leaders’ price tag against the Palestinians

by on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

This price tag meted out by the forum of eight is not much different than the settlers’ price tag; it’s violent, uncontrolled and seeks vengeance. Haaretz    Thu, November 03, 2011   What, for heaven’s sake, is so terrible aboutPalestinebeing accepted to UNESCO? Why is this considered an “anti-Israeli” step? And in general, what’s so bad [...]

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Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

by on 31. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.   Naomi Wolf’s The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot will be published [...]

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Somalis Under Relentless Drone Attack as U.S. Tightens Military Grip on Continent

by on 24. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

A Black Agenda Radio commentary  by Glen Ford   Published on Friday, October 21, 2011 by Black Agenda Report   Scores of Somali civilians have been killed inU.S.drone attacks in the southern region of the country, asWashingtontightens its military grip on much of the continent. The current offensive involves thousands of Kenyan troops that are [...]

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John Pilger: The Son of Africa Claims a Continent’s Crown Jewels

by on 21. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Information Clearing House   – October 19, 2011   On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United Statesspecial forces troops to Ugandato join the civil war there. In the next few months, UScombat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congoand Central African Republic. They will only “engage” for “self-defence”, says Obama, satirically. With [...]

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Is Herman Cain capable of beating Obama?

by on 21. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By Alan Fisher in  Americas  on Wed, 2011-10-19 21:37.   The US Republican Party is trying very hard. It wants to beat Barack Obama in the US Presidential  election 13 months from now; it believes with the economy in the mess it’s in, with unemployment rising and people finding every day a little bit harder, [...]

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