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The Israeli-American-Iranian-Holocaust-Nobel Peace Prize Circus

The Israeli-American-Iranian-Holocaust-Nobel Peace Prize Circus

It's a textbook case of how the American media is at its worst when it comes to US foreign policy and particularly when an Officially Designated Enemy (ODE) is involved.…

Obama’s Orwellian Sincerity

On April 23, speaking at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, President Barack Obama told his assembled audience that as president "I've done my utmost ... to prevent and…

The Saga of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks, to be put to ballad and film

The Saga of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks, to be put to ballad and film

For exposing embarrassing and less-than-honorable behavior, Bradley Manning of the United States Army and Julian Assange of Wikileaks may spend most of their remaining days in a modern dungeon…

Please tell me again … What is the war in Afghanistan about?

Please tell me again … What is the war in Afghanistan about?

The only "necessity" that drew the United States to Afghanistan was the desire to establish a military presence in this land that is next door to the Caspian Sea region…

The Problem With Iran Not Getting a Nuclear Bomb

The Problem With Iran Not Getting a Nuclear Bomb

Being "the only nuclear power in the Middle East" is a great card for Israel to have in its hand. Is USrael willing to go to war to hold on…

Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget.

Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget.

Does Mr. Obama, the Peace Laureate, believe the words that come out of his mouth?…

Some thoughts that OCCUPY my mind

When the Vietnam War became history, and the protest signs and the bullhorns were put away, so too was the serious side of most protestors’ alienation and hostility toward the…

The crime of making Americans aware of their own history

Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant…

Libya and the World We Live In

Libya and the World We Live In

“Why are you attacking us? Why are you killing our children? Why are you destroying our infrastructure?” – Television address by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, April 30, 2011 A few…

The Occult World of Economics

When you read about economic issues in the news, like the crisis in Greece or the Wall Street/banking mortgage shambles, are you sometimes left befuddled by the seeming complexity, which…

We came, we saw, we destroyed, we forgot

An updated summary of the charming record of US foreign policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has … Attempted to overthrow more…

The Berlin Wall — Another Cold War Myth

The Western media will soon be revving up their propaganda motors to solemnize the 50th anniversary of the erecting of the Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961. All the Cold War…

Arguing Libya

On July 9, I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was “Stop Bombing Libya”. The last time I had taken part…

Libya: Unending American Hostility

If I could publicly ask our beloved president one question, it would be this: “Mr. President, in your short time in office you’ve waged war against six countries — Iraq,…

God Bless America. And Its Bombs.

When they bombed Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, El Salvador and Nicaragua I said nothing because I wasn’t a communist. When they bombed China, Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, and the Congo I…

The Face of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’

Iraq: Let us not forget what “humanitarian intervention” looks like. Libya: Let us not be confused as to why Libya alone has been singled out for “humanitarian intervention”. On April…

Libya and the Holy Triumvirate

Libya and the Holy Triumvirate

The words they find it very difficult to say — “civil war”. Libya is engaged in a civil war. The United States and the European Union and NATO — The…

The Anti-Empire Report, March 2011

The Enduring Mystique of the Marshall Plan Amidst all the stirring political upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East the name “Marshall Plan” keeps being repeated by political figures…

Atheist: ‘Blasphemy is a victimless crime.’

Salman Taseer was murdered in Pakistan a few weeks ago. He was the governor of Punjab province and a member of the secular Pakistan People’s Party. The man who killed…

We Are So Good Even Our Enemies Believe Our Lies

I’ve devoted a lot of time and effort to the question of how to reach the American mind concerning US foreign policy. To a large extent what this comes down…

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