‘From the Imperium’ Archives
For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow
The Nation | By Naomi Klein | 21 December 2009 Contrary to countless reports, the debacle in Copenhagen was not everyone's fault. It did not happen because human beings are incapable of agreeing, or are inherently self-destructive. Nor was it all was China's fault, or the fault of the hapless UN. There's plenty of blame to go around, but [...]
We are killing Afghans to save their women and children
National Interest | By Doug Bandow | 22 December 2009 Unjust War Afghanistan is the sort of country which humanitarian-minded people understandably want to “fix.” It has become a target of aggressive pro-war activists ranging from neoconservatives who believe in remaking other societies at gunpoint to feminists who believe in waging war to [...]
Why the Af/Pak War is Illegal
Counterpunch | By Marjorie Cohn | 21 December 2009 Why the Af/Pak War is Illegal A Grave Breach of the Geneva Conventions President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned when it sought to encourage [...]
The Petty Anxieties of a Hyperpower: The U.S. Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review 2009
Reportedly, on Tuesday 15 December 2009 a dozen or so experts were invited by the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence to review four "scenarios" (see chart above, and summarised below) for the Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review (QICR) 2009. The scenarios, based on the National Intelligence Council (NIC) Global Trends 2025 [...]
