Archive for July, 2010
U.S. soldiers know they have lost, only the politicans are in denial
New Statesman | By William Dalrymple | 22 June 2010 Why the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan As Washington and London struggle to prop up a puppet government over which Hamid Karzai has no control, they risk repeating the blood-soaked 19th-century history of Britain’s imperial defeat. In 1843, shortly after his return from [...]
Bush’s Envoy to Iraq Calls for Partition of Afghanistan
Politico | By Robert D. Blackwill | 7 July 2010 A de facto partition for Afghanistan “This means accepting a de facto partition, enforced by U.S. and NATO air power and special forces, the Afghan army and international partners. After years of faulty U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, there are no quick, easy and cost-free ways to escape the [...]
Blowing Smoke Rings at the Kabul Charade
Spiegel | By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada in Kabul | 20 July 2010 Setting a Date for the Pullout Kabul Conference to Herald End of NATO Mission Under tight security, the foreign ministers of NATO states are convening Tuesday in Kabul. Despite massive problems and a weak President Hamid Karzai, the military alliance wants [...]
Iran calls for democracy, not fascism, at the world level
Reuters | By Robert Evans | 19 July 2010 Iran calls for world body free of big power control (Reuters) - Senior Iranian official Ali Larijani, whose country is under strong pressure from the United Nations over its nuclear program, called on Monday for a more powerful global body free of big-power domination. Speaking to an audience [...]
Two More Russian AWACS for India
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 India to purchase two more AWACS planes from Russia NEW DELHI — India will purchase two additional Russian-made airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday. India ordered three A-50EI variants fitted with Israeli-made Phalcon radar systems in 2004. The first [...]
Inside the U.S. Intelligence and Security Behemoth
Washington Post | By Dana Priest & William M. Arkin | 19 July 2010 Read the story below Part I | Part II-A | Part II-B | Part III Go To Washington Post Website to: Watch the Intro Video | See the Map | Explore Connections Find Companies | Search the Data I. A hidden world growing beyond control These are some of the findings [...]
The Anxieties of White Christian Racists in America
New York Times | By Ross Douthat | 18 July 2010 The Roots of White Anxiety In March of 2000, Pat Buchanan came to speak at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. Harvard being Harvard, the audience hissed and sneered and made wisecracks. Buchanan being Buchanan, he gave as good as he got. While the assembled Ivy Leaguers accused him [...]
Syrian Alawites Ban the Muslim Veil
Ha'aretz | Associated Press | 19 July 2010 Syria bans Muslim face veils at universities Headscarves will still be permitted under new rules meant to defend the secular nature of the country. Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country's universities, as similar moves in Europe spark cries of discrimination against [...]
U.S. Imperialism “South of the Border”
Consortium News | By Lisa Pease | 17 July 2010 Oliver Stone Under Assault Again Oliver Stone is under attack again, which isn’t a surprise, given that no other filmmaker has been so willing to challenge the “conventional wisdom” in an effort to uncover the facts about important events. After seeing what the media did to Stone for his [...]
Salinger, CIA, and how Zionists collaborated with Hitler and Mussolini
The People's Voice | By Katherine Smith | 14 July 2010 J. D. Salinger - With Love and Squalor, For Esmé This essay will explore the relationship of America’s most famous recluse to The CIA, George H.W. Bush and the MK-Ultra mind control program. In his celebrated story For Esmé – With Love and Squalor, Salinger, trying to get a [...]
