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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Illusory Ceasefire in Ukraine
Post Date: 2014-10-06 16:25:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Illusory Ceasefire in Ukraine by Stephen Lendman Conflict continues. Peace is a convenient illusion. Fascists don't wage wars to quit. Washington manipulates events destructively. It uses its installed stooge government to solidify unchallenged control over Ukraine. Straightaway after assuming power, oligarch president Petro Poroshenko said: "The first steps that we will take at the beginning of our presidential term should be focused on stopping the war, to put an end to this chaos and bring peace to a united Ukraine." Days later he promised to crush "pro-Russian separatist war being waged against our country." "We will end this terror," he said. ...
Washington's Bloated Defense Budget
Post Date: 2014-10-06 10:47:55 by Stephen Lendman
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Washington's Bloated Defense Budget by Stephen Lendman Washington Post editors want America's bloated defense budget increased. So do some of its contributors. More on this below. America's business is war. Without end. Ravaging, destroying and pillaging one nation after another. Doing it for wealth, power and dominance. While vital homeland needs go begging. At a time America's only enemies are ones it invents. Annual congressional national defense authorizations are the tip of the iceberg. America's defense spending constitutes a black hole of waste, fraud and abuse. More on this below. It's military Keynesianism on steroids. With all categories included, ...
Joe Biden's Rhetorical Ineptness
Post Date: 2014-10-06 07:51:57 by Stephen Lendman
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Joe Biden's Rhetorical Ineptness by Stephen Lendman His intellect is sorely lacking. His Senate years were notably unimpressive. He's skilled at putting his foot in his mouth. He reinvents history. On October 2, his comments riled nations allied with Washington's Middle East wars. More on them below. His remarks often draw criticism. They do so for good reason. "No one doubts that I mean what I say," he explained. "The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean." One observer said his "mouth out-runs his brain" at times. At a March 2010 Obamacare signing ceremony, he whispered in Obama's ear: "This is a big f..king deal." He did ...
Chris Kyle, Clint Eastwood, and a Film Trailer Heinrich Himmler Would Admire
Post Date: 2014-10-06 07:51:29 by Ada
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Clint Eastwood is one of the most gifted filmmakers in the history of the medium. Bradley Cooper is an extraordinarily capable actor. On the evidence of the teaser trailer for “American Sniper,” Eastwood and Cooper — who stars in the title role, and served as a producer — have produced a masterpiece of War Party propaganda. Cooper stars as the late Chris Kyle, generally (and, perhaps, unreliably) considered to be the most lethal sniper in US military history. The teaser clip shows Kyle and his spotter doing overwatch as a Marine patrol occupies a devastated Iraqi neighborhood, kicking in doors in pursuit of local residents who might pose problems for the foreign ...
Making war on the world
Post Date: 2014-10-05 20:39:12 by christine
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Is peaceful coexistence impossible? Or are human beings really predators who must dominate and exploit their neighbors in order to survive and prosper? The dried blood on the pages of human history would indicate the latter. One thing is certain. Americans have to pretend they’re reasonable people, as their government marches around the world killing people, provoking revolutions, and lying to their citizens at home as to why they’re doing it. How else could the U.S. fund homicidal maniac rebels known as ISIL and then send American jets to bomb them? Americans seem unable to grasp the obvious fact that their prosperity is based on the sale of weaponry and the creation of ...
How "Protect & Serve" become "Search & Destroy"
Post Date: 2014-10-05 14:21:02 by Lod
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Irresponsile NYT Putin Bashing
Post Date: 2014-10-05 11:55:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Irresponsible NYT Putin Bashing by Stephen Lendman A previous article called The Times a machine for manufacturing Big Lies. It did so for good reason. It buries hard truths on issues mattering most. It substitutes managed news misinformation. It does so repeatedly. Consistently. Disgracefully. When it comes to US/Russian relations, Obama's imperial designs go unexplained. Putin is public enemy No. 1. No matter his championing peace and stability. His going all-out for them. His cooperative, peaceful relations with all countries. His observance of rule of law principles. His overwhelming domestic popularity in contrast to Obama's lowest in his presidency. It doesn't ...
Propaganda War on Islamic State Militants
Post Date: 2014-10-05 07:24:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Propaganda War on Islamic State Militants by Stephen Lendman Washington uses ISIS/ISIL/Islamic state (IS), Nusra Front, Al Qaeda and likeminded groups strategically as enemies and allies. At times, simultaneously. In the 1980s, CIA-recruited mujahideen fighters battled Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers. Ronald Reagan called them "the moral equivalent of our founding fathers." They're today's Taliban despite distinct differences between them. Longstanding US support enhanced radical Islamic strength. Extremist groups were natural Cold War allies. Zbigniew Brzezinski had Jimmy Carter sign a secret July 3, 1979 directive. It promised covert aid to Afghan pro-Soviet ...
Libya in Free Fall
Post Date: 2014-10-04 08:24:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Libya in Free Fall by Stephen Lendman Wherever America shows up, mass slaughter, destruction, instability and unspeakable human misery follow. On March 19, 2011, Obama lied saying: "Today I authorized the Armed Forces of the United States to begin a limited military action in Libya in support of an international effort to protect Libyan civilians. That action has now begun." "In this effort, the United States is acting with a broad coalition that is committed to enforcing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which calls for the protection of the Libyan people." In September 2010, James Petras' article "Imperialism and Imperial Barbarism" ...
Marine is first U.S. death in operations against Islamic State
Post Date: 2014-10-04 06:57:08 by Tatarewicz
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Yahoo... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine who went into the sea from a V-22 Osprey during a flight mishap over the northern Gulf this week was the first American killed in U.S. military operations against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Corporal Jordan Spears, 21, of Memphis, Indiana, was a crewman aboard a V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft flying off the USS Makin Island and went into the sea when the aircraft lost power shortly after takeoff, the Navy said on Friday. The V-22 descended to the surface of the ocean during the mishap on Wednesday. Spears and a second air crewmen went into the water when it appeared the tilt-rotor aircraft was about to crash, but the two pilots were ...
Any Turkey military action aggression: Syrian deputy FM
Post Date: 2014-10-03 01:21:41 by Tatarewicz
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Presstv... Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad has warned against any military action against the crisis-hit Arab country by neighboring Turkey. The Syrian diplomat said late on Thursday that any military action by Turkey inside Syria’s territory will be considered an act of aggression. His comments came after the Turkish parliament approved a motion allowing the government to launch attacks inside Syria and Iraq. Turkey’s 550-seat parliament voted 298-98 in favor of the motion that would provide the legal grounds for Ankara to deploy forces to Iraq and Syria. The motion will last for one year. Miqdad also called on the United Nations Security Council to hold an ...
Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form
Post Date: 2014-10-02 14:36:53 by PnbC
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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—After announcing, on Thursday, that it would seek $500 million to help “train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition,” the White House today posted the following Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form:Welcome to the United States’ Moderate Syrian Rebel Vetting Process. To see if you qualify for $500 million in American weapons, please choose an answer to the following questions: if ( typeof CN !== "undefined" ) { if ( CN.dart ) { CN.dart.call( "yrailTop", { sz: ( CN.isMobile ? "320x50" : "300x250" ), kws: [ "top" ], collapse: true } ); } }As a ...
US targets Syria infrastructure rather than militants: Sabrosky
Post Date: 2014-10-01 02:31:20 by Tatarewicz
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Presstv The United States’ airstrikes in Syria often target militants with “no military value” and actually aim at the country’s infrastructure, says a US Marine Corps veteran. Alan Sabrosky (Ph.D, University of Michigan) made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Tuesday while commenting on Washington-led coalition airstrikes in Syria that began last week. “What I can see happening is that the targets they’re selecting are those that have, in many cases, no military value at all to ISIS or any other rebel group but really are intended to break whatever infrastructure the Syrian government will have when the fighting is over,” Sabrosky said. ...
Some US politicians argue war with China inevitable: Steinberg
Post Date: 2014-09-30 06:03:37 by Tatarewicz
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Presstv A number of American politicians argue that a military conflict between the United States and China is inevitable in the future, a political commentator in Washington says. “It’s very definitely an element inside the US that is arguing that a war with China at some future point is almost inevitable, because China is a rising power, becoming a formidable military power in the region, and the US is static and some people feel even declining,” said Jeff Steinberg, a senior editor for the Executive Intelligence Review. He also added that despite China’s efforts to “build economic cooperation” in the South China Sea and de-escalate tensions in the region, ...
Obama's Phony War on Islamic State Militants
Post Date: 2014-09-29 16:18:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Obama's Phony War on Islamic State Militants by Stephen Lendman Obama murders civilian men, women and children he calls militants. Terrorists. Eyewitnesses explain otherwise. More on this below. He lied claiming he'll degrade and destroy IS's fighting capability. He supports it instead. Previous articles explained. They're US proxies. Shock troops. Foot soldiers. Boots on the ground. US special forces and CIA operatives train them in Jordan and Turkey. They're taught effective ways to kill. Dirty ways. Using chemical weapons. Committing atrocities. Including beheadings and other barbarian acts. Syrian targets struck aren't Islamic State ones. They include vital ...
America: Humanity's Greatest Threat
Post Date: 2014-09-29 07:22:00 by Stephen Lendman
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America: Humanity's Greatest Threat by Stephen Lendman It bears repeating what other articles stressed. No nation in world history caused more harm to more people over a longer duration than America. None more give rogue state governance new meaning. None wage more wars. None more affirm them as official policy. Permanent ones. Aggressive ones. Lawless ones. Preemptive ones against invented enemies posing America no harm. No nation more recklessly threatens world peace. None more egregiously breach fundamental rule of law principles. None are more ruthless. More reckless. More malicious. More merciless. More brutal. More barbarous. More sanctimonious. None more contemptuously ...
Bombs Away: Official US Policy
Post Date: 2014-09-27 15:07:52 by Stephen Lendman
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Bombs Away: Official US Policy by Stephen Lendman Throughout its sordid history, America waged war, not peace. It's done so at home and abroad. It's addicted to war. Without mercy. Permanent wars. Endless ones. Lawless ones. Ruthless ones. Against invented enemies. None existed since WW II. They're manufactured out of whole cloth. None threaten America. Washington's wars are preemptive. Aggressive. Extrajudicial. Without just cause. Victims are blamed for US crimes. New World Order diktats determine policy. America's culture is violent. It glorifies wars in the name of peace. Pacifism is considered sissy. Wars, economic turmoil and financial terrorism play out in ...
Britain: Washington's Convenient Pawn
Post Date: 2014-09-27 09:28:11 by Stephen Lendman
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Britain: Washington's Convenient Pawn by Stephen Lendman Brits are at it again. "Cameron plays Tony Blair," said Patrick Cockburn. His "government has no more idea of what it is getting into…than Blair…in 2003." It's mindless. It sucks up to Washington shamelessly. It's a convenient pawn. It's an imperial tool. It partners with American adventurism. It does so lawlessly. Its post-9/11 US war alliances proved disastrous. Repeating failure defines insanity: Continuing failed policies. Expecting different results. Tories, New Labour and Lib Dems voted overwhelmingly to partner with Obama's war on Iraq. They approved a lawless imperial ...
"As Bad as a Crime, a Blunder"
Post Date: 2014-09-27 06:58:12 by Ada
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Having nearly provoked war over Ukraine with nuclear-armed Russia, the Obama administration has now launched a full-scale crusade in Iraq and Syria against the evil Saracens of ISIS. America’s aerial might, including B-1 heavy bombers, is plastering ISIS miscreants. Washington’s Arab allies and rightwing governments in Canada and Australia have joined the fray. The British will be next. ISIS reserved particular venom for the French, referring to them as “dirty, spiteful” French (the Brits will love this one) whose warplanes joined the bombing crusade. The new plan seems to be: “Kill’em all and let God sort them out,” a Vietnam-era slogan echoing the ...
Obama sends up to 200 more troops to Iraq
Post Date: 2014-09-26 08:27:05 by Jethro Tull
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President Obama told Congress on Monday that he is deploying about 200 more troops to Iraq to bolster security at the U.S. Embassy and airport in Baghdad. These and previously announced forces are being sent "for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property, if necessary, and (are) equipped for combat," Obama said in a letter to Congress required under the U.S. War Powers Resolution. Earlier this month, Obama announced the deployment of 275 troops to protect the embassy. In addition to security, these troops will provide "intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support," Obama said. The president is also in the process of sending up to 300 military ...
Is Obama misleading the world to war? Depends how you define 'misleading'
Post Date: 2014-09-25 16:43:28 by GreyLmist
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When it comes to military strikes against Isis in Syria, his administration’s strategy relies on what the meaning of ‘is’ is Words have meanings. But when you’re president, sometimes you get to change them. Want to decipher what the US military is really doing in Iraq and Syria, or figure out whether its regional war against the Islamic State (Isis) is legal? Good luck. The Obama administration’s secret efforts to redefine the ordinary meaning of key legal terms and phrases has made that near impossible. For instance, in his Tuesday statement that US airstrikes that have expanded into Syria, Obama studiously avoided any discussion about his domestic legal ...
Reactions to Obama's UN Address
Post Date: 2014-09-25 15:51:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Reactions to Obama's UN Address by Stephen Lendman A separate article discussed it. He didn't surprise. Demagogic mumbo jumbo Big Lies drowned out truth. Not according to media scoundrels. The New York Times finds new ways to lie, distort and misreport. It substitutes managed news misinformation rubbish for hard truths. It's longstanding Times policy. It ludicrously called Obama a "once-reluctant warrior…" It ignored his war on humanity throughout his tenure. His naked aggression. His ravaging and destroying one nation after another. His latest Iraq and Syrian aggression. The Times turned truth on its head. It highlighted Obama's "muscular new ...
REPORT: U.S. AIR STRIKE IN SYRIA KILLS SIX CHILDREN, ZERO ISIS MEMBERS
Post Date: 2014-09-25 07:26:19 by Ada
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"There are no ISIS members here" Residents of a village in northwestern Syria are in shock after U.S. air strikes demolished two neighborhoods, despite there being no ISIS militants in the area, killing 27 people including six children. According to a report by Al-Jazeera, which is aligned with Qatar, a vehement supporter of the U.S. military campaign against ISIS, missiles targeting the town of Kafr Diryan destroyed two residential areas, killing 27 people, most of whom were civilians. “The locals say that this is the first time that they were attacked by missiles since the outbreak of Syrian revolution. The paradox, they say, is they were bombed not by the Syrian ...
US strikes IS oil refineries in Syria
Post Date: 2014-09-25 04:56:10 by Tatarewicz
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United States bombed Islamic State-controlled oil refineries in Syria as President Barack Obama recruited more allies to fight the jihadist "network of death." US, Saudi and Emirati warplanes broadened their bombardment to target the oil installations in eastern Syria that have helped fund the jihadist group's brutal rise from rebel faction to alleged global threat. The strikes came as Obama urged leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly to join his coalition and convinced the Security Council to back a resolution to stem the flow of foreign fighters that has swelled the IS ranks. Belgium and the Netherlands committed ...
Scoundrel Media Reactions to Obama's Syrian Aggression
Post Date: 2014-09-24 15:36:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Scoundrel Media Reactions to Obama's Syrian Aggression by Stephen Lendman Previous articles explained when America goes to war of plans one, media scoundrels march in lockstep. They justify the unjustifiable. They defend the indefensible. Big Lies proliferate. Truth is verboten. It's systematically buried. It's turned on its head. Rule of law principles don't matter. Supporting might over right takes precedence. Benefitting powerful monied interests matters most of all. So does advancing America's imperium. MSM media reports, commentaries and editorials support what demands condemnation. It's longstanding major media policy. UK-based Media Lens editors David ...
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