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December 2011

Spoiling for a Fight with Syria and Iran

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Syria remains the region’s only independent secular state. Washington aims to replace its regime with a client one.

December 25th, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Iran,Israel,Middle East,Syria | Read More »

Fascism is Our Guardians’ Plan for Capital Control

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Since the advent of capitalism, the profit motive has revolutionized the human condition without solving the problem of poverty in human society, narratives of our Guardians notwithstanding. It has also steadily increased the imbalance of wealth on behalf of the Guardians.

December 25th, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Government,Politics | Read More »

US Blaming Iran for 9/11: Unbelievable!

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Press TV has interviewed Joshua Blakeney of Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Veterans Today from Calgary, Alberta to discuss the situation. What follows is a rough transcription of the interview:

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in 9/11,Editors Picks,Iran,Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

Holiday Message from VT

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The editors and writing staff of Veterans Today, coming to you from 28 countries and every major religion and a few even I haven’t heard of, wish each and every one of you a joyous holiday season.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Living | Read More »

After 10 years, US blames Iran for 9/11

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by Jim Fetzer A US judge has signed a judgment that finds Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaeda responsible for 9/11, counter to the FBI’s official reports relating to the incident. Press TV talks with James Fetzer, founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth in Madison about why Iran has only now been included in the list [...]

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in 9/11,New World Order War,Politics,World | Read More »

America’s Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

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Prophets fare poorly in their own country, yet countries would do well to hearken to their prophets. Scorn, ridicule, and innuendo attend their pronouncements as the righteous defend their actions as logical, existential and necessary.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Politics | Read More »

The Homeland Battlefield – An Analysis

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The U.S. Congress has ended the year 2011 by assaulting the Constitution.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,Politics | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – December 24, 2011

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The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs portion” of a fiscal 2012 omnibus bill “includes larger-than-expected reductions.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Holiday Season Hypocrisy

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Most Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25. For Eastern Orthodox faith adherents, it’s January 7. It commemorates Christ’s birthday, even though it’s widely acknowledged not to be that day.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Living | Read More »

Navy Female Veteran in Colorado Springs Desperate

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Navy Female Veteran with children desperate during the Holidays, need a Christmas Miracle!

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Vet News | Read More »

Tens facts you should know about Washington

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Figure out what’s wrong with Washington yet?

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Corruption,Economy,Government,Legislation | Read More »

Carnage in Baghdad: New Fear, New Game

A string of 16 bomb explosions ripped through the Iraqi capital on Thursday, leaving 72 people dead and 217 others fatally wounded.

There is a new fear emerging in Iraq that the country will plunge even more into turmoil and political disequilibrium as the US troops cased in their colors and left behind a country which they helped lay bare to waste and dereliction.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in World | Read More »

End of Year Lament and the NDAA 2012

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Prophets fare poorly in their own country, yet countries would do well to hearken to their prophets. Scorn, ridicule, and innuendo attend their pronouncements as the righteous defend their actions as logical, existential and necessary.

December 24th, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Legislation,Politics | Read More »

Breaking: Patriot Missiles Seized, Sold To China by Israel (Updates)

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Anti-Israeli backlash tied to missile theft going viral. Iron Dome Defense Missiles Seized by Finland, Labeled “Fireworks”

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,WarZone | Read More »

No Veterans Welcome

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Opposition to the VA San Diego Healthcare System opening a veterans’ treatment center in Old Town has turned ugly.

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Military,Vet News | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – December 23, 2011

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The Pentagon has tapped elements of four brigade combat teams to lead the mission shift this spring, according to the Army.

December 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Run or not, Rudolph, it’s Christmas

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Not that there aren’t some great Christmas songs. A lot of them are in Latin or German, and reflect emotions other than “oh boy, oh boy, this is gonna be great!”

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Arts & Entertainment | Read More »

Prospects for Peace on Earth

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This time of year is ideal for reflecting on the miracle of Christmas 1914, that famous temporary truce and friendship between opposing sides in the midst of a war.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Living,Peace | Read More »

Happy Christmas, O Prisoners Of The Little Town of Bethlehem

O little town of Bethlehem How still we see thee lie Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight

The good citizens of Bethlehem are cut off from their capital Jerusalem, only six miles away, the rest of the West Bank and the whole world.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

What Hath Bible Twisters Done?

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No sooner than my last bit about Josephus and the destruction of Jerusalem appeared on VT than this video came in via e-mail.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Living,Religion | Read More »

Band Of Brothers #8 – Conquering Military Racism

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The ultimate fire fight is on the battleground of the heart for it is there that we meet our deepest fears and issues of unworthiness.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Coping,Editors Picks,Health,PTSD | Read More »

Christ Under Occupation: Christmas in the Holy Land 2011

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Researches predict that if things do not change very soon, Holy Land churches will be nothing more than museums for Christian communities across the region are declining due to low birth rates coupled with increasing emigration due to the persecution and violence rooted in the now 44 years of Military occupation of Palestine.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Europe,Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for Dec. 22, 2011

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Federal Express Charter Programs Team Arrangement, Memphis, Tenn., is being awarded an estimated $693,634,631 firm-fixed-price contract for international airlift services with a minimum guarantee of $268,207,111.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Economics & Markets,Economy | Read More »

Combating Christian Zionism In Palestine

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Palestinian Christians know how un-Christ-like and hurtful the beliefs of Christian Zionists are.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Israel,Middle East,Palestine,World | Read More »

Wall Street, the Media, the CIA and Facebook (Part 1)

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Perhaps the most ironic aspect of “reality TV” is that the majority of these shows are scripted.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Business,Economics & Markets,Economy,Editors Picks | Read More »

Stranglehold Afghanistan: How Politics and Lies Is Destroying an Army

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American troops in Afghanistan are running out of fuel and food as Christmas approaches. The war rages on as it has for a decade and America is losing, nothing new there.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Editors Picks,WarZone | Read More »

Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – December 22, 2011

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The holiday season can be a time of joy, happiness and family get-togethers. But for some Veterans, it is a time of loneliness and anxiety about their future.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Top 10,Vet News | Read More »

Tarek Mehanna: Victimized by Racist Injustice

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Post-9/11, Mehanna is one of hundreds of Muslim Americans victimized, vilified, and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, prominence, activism, and at times charity.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Civil Liberties and Freedom,Corruption,Government,Politics | Read More »

The Serial Hypocrisy of The Media vis-a-vis Ron Paul and Mordechai Vanunu

U.S. Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Likely A Target for Israeli Lobby

Inspired by Presidential contender Ron Paul who demonstrated on CNN that he will not tolerate fools, this candidate for US House of Representatives seizes this opportunity to address the “serial hypocrisy” of corporate media in regards to their 25 years of failure to report on Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Mordechai Vanunu, who wrote today:

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in World | Read More »

America and the Arab Spring: Exporting Democracy or Mediocrity?

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America has great attributes and achievements to export to the Arab world such as advances in medical, science, and information technology, excellent systems of higher education, and a truly generous population that contributes hundreds of billions to social causes.

December 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Americas,Middle East,World | Read More »

 

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