End Middle-East Wars to Boost Economy

Share- Nation-building starts at home – By Sherwood Ross The solution to our fiscal crisis, The Nation magazine editorializes, is to “end the wars, allow the tax cuts to expire and restore robust growth.” That’s because nearly the entire deficit this year and those projected at least for the short term are the result of [...]

John McCain: A Closer Look at Evil (Part 3)

The political career of John McCain offers a case study in how organized crime operates in plain sight. When he was selling us on the war in Iraq, was he working for the same syndicate that sold us the subprime fraud?

ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE: 2001 INTERVIEW WITH HAMID GUL, FORMER ISI CHIEF

Share IN 2001 ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE OF UPI INTERVIEWED HAMID GUL ON 9/11 WHAT DOES THIS INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW MEAN TO US 9 YEARS LATER? By Arnaud de Borchgrave for UPI (Veterans Today Editors note:  This is being reprinted in consultation both with de Borchrave and Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan’s controversial ISI.  In light [...]

The Arrogance of American power

ShareBy Paul J. Balles at Redress.com Paul J. Balles argues that the continued presence of 1,000 American military bases outside the USA nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union is a symptom of the arrogance of power that threatens local communities and ultimately the USA itself. ”What is America doing in Iraq [...]

GORDON DUFF: HAS ANTI-SEMITISM MADE JEWS BOYCOTT THE WAR ON TERROR?

ShareOVER 200,000 AMERICAN JEWS TRAINED AND ONLY 4,000 SERVE By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor According to the Department of Defense, only 4000 Jews serve in the American military.  Over 200,000 American Jews have been trained at US expense by the IDF in Israel but only a handful defend Israel in the current wars in [...]

The WMDs of War and Occupations

Share- WMDs and the War on Terror: Lies that won’t die – By Jim Staro [This is an edited version of a piece that appeared in After Downing Street] Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) has become the new mainstream term of condemnation this century, for others, said to be connected to criminal terrorist acts offeringreasons for invasions [...]

PALESTINE: Anyone really serious about allowing their civil rights?

ShareBy Dr Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp, Beirut—“Some members of Parliament prefer that the camps explode and then they will insist that “Palestinian security problems must be resolved before Parliament can consider giving them civils rights”—meaning several more years of delay.That would be a disaster for all concerned.” Following some initiial optimism after MP [...]

War on Terror or War of Terror?

Share- U.S.-U.K. Wars Increase Global Terror Threat – By ANTHONY DiMAGGIO in CounterPunch Critical evidence from the British government and other sources suggest that the “War on Terror” has actually destabilized the Middle East and increased the terror threat throughout the globe.  The former head of Britain’s MI5 – Baroness Manningham-Buller – finds that the Iraq war [...]

War on Terror’s Self-licking Ice Cream Cone

Share - A recent exposé in the Washington Post shows that if you have a security clearance and are comfortable being part of a lucrative “self-licking ice cream cone” – a process that offers few if any benefits while perpetuating its own existence – then the “war on terror” is definitely for you! – By Ray [...]

Inside the Israeli Knesset: A Parliamentary Mob

Share- In comparison to the present Knesset, the 1967 Knesset looks like Plato’s Academy; WHAT FRIGHTENED me more than anything else was the readiness of members to enact irresponsible laws for the sake of fleeting popularity, especially at times of mass hysteria. - By Uri Avnery in CounterPunch WHEN I was first elected to the Knesset, I [...]

Myth-Debunking Snopes Obscures Israel’s Role in 9/11

ShareSnopes.com, officially known as the Urban Legends Reference Pages, has since its humble inception in 1995 come to be regarded as one of the most trusted debunkers of conspiracy theories on the internet. Described by one of its many fans – it apparently has over 6 million visitors per month – as “the grand-daddy of all [...]

The State corruption is preventing peace efforts in Afghanistan

ShareBy Hanan Habibzai STAFF WRITER Two years ago when I was working in Afghanistan as a journalist, I was woken up by calls from across the country. The calls were from the ordinary Afghans sharing the events and news in their areas; almost always involving bloodshed. Although, at present, I am away from my motherland [...]

Afghanistan: — Can General Petraeus turn the tide in Kandahar?

ShareBy Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR The southern city of Kandahar, the last Afghan territory to be handed over by the British in 1830, was also known as the center of greatest resistance to the Russian occupation in the 1980’s. Today it measures as the epicenter of intense political competition, drug trafficking and an [...]

Objectives of Pakistan’s adversaries remain unaccomplished

ShareBy Asif Haroon Raja The US is the strongest military and economic power of the world but its behavior is amateurish and childish and doesn’t correspond to its stature, strength and capability. After 2nd World War, it never clashed directly with an adversary matching its capabilities but always attacked very weak foes. Like a typical [...]

Pak-China Strategic Ties Irks the Indo-Israelis

ShareObama Must Not Be A Tool To Promote The Indo-Israeli Agenda – The US Should Not Be Unnerved on Nuclear Deal between China and Pakistan – By Sajjad Shaukat in Opinion Maker Both the countries signed six documents of cooperation in the areas of agriculture, healthcare, justice, media, economy and technology. Chinese President Hu Jintao [...]

Why Can’t Mainstream American Journalists Tell Truth About Horrors of America’s Wars?

ShareSebastian Junger’s new documentary “Restrepo” presents the story of US soldiers at an isolated combat outpost, keeping Afghan suffering safely off the screen.  By Nick Turse via AlterNet I’ve heard a shot fired in anger.  But I might know a little bit more about war than Sebastian Junger. Previously best known as the author of [...]

The Israeli National Interest Has Gone Missing – An Analysis

ShareBy Lawrence Davidson An interesting commentary by Gideon Levy, entitled “A Peace Crime,” appeared in Haaretz on July 11, 2010. It focused on comments made by Bashar Assad, President of Syria, in an interview he gave to the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir about a week earlier. In the interview Assad said, “Our position is clear: When [...]

Stop Stage-Managing the War on Terror

ShareEnsnaring terrorists demands creativity by Stephan Salisbury The Liberty City Seven, the Fort Dix Six, the Detroit Ummah Conspiracy, the Newburgh Four – each has had their fear-filled day in the sun. None of these plots ever came close to happening. How could they? All were bogus from the get-go: money to buy missiles or [...]

The Faces of the Slaughter at Sea

ShareFrom Gaza Friends, see the faces of the Massacre on the Mediterranean at Free Gaza. - The terrorists on board that ship as well as the other five ships, (where passengers were beaten, tied up, tear gassed and wounded), worked for the Israeli Navy. – By Greta Berlin, – witnessgaza.com – www.freegaza.org As we get ready [...]

The Revival of the Legacy of Ahmad Shah Abdali, Afghanistan’s “Father of the Nation”

ShareBy Hanan Habibzai STAFF WRITER This was the first time ever in my life that I attended a gathering organized to celebrate the birth anniversary of the founder of modern day Afghanistan Ahmad Shah Abdali (also known as Ahmad Shah Durrani and Ahmad Shah Baba). It was also the first time that I realized that [...]

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