Germany’s Merkel Needs To Ask Tough Questions at NATO Summit
August 31, 2014
MEMORANDUM FOR: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Ukraine and NATO We the undersigned are longtime veterans of U.S. intelligence. We take the unusual step of writing this open letter to you to ensure that you have an opportunity to be briefed on our views prior to the […]
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Iraq and Syria – The US Goes in Deeper
August 29, 2014
The maintenance of superpower prestige above all obligates the Obama Administration to launch a full scale air war against the against the well organized, well supplied and so far victorious barbaric Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria (formerly ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria). After 13 years of stalemated wars against […]
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Ron Paul on ISIS, Syria, and Foreign Follies
August 29, 2014
Just weeks ago President Obama requested an extra $500 million dollars for Syrian rebels. Now with the ISIS rebels having spread across northern Iraq, European sources tell us that the U.S. is passing intelligence on to the Syrian army to target rebels in Syria. The elective Bush war in Iraq for WMDs that never were […]
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Cheney’s Legacy: Honesty Still in Short Supply
August 26, 2014
As the world marks the centennial of World War I, the guns of August are again being oiled by comfortable politicians and the fawning corporate media, both bereft of any sense of history. And that includes much more recent history, namely the deceitful campaign that ended up bringing destruction to Iraq and widened conflict throughout […]
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Biden Pushes Federalism in Iraq, But US Remains Pro-Centralization in Ukraine
August 24, 2014
The Obama Admniistration has for months been railing against Russian “interference” because the Russian Federation has been advocating a federal system in Ukraine as a way of increasing regional autonomy in the face of secessionist rebellions. Never let it be said they won’t be openly hypocritical. Vice President Joe Biden penned an entire op-ed today […]
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Ray McGovern on Russia’s Humanitarian ‘Invasion’
August 23, 2014
Before dawn broke in Washington on Saturday, “Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists” – more accurately described as federalists of southeast Ukraine who oppose last February’s coup in Kiev – unloaded desperately needed provisions from some 280 Russian trucks in Luhansk, Ukraine. The West accused those trucks of “invading” Ukraine on Friday, but it was a record short […]
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Beware of Exploding Gifts from Uncle Sam
August 22, 2014
In a brilliant August 17 segment of Last Week Tonight, HBO host John Oliver ripped into small towns that have equipped their police with warlike military equipment. One town was Keene, New Hampshire, where their military-grade armored personnel truck was acquired to protect critical targets – like the annual Pumpkin Festival. Another was Doraville, Georgia. […]
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Hollywood and the Obama Myth
August 21, 2014
“And believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy. It’s part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us such a world power.” – US President Barack Obama at the DreamWorks Animation facility, November 2013. As sensational as that pronouncement was, at least it shed light on how the people […]
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Iraq: A Mirror for Afghanistan’s Future
August 21, 2014
If anyone wants to know what Afghanistan will look like whenever the United States finally gives up its meaningless occupation, take one look at Iraq. After 24 years of perpetual American war in Iraq – an invasion, a decade long no-fly zone, international sanctions, a second invasion, an occupation, the overthrow of a dictator and […]
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We Need Cops Like Mike Brown Needed a Hole in the Head
August 21, 2014
The Ferguson community is rightly outraged over the fatal police-shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the broader problem it represents: how American blacks are treated like a subject population under military occupation. They are also right to be doubly outraged at how the police state that dominates them has been baring its fangs and pushing them […]
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