The Hypocritical US Position on Cyber-Warfare
January 15, 2014
The New York Times is out with a story about how the NSA has the capacity to surreptitiously install software on specific computers that allow the agency to mount cyber attacks and carry out surveillance, even when the targeted computers are not connected to the internet. The Times reports that the NSA has done this to some […]
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The Whitewashing of Ariel Sharon
January 14, 2014
The death of former Israeli leader Ariel Sharon enlivened US media’s interest in the legacy of a man considered by many a war criminal, and by some a hero. In fact, the supposed heroism of Sharon was at the heart of CNN coverage of his death on January 11. Sharon spent his last eight years […]
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World Bank Firm Backs Honduran Corporation Associated With Forced Evictions, Multiple Killings
January 13, 2014
According to Human Rights Watch, the World Bank’s private investment firm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), lent $15 million to Corporacion Dinant, a Honduran food company, despite indications that it was forcing people off their own land and controlled security forces that engaged in multiple killings. “The IFC loaned millions of dollars to a project, even though […]
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Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous
January 13, 2014
American journalism has entered highly dangerous terrain. A tip-off is that the Washington Post refuses to face up to a conflict of interest involving Jeff Bezos – who’s now the sole owner of the powerful newspaper at the same time he remains Amazon’s CEO and main stakeholder. The Post is supposed to expose CIA secrets. […]
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Swimming Against the Tide in Afghanistan: Why the US Troops Don’t Need to Stay
January 13, 2014
The bottom line when it comes to Afghanistan is that the U.S. has failed in virtually every one of its objectives. This year, 2014, is the year the Obama administration will describe as the year America’s longest war ended, even as the administration scrambles to reach an agreement with Kabul on keeping thousands of U.S. […]
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Ariel Sharon and the Legacy of US-Backed War Crimes
January 13, 2014
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died over the weekend. Much of the U.S. and Israeli media have whitewashed Sharon’s legacy, erasing from history the fact that he was a wretched war criminal who was devoted to a Greater Israel and to massacring any civilians he perceived as obstructing that goal. Those who have at […]
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Obama WH: Pro-Sanctions Senators Should Admit They Want War With Iran
January 10, 2014
As Jason Ditz highlights in the news section today, congressional support for heaping additional sanctions on Iran, even as the interim deal plays out ahead of further negotiations on a final deal, is picking up in the Senate. Up to 58 senators have committed to voting yes on new sanctions, an action the Obama administration and Iranian […]
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Privatizing Diplomacy – Dennis Rodman Style
January 10, 2014
The verdict is in. All civilized people must hate Dennis Rodman. Politicians from John McCain to John Kerry, and pundits from Bill O’Reilly to Chris Matthews are outraged that any American, let alone the eccentric Rodman, would travel to the land of the third member of the Axis of Evil. Earlier this week, Rodman, along […]
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Robert Gates: US Tried Oust Karzai in 2009 Elections
January 10, 2014
Most people are still reeling from the personal jabs former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates takes at President Obama and his closest advisers in his forthcoming memoir. But beyond the political barbs is actual news. Like, for example, the fact that the U.S. tried to manipulate Afghanistan’s 2009 elections in order to unseat Hamid Karzai. […]
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