Month: January 2004

In the run-up to war the sheer volume of lies produced by this administration was meant to overwhelm Congress, the media, and the people with its inventiveness. In a veritable frenzy of prevarication, the War Party came up with some real whoppers – and one howler that has not only come back to haunt them, … Continue reading “War-gate”

Newsflash: Whoopi Goldberg isn’t Jewish. Neither is Donald Rumsfeld. Whew! Now I can criticize both without being an anti-Semite. Or maybe not. After all, Ms. Goldberg is part of the Hollywood elite, and by “Hollywood,” I obviously mean Jerusalem. Mr. Rumsfeld may be a goy, but he’s also a neoconservative, by which I mean “Jew.” … Continue reading “Note to David Brooks: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”

From the author of the prophetic national bestseller Blowback, a startling look at militarism, American style, and its consequences abroad and at home. In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe’s “lone superpower,” then as a “reluctant sheriff,” next as the “indispensable nation,” and now, in … Continue reading “Sorrows of Empire:”

Efforts at achieving normal relations and peace between South Asian rivals India and Pakistan have collapsed or run into a dead-end so many times in the past. Thus, it is only rational to ask if their latest attempt at a breakthrough is for real and likely to succeed. Doubts persist on this even after Indian … Continue reading “India-Pakistan Peace Process Fragile, but Real”

Leave Revolution in Saudi Arabia to Saudis Excellent article, so true and I personally think the real reason for the US aggression in the middle east. It’s main target being Saudi Arabia or more importantly its oil. What better way, than to demonise Saudi society and its leaders, which, if it goes on long enough … Continue reading “”

There is an air of expectation drowning out the thumping disco music in the private room rented out to celebrate old friends meeting again. Three or four bottles of Chivas are scattered amongst the dice and glasses and plates of fruit and one of the girls is pouring two parts green tea and one part … Continue reading “Chinese Beats”

Political power plays at the just-concluded assembly to write a new constitution for Afghanistan raise serious question about whether the country can hold free and fair elections as scheduled later this year, say rights groups and other experts. While praising the inclusion of women’s rights in the new charter, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) … Continue reading “Power Plays Over Constitution Threaten Afghan Elections”

Dave Lindorff, writing in CounterPunch, accuses the Republican National Committee of “play[ing] the Hitler card” with its recent denunciation of two amateur commercials, posted briefly on the MoveOn.Org website, that compared the sitting President to Adolf Hitler. Lindorff’s position – predictably enough, in the hyperbolic realm CP occupies – is that the “shrill attacks” levied … Continue reading “Move On, Already: Bush as Hitler Falls Flat”

They’re coming out of the closet, so to speak, faster than David Brooks can deny their very existence: I’m talking about neocons, of course, that dreaded sub-species of right-wing ideologues whose fabulous history has become the stuff of legend. Brooks says that to even breathe the n-word is to flirt with Hitlerian tendencies, and Joel … Continue reading “Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know About Neocons”

“In the latest incident, three American crewmen – on contract to the CIA – and a Peruvian officer were flying surveillance when they spotted the missionaries’ Cessna as it headed over the Amazon jungle.” (emphasis added) This quote, from one of the news articles about the shoot down of the private plane in Peru and … Continue reading “Outsourced Tyranny:The Use of Private Companies to do Governments’ Dirty Work”