Month: July 2006

The Reality Beneath the Flag-Waving Paul Craig Roberts pulls no punches, nor should he, in describing the war crime that is the Iraq invasion and occupation. Lieutenant Ehren Watada also speaks without reservation against the war, or rather gives voice to his opposition by putting his career and his personal freedom on the line. Watada … Continue reading “Backtalk, July 17, 2006”

Just two weeks after the tragedy of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza, history repeated itself on the Lebanese border, this time as farce. Hezbollah, the Middle East’s most sophisticated guerilla, managed to kidnap two Israeli soldiers into Lebanon. Once again it took the Israeli army almost an hour to figure out that … Continue reading “The Army Wants Action”

A terrible thing is happening, and not enough Americans are aware to be able to do anything about it. Zionists in Israel and in the Bush administration are leading America into war with Iran, Syria, Hizbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine. The consequences for America, Israel and the Middle East will be disastrous, but … Continue reading “Attention Deficit Americans Are Being Misled to War”

"We don’t negotiate with evil; we defeat it." So said U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, according to Knight Ridder news agency, three years ago during a top-level White House meeting in which he vetoed yet another State Department proposal that Washington engage North Korea in negotiations over its nuclear program, and a more succinct expression … Continue reading “Cowboy Diplomacy Is Not Dead Yet”

Somebody should tell the Israeli military it’s not right to shoot reporters just because you disagree with them. At least seven media workers were injured in the first 48 hours of fighting in Lebanon – all of them hurt by the Israeli military. According to the watch-dog group Reporters Without Borders the count includes three … Continue reading “Israel: Stop Shooting Journalists”

On 26, November, 2004, the Brit-French-German-Iran ambassadors notified Mohamed ElBaradei – Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency – of the terms of the Paris Accord, whereby the Brits-French-Germans and Iranians undertook to negotiate an agreement that “will provide objective guarantees that Iran’s nuclear programme is exclusively for peaceful purposes. It will equally provide … Continue reading “Condi and Her Gangs”

LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER – Refugees fleeing Beirut in the face of Israeli air attacks are speaking of "haphazard bombings" and a crisis situation developing in the city. Israeli warplanes bombed the suburbs of Beirut overnight, killing three people and wounding 55, according to Lebanese police. Residents reported at least four Israeli missile strikes early Friday morning. … Continue reading “Lebanon Refugees Speak of Catastrophic Bombing”

I removed myself from TV and the Internet for a few days, and when I got back, Israel had morphed the attacks on Gaza and the odd buzzing of Damascus into a full-scale assault into Lebanon, and escalated her military threats to Syria. John Bolton is a happy man today. That blubbering bundle of self-righteousness, … Continue reading “Israel Makes Its ‘Clean Break’”

Asked by the Today show’s Matt Lauer about the recent caning Vice President Cheney gave him and Russia, President Vladimir Putin gave this cocky and cutting reply: “I think these kinds of comments from your vice president amount to the same thing as an unfortunate shot while hunting.” In Rostock, Germany, Bush declined to defend … Continue reading “Russia Is Not a Lost Cause”

One of these days, some scholar will do a little history of the odd moments when microphones or recording systems were turned on or left on, whether on purpose or not, and so gave us a bit of history in the raw. We have plenty of American examples of this phenomenon, ranging from the secret … Continue reading “The Destabilization Game”