By William Rivers Pitt
"One of the interesting things people ask me, now that we are asking questions, is, ’Can you ever win the war on terror?’ Of course you can." George W. Bush, April 13 2004
You just can’t make this stuff up.
George W. Bush, in an interview broadcast Monday by the ‘Today’ show, told host Matt Lauer that he doesn’t think his ‘War on Terror’ is winnable. "I don’t think you can win it," said Bush. "But I think you can create conditions so that those who use (...)
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Nausea in New York
2 September 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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Not So Swift Boat Veterans
23 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
13 commentsBy William Rivers Pitt
Ever hear the old story of the lady and the snake?
A lady finds a snake injured in the road. She takes it home, cares for it, helps it heal, and the two become friends. One day, the lady is in her garden with the snake, and the snake suddenly bites her in the throat. The lady lays dying and gasps, "Why did you bite me? I was your friend?" The snake replies, "Lady, you knew I was a snake when you picked me up."
This is a parable the Bush/Cheney campaign is (...) -
Cheney Speaks to the Reptile Brain
20 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Thom Hartmann
"I am not unaware of the effect of the ridicule cast on this instrument of defence by those who wished for engines of offence." Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison referencing damage done to morale by jokes about the US Navy, May 21, 1813
It’s Willie Horton all over again. The Bush family is subjecting Americans to psychological operations, only the level of sophistication and deception is an order of magnitude higher than it was in 1988. And it could turn the (...) -
The US elections as open season for Israel
17 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Uri Avnery
Once upon a time, an assistant to Levy Eshkol, our [Israeli] late prime minister, rushed up to him and cried: "Levy, a disaster! A drought has set in!"
"Where?" the prime minister asked anxiously, "in Texas?"
"No, here in Israel!" the man replied.
"Then there’s nothing to worry about," Eshkol said dismissively.
Right from the beginning, the State of Israel has been critically affected by events in the United States. "If America sneezes, Israel catches cold," is the (...) -
The State of Bush vs the State of Law
14 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentby Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Where did the Bush regime go wrong?
Somewhere along the line, once, George W. Bush and his clique of elitist super-rich entrepreneurs who dictate White House policy, must have had political objectives, must have believed that they could do good for America and for the world. What has ensued is a systematic abuse of power, a systematic disregard for international law and a systematic outrage of human rights. Where did the Bush regime get it wrong?
The (...) -
Thanks To Some REAL National Heroes
14 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Ward Reilly
While our president rushed us into an unnecessary war, many people around our nation worked to expose the truth about what was to come in Iraq—citizens of great character,and a deep love of our nation. It is a long, long list of citizens, some that have risked their careers, and even their lives, in order to tell the truth about the Bush Administration’s catastrophic rush into war in the Middle East. Real Heroes.
Thank you, Scott Ritter—the weapons inspector who knew (...) -
National Guard Troops in Iraq Intervene in Prisoner Beatings
14 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Global Eye Unnatural Acts
By Chris Floyd
After months of bad press, here at last was an act of genuine humanitarianism by U.S. troops in Iraq that could have been trumpeted to the skies: a unit of National Guard troops — part-time citizen-soldiers from Oregon — rescuing a group of prisoners from sadistic torture by the security forces of the "sovereign" Iraqi government. Yet the incident was buried by U.S. brass, who repudiated their own soldiers — and backed the Iraqi torturers.
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Humiliation and Destabilisation or concerted plans
7 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentby Robert Thompson
We are all reeling from the shock of seeing on our television screens the horrific and inhuman ritual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners who have had the ill fortune to find themselves in an establishment run by the armed forces of the U.S.A. Immediately following on from this we have seen re-runs of the sight of a swaggering Mr George W. Bush on 1st May 2003, after he had landed on an aircraft-carrier under a banner reading "Mission Accomplished", somewhat prematurely (...) -
Torture, for fun
5 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Bush regime sinks lower by the day
That US soldiers serving the Bush regime considered that the systematic torture of prisoners of war was fun, no big deal, to vent their frustration, not serious and just joking around, does not surprise anyone any longer.
The face of the great American heroine, Private Lynndie England, cigarette hanging from the corner of her mouth, giving the thumbs-up sign while standing over or beside a pile of abused, terrified (...) -
Will Bush declare a Red Alert security status before November 2nd?
4 August 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentRed Alert Bush
by Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
George Bush does not need to base any such decision on the truth because he acts upon hype and lies, cajoling, disinformation and protectionism of the corporate elite which gravitates around the White House, making the rich richer and the poor poorer. But hey! Who cares?
The rest of the world cares. Although it is not the business of foreigners or outsiders to tell the people of the United States of America what to do, it is the business of (...)