Home > Keywords > International > USA

USA

  • Occupation Begets Bombers
    18 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Occupation Begets Bombers Michael Harris, Toronto Sun July 15, 2005 Watching your citizens blown to bits is not the best of invitations to reflection.
    Older, more basic instincts are engaged; fury, hatred and a lust for revenge. All three of those emotions have been on display in Britain this past week in the wake of the vicious tube and bus bombings that killed scores of innocent people and maimed hundreds of others.
    Since the suicide-bombings in London, there have been seven days of (…)

  • Downing Street Memo Hearing: What was the real motivation for the Iraq War?
    17 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    This is a Partial Transcript form Conyers Downing Street Minutes Hearing June 16
    REP JIM MORAN: What I would like to do is to get back to why we did do it. We understand that the reasons that we were given were part of an endemic pattern of deceit. They were not the real reason. But what do you think was the real reason?
    It’s been suggested that the oil companies were concerned Saddam was giving contracts to Russia and France, and maybe that’s what it was, we wanted to get control over (…)

  • BUSH AND BLAIR FIND OLD THEORY OF WARFARE
    17 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    3 comments

    THE BUSH BLAIR THEORY OF WAR
    By Peter Fredson
    July 17, 2005
    President Bush recently addressed soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina regarding his war on Iraq, as follows:
    “The soldiers and families of Fort Bragg have contributed mightily to our efforts to secure our country and promote peace. America is grateful, and so is your commander in chief. The troops here and across the world are fighting a global war on terror. The war reached our shores on September 11, 2001.” “The (…)

  • A majority of Iraqis oppose the occupation, yet we occupy. How is that liberation?
    17 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    The Number One Reason For Withdrawal: Iraqis Oppose U.S. Occupation by Chris Bowers
    (Via Donkey Rising). Don’t care what Americans think about withdrawal? Well, we should care what Iraqis think:
    The survey, conducted March 15-22 in 15 cities across all regions of Iraq, has been distributed to top officials at the Pentagon, the Central Intelligence Agency and State Department. A copy was obtained by Bloomberg News.
    Professional pollsters cautioned about the reliability of data from (…)

  • If the US is planning on exiting Iraq, why are they planning a permanent presence?
    17 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    A Permanent Presence by Ari Berman
    In his first debate with President Bush, John Kerry made a surprisingly bold assertion about US policy toward Iraq: "I think a critical component of success in Iraq is being able to convince the Iraqis and the Arab world that the United States doesn’t have long-term designs on it," Kerry said. "As I understand it, we’re building some 14 military bases there now, and some people say they’ve got a rather permanent concept to them."
    Though the media (…)

  • Case for impeachment
    16 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Downing Street Memos have faded from the headlines, overshadowed by the furor over Karl Rove and whether he leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to reporters.
    We know it’s tough for the Washington press corps to focus on more than one story at a time, but we’ll make it easy for them.
    Both the Downing Street Memos — the secret documents from Britain’s intelligence agency on the Bush administration’s preparations for invading Iraq — and the ongoing scandal involving President (…)

  • The Screwing of America and The Stain on The Flag
    16 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    3 comments

    Karl Rove has screwed the American people. When Bill Clinton was condemned for getting a famous stain on a famous blue dress, the GOP went after him for over two years, crying "Impeachment! Clinton is a liar! IMPEACH!!!"
    Well, now. Let’s cut to the chase, shall we? Karl Rove has outed a CIA agent and risked the lives of said agent as well as all her contacts in the world. His action, with the enthusiastic compliance of a couple of so-called unbiased news reporters, has made our country (…)

  • Moral Cowards In Hiding
    16 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    Moral Cowards In Hiding Butler Shaffer July 11, 2005 “Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.” -Thomas Jefferson Many Americans are acting like members of a lynch mob who later become aware of their viciousness and attempt to disguise their involvement. When President Bush finally got his long-planned Middle East war games going, most Americans hid their erstwhile (…)

  • Depleted Uranium: States Take Action to Protect Their Soldiers and Veterans
    16 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    An Interview with Bob Smith
    Depleted Uranium: States Take Action to Protect Their Soldiers and Veterans
    By KEVIN ZEESE
    Louisiana recently passed legislation giving all returning veterans the right to get a best practices health screening test for exposure to depleted uranium. Interviewed here is Bob Smith, one of the activists that helped make this bill possible. He is with the Louisiana Activist Network. He is also I am a member of Veterans for Peace and the Viet Nam Veterans Against (…)

  • Who Benefits from the Suicide Attacks in Iraq?
    16 July 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    ’It is time for all Iraqis to unite’
    The murder of several children reveals the depravity of the ongoing insurgency
    Saturday July 16, 2005 The Guardian
    Jordan Times Editorial, July 15-16
    "What kind of demons possessed those who on Wednesday deliberately killed [at least 27] children and wounded [up to 25] others? What made them orchestrate and carry out a suicide bombing in a Baghdad neighbourhood while the children were assembled near US soldiers to receive sweets?
    "This and (…)