By Howard Zinn
Now that most Americans no longer believe in the war, now that they no longer trust Bush and his Administration, now that the evidence of deception has become overwhelming (so overwhelming that even the major media, always late, have begun to register indignation), we might ask: How come so many people were so easily fooled?
The question is important because it might help us understand why Americans-members of the media as well as the ordinary citizen-rushed to declare (…)
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America’s Blinders
29 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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PHOENIX RISING : IRAQ IN ASHES
29 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1) ITEM: "RUMSFELD HAS CREATED A KILLER ELITE THAT HAS BEEN COMPARED FAVOURABLY BY ONE OF IT’S KEY US ARCHITECTS , LT. GENERAL JERRY BOYKIN, WITH AMERICA’S HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL PHOENIX PROGRAMME , WHICH SECRETLY ERADICATED ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT JUDICIAL PROCESS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR." ( "SAS MEN SETTING UP TARGETS FOR RUMMY’S KILLERS", THE SUNDAY TIMES OF LONDON , 2/12/06 ) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2035979,00.html 2 ) ITEM: "US Military Still Runs (…)
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Another Prominent Military Figure Denounces NeoCons, Iraq, War on Terror
29 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
19 commentsDelta Force founder joins ranks who say there is no real threat to the US and war is based on lies
Steve Watson / Infowars | March 27 2006
Retired Command Sergeant Major Eric Haney, founding member of the military’s elite covert counter-terrorist unit, Delta force, has stated publicly for the record that he sees the war in Iraq as an "Utter debacle" based on intentions by the Bush administration that were "not what they stated" and that "there is no real threat to the U.S. in the world". (…) -
Republicans Again Refusing to "Support the Troops"...They Only Support the War
28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
3 commentsAnother slap in the face to Veterans, compliments of our Senators -at the same time claiming to support our Veterans! Feel free to spread this all over the net.
Late Wednesday, March 22, 2006, the House Republican leadership turned down an amendment from Rep. John Salazar, (D-CO)., to add $650 million to the Veterans Administration’s health care budget. Salazar, who recently joined the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said the additional VA money is needed because the Army’s own studies (…) -
The “Noble Cause” That Killed Casey Sheehan
28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
March 24, 2006 By Mike Whitney
A lot of rubbish has been written about “religious faith” lately. The fact is, there’s a force more powerful than faith: the power of denial. America has completely surrendered to denial; abandoning any claim to reason or clear-sighted analysis. The vast majority of people are perfectly content to ignore the telltale signs of looming disaster choosing instead to keep their heads firmly tucked in the sand.
Is it really that hard to see what’s happening?
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rummy the dumby
28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
JAMES CARROLL Rumsfeld and the big picture By James Carroll | March 27, 2006
’’FORTUNATELY, history is not made up of daily headlines, blogs on websites, or the latest sensational attack," Donald Rumsfeld wrote in a Washington Post op-ed column last week. ’’History is a bigger picture, and it takes some time and perspective to measure accurately."
Rumsfeld was arguing that any evaluation of the present catastrophe in Iraq should take a longer view, and I agree with him. Indeed, I have (…) -
A Veteran’s Letter to the President: “I Return Enclosed the Symbols of My Years of Service”
28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 comments[Joseph DuRocher was for 20 years the elected Public Defender of Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit, covering Orange and Osceola counties. Since retirement, he’s been writing and teaching law at the University of Central Florida and the Barry University School of Law. He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy in the 1960s, serving as a Naval Aviator in the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. On Monday, Mr. DuRocher returned his Lieutenant’s shoulder bars and Navy wings to (…)
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Bush Makes Iraq the Vital Reason for His Impeachment and Removal
28 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsGeorge W. Bush has clarified the most vital reason why he must be impeached and removed from office as soon as possible: the slaughter in Iraq, and his clear statement that it will not end while he is in the White House.
Bush has made his departure the light at the end of the tunnel.
If he stays, more killing is inevitable. If he goes, a quicker end to the war is not certain, but it is more likely. Nobody expects Dick Cheney to pull out of Iraq if he succeeds Bush. But a successful (…) -
ABOUT THOSE DEATH SQUADS
27 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
From "Phoenix Rising" by Robert Dreyfuss , published in the American Prospect Magazine , 1/1/04 ..... " BUT THE BULK OF THE COVERT MONEY WILL SUPPORT EFFORTS TO CREATE A LETHAL AND REVENGE- MINDED IRAQI SECURITY FORCE... THE BIG MONEY WOULD BE FOR STANDING UP AN IRAQI SECRET POLICE TO LIQUIDATE THE RESISTANCE.... AND IT HAS TO BE POLITICALLY LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES ..." Sound familiar ? http://www.prospect.org/print/V15/1/dreyfuss-r.html
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Hamdan vrs Rumsfeld: A REMINDER TO THE SUPREME COURT! AND FEDERAL JUDGES
27 March 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
with all of busheys marbles; (for unitary dictatorial unconstitutional internationally illegal and immoral assumptions that he can push his misgided agenda around the world and convince complicit judges to endorse this psychotic agenda) riding on the Hamdan vrs rumsfeld case up before the United States Suprem Court, a gentle reminder that everything Hitler and his compliant judges deemed legal in Germany were in fact rendered to justice at the international Nuremberg Trials. FAIR WARNING has (…)