Politics
Thursday, 24 May 2012 08:27
by Jacob G. Hornberger
One of the ostensible goals of U.S. foreign policy is to spread democracy. Of course, the reality is the exact opposite. The U.S. Empire is one of the greatest lovers of nonelected dictatorships in the world, as manifested by its ardent support of such dictatorships as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Chile (under Pinochet), Guatemala (after ousting Arbenz), Iran (after ousting Mossadegh), Pakistan (under Musharraf), Yemen, Bahrain, and many others.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:53
by Patty Culhane
I've just returned home from the NATO summit and I can't stop focusing on all that we don't know after dozens of world leaders met for two days.
I have to wonder if the Obama Administration is disappointed in the results. At the end of all of those hours of talking, the leaders recommitted themselves to the overall timeline for Afghanistan. They said again, by the summer of next year Afghan Security Forces will take the lead and the entire international fighting force will be out by the end of 2014.
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:12
by Jacob G. Hornberger
With Hondurans angrily demanding that the U.S. government withdraw its drug-war personnel from the country, we shouldn’t forget that this isn’t the first time that U.S. drug officials have participated in the drug-war killing of innocent people. Almost 11 years ago, the CIA helped Peruvian drug-war personnel kill a 35-year-old missionary named Veronica Bowers and her 7-month-old baby Charity as they were flying in a small Cessna from Brazil to Peru with their husband and father.
Read more: History Repeats Itself in Honduran Drug-War Killings
Wednesday, 23 May 2012 08:02
by Harry Fawcett
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim made his all-too familiar walk from car to courtroom on Tuesday. He has perfected the art of smiling serenely as cameramen and photographers crowd in, and his supporters push back - an unwieldy scrum shuffling its way slowly into court. But then he has had a lot of practice.
Monday, 21 May 2012 09:59
Shortly after Obama won the election he spoke at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago. After watching the event on TV, I wrote an essay entitled, “Chicago—the city where hope died and was reborn.” Rereading my remarks nearly four years later, I am both proud and ashamed. Proud because my words were among the most eloquent and heartfelt I have ever written, and ashamed because, I secretly suspected Obama’s impending duplicity and betrayal.
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Mutual Transparency to End the U.S.-Iranian Dispute |
| William deB. Mills | |
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Heightening Tensions for War on Iran |
| Stephen Lendman | |
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Is Jeffrey Feltman Iran’s Best Friend in Lebanon? |
| Franklin Lamb | |
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Staying Sober |
| Lawrence Davidson | |
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NO NO NATO |
| Bob Boldt | |
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Why An Ex-Marine Turns Pacifist |
| Sherwood Ross | |
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Hafez Aladdeen is an Israeli Patriot |
| Gilad Atzmon | |
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Ongoing Palestinian Genocide |
| Gideon Polya | |
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Is the Occupy Movement Justified? |
| Timothy V. Gatto | |
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