Facing total economic meltdown at home US/UK, spear-heading NATO, have chosen the path of confrontation with the rest of the world, a path which will lead us to the brink of war with Russia and China
Posted by smeddum on May 8, 2009
Is Obama Taking on the Israel Lobby?
It sure looks like it
by Justin Raimondo, May 08, 2009
The elaborate pretenses that surround any discussion of Israel are fast making it impossible to say a word about that country without uttering a number of increasingly obvious lies. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 8, 2009
by José Miguel Alonso Trabanco
Global Research, May 8, 2009
“We are not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a new Cold War, but we don’t want one” -Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev
In his 1997 book entitled The Grand Chessboard American geostrategist Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote that if Russia ever attempted to launch its own defense pact, it would include, “at most”, Belarus and Tajikistan[1]. Twelve years later, his list turned out to be incomplete. Moreover, the attempts being made in order to enhance the Russian-led CSTO’s actual power projection capabilities and the efforts undertaken to bring the organization’s members closer together is something Brzezinski failed to anticipate and it seems that the latest developments concerning CSTO demonstrate that his triumphalism was premature. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 5, 2009
In Massive Switch, Lieberman Suddenly Open to Peace
Israeli FM Backs Off Previous Claims Peace Talks Were Dead
by Jason Ditz, May 04, 2009
Antiwar.com
Less than a month after Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman publicly declared all peace talks with the Palestinians were dead, the controversial Yisraeli Beiteinu head used a visit to Rome to insist that the government was dedicated to producing a peace deal with the Palestinians, and said he was confident that the Netanyahu government would “reach a secure and definitive peace” with not just the Palestinians, but all the Arab nations as well. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on May 3, 2009
M K Bhadrakumar
2nd May, 2009
Westernism is giving way to Orientalism in Moscow’s outlook, if the past week’s happenings are any guide. As Russia’s ties with the West deteriorate, an upswing in its strategic partnership with China becomes almost inevitable.
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Posted by smeddum on May 2, 2009
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2009
The Herald
Opinion & Analysis
Saturday, April 25, 2009 Race and history
THE inclusive Government is not just gaining the support and confidence of Zimbabweans; it has now started attracting support in the international community and even from those countries that led the sanctions charge.
Britain this week very quietly announced, during a meeting between British Ambassador Mr Andrew Pocock and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, that the United Kingdom would no longer vote against funding for Zimbabwe at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on May 2, 2009
Farewell, the American Century: Rewriting the Past by Adding In What’s Been Left Out
Tuesday 28 April 2009
by: Andrew J. Bacevich | Visit article original @ TomDispatch.com
Truthout
In a recent column, the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen wrote, “What Henry Luce called ‘the American Century’ is over.” Cohen is right. All that remains is to drive a stake through the heart of Luce’s pernicious creation, lest it come back to life. This promises to take some doing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2009
Eric Margolis is one of the world’s leading experts on Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is particularly insightful in this interview with Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio.
Click here to hear interview.
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Posted by seumasach on April 28, 2009
Stephen C. Webster
27th April, 2009
Krystian Zimerman, one of the world’s most well-regarded concert pianists, said he will not return to the United States because of the nation’s military policies and President Barack Obama’s support for a missile shield site in Zimerman’s home country of Poland.
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Posted by smeddum on April 28, 2009
28th April 2009
Remember when Barack Obama made that big announcement at Camp Lejeune about how all US combat troops were going to be withdrawn from Iraqi cities by June 30? Liberals jumped around with joy, praising Obama for ending the war so that they could focus on their “good war” in Afghanistan.
Of course, the celebrations were and remain unwarranted. Obama’s Iraq plan is virtually identical to the one on Bush’s table on January 19, 2009. Obama has just rebranded the occupation, sold it to liberals and dropped the term “Global War on Terror” while, for all practical purposes, continuing the Bush era policy (that’s why leading Republicans praised Obama’s plan). In the real world, US military commanders have said they are preparing for an Iraq presence for another 15-20 years, the US embassy is the size of Vatican City, there is no official plan for the withdrawal of contractors and new corporate mercenary contracts are being awarded. The SoFA Agreement between the US and Iraq gives the US the right to extend the occupation indefinitely and to continue intervening militarily in Iraq ad infinitum. All it takes is for the puppets in Baghdad to ask nicely… Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by alfied on April 25, 2009
German FM to US: Remove Nukes
Making Europe a Nuclear Free Zone Means Taking US Nukes From Germany
by Jason Ditz, April 24, 2009
In the lower house of the Bundestag, German Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier today called for the United States to remove its nuclear arsenal from German soil. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by smeddum on April 19, 2009
Speaking at one of many “tea party” anti-Washington protests held throughout the country on April 15, Texas Gov. Rick Perry touched on a theme that could, I believe, prefigure a growing trend in American politics – and, indeed, throughout the world. He hit all the partisan talking points that are so familiar to my readers that I won’t bother reiterating them, and then remarked that Texas is doing relatively better than some other states, in spite of the “federal budget mess.” According to the Dallas Morning News, at this point “some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, ‘Secede!’” The Governor took up this theme in remarks to reporters afterward: Read the rest of this entry »
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