February 2, 2013
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Wars That Aren’t Meant to Be Won By David Swanson
I looked at pretended and real reasons for wars and found some of the real reasons to be quite irrational. It should not shock us then to discover that the primary goal in fighting a war is not always to win it. Continue reading
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FAIR TV: The Beltway Bubble, Syria Stenography, Iran's "Meddling" By Peter Hart
This week on FAIR TV, we look at the bubble that Joe Scarborough and David Gregory live in– where the government must make “big” spending cuts, and Paul Krugman doesn’t know economic. Also, does ABC’s Martha Raddatz understand what the government is telling her about Syria? And Reuters grants a U.S. government official anonymity to… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 1 February 2013:
1 February 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Four Palestinians Kidnaped In Bethlehem And JeninIMEMC – Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, several areas in the occupied West Bank and kidnapped four Palestinians in Bethlehem and Jenin; several Palestinians were injured in clashed with the army in Jenin. … Continue reading
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ICH 1-2 February 2013 Weekend Edition
2 February 2013 — Information Clearing House All That Pivots is Gold By Pepe Escobar What Beijing actually wants is to get rid of the US dollar peg. For that to happen, it needs vast gold reserves. So here’s Beijing pivoting from the US dollar to the yuan – and trying to sway vast swathes of the… Continue reading
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New at SCF 27 January – 2 February 2013: Israel / EU / Venezuela / Syria-UK / Iraq / Big Brother / Serbia / China
2 February 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation Yair Lapid: The New Star on the Israeli Political Scene 02.02.2013 | 00:00 | Dmitry MININ The main surprise of Israel’s latest elections for the19th Knesset was the Yesh Atid party («There is a future»), established less than a year ago it came in second with 19 seats, and… Continue reading