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Shock Doctrine' Americana: Endless War as the Ultimate Business Model By William Astore
There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue. Congress may not be able to pass a budget, but the U.S. military can still launch commando raids in Libya and Somalia, the Afghan War can still be prosecuted, Italy can be garrisoned by American troops (putting the “empire”… Continue reading
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Obama’s Humiliating Defeat By Glen Ford
When presidents fail, it is a public spectacle. In his rush into unprovoked war against Syria, President Obama overplayed his hand. Shortly before he appeared on television on Wednesday, “Obama’s handlers advised him that his political position was, for the time being, untenable.” But he’ll soon be back on the warpath, meaner and more aggressive… Continue reading
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The US Government Stands Revealed to the World as a Collection of War Criminals and Liars By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
Does the American public have the strength of character to face the fact that the US government stands before the entire world revealed as a collection of war criminals who lie every time that they open their mouth? Will Congress and the American public buy the White House lie that they must support war criminals… Continue reading
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A War for Israel By Paul Larudee
If there was ever any doubt about the purpose of intervention in Syria, it has been dispelled as hoards of lobbyists from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, including 250 Jewish leaders, descend upon Capitol Hill. Their mission is to make sure that each and every member of Congress knows how important it is… Continue reading
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On Syria, Sunday Morning TV Journalists Don't Need Proof By Peter Hart
The public doesn’t seem to support going to war in Syria–but some high-profile Sunday morning TV journalists are either declaring their support for the war, or professing faith in the case for going to war. Continue reading
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“Funny Things” Keep Happening on the Way to the War On Syria. The Whole World is on a Dangerously Slippery Slope By Jooneed Khan
Funny things on the way to the War ON Syria have been happening ever since the war IN Syria began two and a half years ago, and they just keep piling on. Continue reading
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Want to Know Who the US is at War With? Too Bad, Says Pentagon By Lauren Harper
The National Security Archive recently submitted an MDR request for the Pentagon’s current list of Al Qaeda associated forces. The list is significant not only in determining whom the military is targeting in its citizens’ names; it also illuminates the Pentagon’s broadening interpretation of its post-9/11 mandate at the expense of Congressional oversight. Continue reading
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The Full Story on Why Obama Backed Down on Syria By: Ibrahim al-Amin
Commentators in the West will surely declare that it was their democratic systems of government that forced US President Barack Obama to back down on attacking Syria. But the events that led up to Washington’s de-escalation suggest there were other factors at play. Continue reading
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Are Spy Agencies Once Again Lying … this Time to Justify War Against Syria?
Congressman With Top-Secret Briefing Isn’t Impressed with Syrian War Claims Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 2 September 2013: The CIA’s First Coup: Washington’s Long History in Syria
2 September 2013 — Information Clearing House Which Syrian Chemical Attack Account Is More Credible? By Jim Naureckas Let’s compare a couple of accounts of the mass deaths apparently caused by chemical weapons in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta on August 21. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36071.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 31 August 2013: Peace or propaganda?
31 August 2013 — VTJP News Ma’an News Dozens hurt in protests across West Bank8/31/2013 – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Dozens of protesters were lightly injured including journalists on Friday in clashes across the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces dispersed a demonstration in al-Maasara village south of Bethlehem in protests against launching an attack on Syria, and marking Continue reading
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Information Clearing House 31 August 2013: Obama Backs Down – People of the World are Fighting Back
31 August 2013 — Information Clearing House Obama to Seek Congressional Approval on Syria Action Video and Transcript President Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S. Congress, in a decision that likely delays U.S. action for at least 10 days. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36045.htm Continue reading
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Syria: The Obama administration confirms Israeli intel as the source
According to the representative Elliot Engel, who presides the democrat minority on the Foreign Affairs Commission, the Obama administration confirmed the communication interception of the Syrian government, proving it’s responsibility in the chemical attack of August 21st, as revealed by Foreign Policy. Yet, these ’’interceptions’’ are in fact of Israeli origin [1]. Continue reading
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Government Should Not Define What a Reporter Is — or Isn’t By Walter Brasch
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a horde of members of Congress of both parties want to decide who is and who isn’t a reporter. Sen. Feinstein says a “real” reporter is a “salaried agent of a media company.” Continue reading
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Video: South Africa's Largest Union on the Verge of Major Split
Patrick Bond: South Africa trade unions become magnets for capital as an ideological confict masked as a sex scandal threatens to fracture union behind the one-year-old massacre (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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SYRIZA: The Great Social and Political Movement of Subversion
The Conference of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) is a continuity and a breakthrough in its course, which started in 2000, continued with its official founding in 2004, and was sealed when it took on the historic responsibility to deliver the Greek people from the catastrophic neoliberal memoranda policies that have turned our… Continue reading
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