…but readers need to see why our intervention in the Middle East is despicable, and so is the behavior of who the people the Obama administration is supporting.
Source: US-Backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Behead 12-Year-Old – Consortiumnews
Archive for the ‘Military-industrial complex’ Category
US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’
21
Jul
Interventionism is killing innocent people. And the neocons wonder why foreigners hate the federal government and there is blowback.
George Washington outlined the only moral foreign policy in his Farewell Address: no entangling alliances and commerce with all. In addition, the federal government should not be “exporting democracy” and being the policeman of the world.
“US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’ | Potentially deadliest strike on civilians in entire war…”
Source: US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’
You can just call me Jeff
20
Jul
Tom DiLorenzo sent me a copy of his new book, The Problem With Socialism, with the following inscription. You can hear Tom Woods interview Tom here. This book should be a best seller based on my review of the contents. I will read it ASAP and discuss it in a future post.
GOP convention begins…
19
Jul
…and Robert Wenzel tells it like it is…a beating of the war drums. I heard Sen. Jodi Ernst speak, and it was clear why Trump did not choose her as the VP. She is a terrible speaker.
Source: Target Liberty: Republican Convention Night One: Insanity
“The Saudis Did 9/11″…
18
Jul
Or “ally” in the Middle East…With allies like the Saudis who need enemies?
“News reports about the recently released 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry into the 9/11 attacks are typically dismissive: this is nothing new, it’s just circumstantial evidence, and there’s no “smoking gun.” Yet given what the report actually says – and these news accounts are remarkably sparse when it comes to verbatim quotes – it’s […]”
Source: The Saudis Did 9/11 – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com
Will this be the tripwire for a greater Middle East conflict?
17
Jul
“Moments ago, a Turkish government official said the commander of the critical Incirlik airbase, used by U.S.-led coalition jets to conduct bombing runs against the Islamic State, has been arrested. Meanwhile, Erdogan’s…”
Debunking Washington’s Big Lie
17
Jul
The federal government needs a foreign foe to take the people’s minds off the rotten domestic polices, maintain and build up the military-industrial comple and do the bidding of our so-called allies.
“By Jeff Faux at the Nation Where are you from?” the elderly man asked politely, as my wife and I strolled through his small Iranian village in early May. “America,” I answered. “Wonderful,” he said…”
Source: Debunking Washington’s Big Lie—–Why Iran Is Not Our Enemy | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
This is as bad as it gets
16
Jul
“Is the Real Scandal the Clinton Foundation?,” TRNN, July 8, 2016.Michael Hudson says the media has failed to look beyond the emails and into potential conflicts of interest during Hillary…”
Source: The Clinton Foundation?
Hillary is the neocon in the presidential race
16
Jul
“As political leaders across the world swear to engage in total war against Isis in the wake of the massacre in Nice, not enough notice is being taken of the fact that the long-term prospects of the… ”
Source: A Hillary Clinton presidency could end up letting Isis off the hook
Deja vu all over again?
15
Jul
Tom DiLorenzo points out the similarities of Reagan’s VP choice and Trump’s.
Source: Just a Coincidence?
Trump Says He Would Ask for a Declaration of War
15
Jul
More war? Haven’t the American people rallied around Trump because he has been critical of our undeclared wars?
Source: Target Liberty: MAD DOG: Trump Says He Would Ask for a Declaration of War
Phoney , baloney and BS from DC exposed
13
Jul
“Remember “We’re fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here”? That was the justification for the worldwide war on terrorism the Bush administration trumpeted in the early days of the post-9/11 era. Keeping in mind that the American people don’t really care about what goes on thousands of miles away, […]”
Source: The Myth of the ‘War on Terrorism’ – Antiwar.com Original
Bernie Sanders caves in to Hillary
13
Jul
Bernie is not leading a revolution. He is grasping for power.
Source: Target Liberty: The Sanders “Revolution” Was Just Put To Sleep