2012 archive

Protestant empire

Where Exactly Is Biblical Israel?

By , 1/14/12 05:07 PM ET The phrase “Biblical Israel” often passes on the lips of Republican presidential contenders, representatives of the Netanyahu government, and Israeli settlers. But where exactly is this…  [more]

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Is this land made for you and me?

Woody Guthrie, more relevant than ever

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Friday, Jan 13, 2012 9:53 AM 11:50:33 CST The traveling medicine show known as the race for the Republican presidential nomination has moved on from Iowa…  [more]

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A gentlemanly fashion

The marines urination video doesn’t show the real war crime

By , Friday 13 January 2012 13.47 EST The video of US marines urinating on Afghan corpses does not shock me. Though their behavior is disgusting and…  [more]

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Guilt beyond doubt

For the families of Haditha, this is a matter of honour

By , Friday 13 January 2012 16.30 EST It was more than six years ago, but the massacre that took place at Haditha, western Iraq,…  [more]

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Grovelling to Netanyahu

The ‘invented people’ stand little chance

By Robert Fisk, Saturday 14 January 2012 Thank goodness we don’t have to hear Newt Gingrich for a while. His statement that the Palestinians were an “invented people” marked about the lowest point…  [more]

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Core values

This is not about ‘bad apples’. This is the horror of war

By Robert Fisk, Friday 13 January 2012 So now it’s snapshots of US Marines pissing on the Afghan dead. Better, I suppose, than the US soldiers pictured…  [more]

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Warmongers’ wet dream

What War With Iran Might Look Like

By , Thursday, 12 January 2012 16:34 Back in September 2007 I wrote an article for Antiwar.com called “What World War III May Look Like.” The article, which…  [more]

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