Category: America

Who will fight the war Netanyahu wants?

Will AIPAC and Bibi get their war? By MJ Rosenberg, 12 Feb 2012 12:07 … These are strange times for those of us who follow the debate about a possible war with Iran. It is clear that the Israeli government and its neoconservative camp followers here in the United States are increasing pressure on President …

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When sponsorship of a terrorist group is acceptable

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups By Glenn Greenwald, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:59 AM 17:56:22 CST … One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under …

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Clean, calibrated conflict is a mirage

The neocons’ big Iran lie By Matt Duss, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM 17:10:12 CST … In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that “Something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers” would be required …

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Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe

John McCarthy knows the value of history By Robert Fisk, Saturday 11 February 2012 … How come people like historical memory holes? I’m moved to ask this question by the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Gaby Layoun, who said last week that “the Cedar Revolution does not exist”. He’s decided, in fact, to erase it from …

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Alarmist and deeply hateful

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s War By Anthony Alessandrini, Feb 09 2012 … For a couple of centuries now, we have had to make due with Samuel Johnson’s famous phrase: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Thanks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, we can now revise this phrase for the twenty-first century: the last last refuge …

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The current freakout

Most of Obama’s “Controversial” Birth Control Rule Was Law During Bush Years By Nick Baumann, Wed Feb. 8, 2012 2:10 PM PST … President Barack Obama’s decision to require most employers to cover birth control and insurers to offer it at no cost has created a firestorm of controversy. But the central mandate—that most employers …

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Pietà

World Press Photo of the year awarded to Samuel Aranda By David R Arnott, 2/10/2012 … The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest announced Friday that it had selected a picture by Samuel Aranda as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. Jurors said the photo of a veiled woman …

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