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GOP Debate Audience Boos Gay Soldier (VIDEO)

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YouTube censors "War By Deception" claiming copyright infringement

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Zakaria destroys Rumsfeld´s Iraq war talking points The Raw Story

By David Edwards Sunday, September 11th, 2011 -- 3:19 pm Former Defense Secretary... more

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The Antiwar Comic: The Party

Never discuss politics at a party, especially if its about 9/11.

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Ten Years after 9/11, Do the Arabs value Democracy more than We do?

The September 11 attacks have been revealed as a last gasp of a fading, cult-like twentieth-century vision, not as the wave of the future. They were the equivalent of the frenetic dashing to and fro of a chicken already beheaded. Al-Qaeda’s core assumptions have been refuted by subsequent events and above all in 2011 by the Arab Spring.

AQ adopted a form of pan-Islamism, a dream of making Islam a basis for a national idea, so that an Islamic superpower could be created, in which Egypt and Saudi Arabia would be provinces. This superpower would be a dictatorship, and would come into being through the actions of pan-Islamic guerrillas in each country who would violently overthrow the national government. The point of attacking the United States was only that it was seen to stand behind the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and so forth, making them impossible to overthrow.

The entire ideology was never more than a crackpot vision, entirely unrealistic and all the more violent for that. (A corollary is that one reason the US was not attacked again on that scale is that 9/11 was bait, and George W. Bush took the bait.)
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and George W. Bush, however, saw the attacks as “an opportunity.” They were an opportunity to assert American dominance of the oil fields of the Middle East, and therefore, they reasoned, of the energy future of the entire world, ensuring the predominance of the American superpower throughout the twenty-first century.

Second, it has been demonstrated that the leading edge in political change in the Arab world is relatively secular youth who support labor unions and dignity for working people– i.e. that the most effective revolutionaries are a kind of Arab New Left, not small cells of fundamentalist terrorists.

Ironically, American politicians attempted to pull the wool over our eyes by saying that al-Qaeda hated us for our values. But it turns out that the Arabs are now the peoples sacrificing most for a rule of law, accountability, transparency, and parliamentary governance. One wonders, indeed, if they do not now value those things more than most Americans.

The real cost of the wars of aggression was a decline in the standing of the US abroad, a gutting of the UN Charter and international legal norms, and a de facto repeal civil liberties at home. The American people, however, are resilient and strong. The American system of government is flexible. If we are supine and abject, our children will not be. Already, federal government intrusion into our lives is being questioned on the right and the left alike. With hard work and a bit of luck, perhaps over the course of a generation, we can get our Bill of Rights back. And if government officials drag their feet too much in returning our inalienable rights to us, the Egyptian and Tunisian youth have already shown the way forward.
http://tinyurl.com/43ttzk4The September 11 attacks have been revealed as a last gasp of a fading, cult-like... more

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War by Deception Chapter 8- Fake Al Qaeda

via Rys2Sense and WhatReallyHappened "The truth is, there is no Islamic army... more

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Historical Iraq Photos (32 pics)

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Just back from IRAQ Tim Collette has a message for you. Thanks for preventing CHASE from taking fathers home.

CHANGE.org saved soldier's home (with father) on return from IRAQ. Chase had... more

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5 Corporate Brands Making a Killing on America’s Wars

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Valerie Plame & Joe Wilson Respond To Dick Cheney pt.1

Great interview Cheney is a bald faced liar, sexist, draft dodging war criminal.

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TYT: Taxpayer $ To Christianize U.S. Troops

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Proof of Lies by George W. Bush in National Geographic Interview on 9/11

Tonight, as we approach the 10th anniversary of September 11th, the National... more

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Former U.S. Gen. Wesley Clark: Pentagon to take down 7 countries; 2 down, 5 to go

In 2007, U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.), explained to Democracy Now's Amy... more

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Israel, FBI and 911- We've got them on the ropes

The FBI spying on independent journalist Justin Raimondo and Antiwar.com has only... more

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Flashback: Obama warns not to question official version of 9/11 attacks

President Obama's speech in Egypt echoes Bush's speech to the UN, in its... more

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How the World Changed After 9/11 - A Symposium of Critical Thinkers

Presented by the International News Net. A made for television event at Walker Stage... more

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Obama Extending Iraq, Afghanistan Wars?

New reports claim the Obama Administration is on the verge of deals that would keep... more

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War by Deception - The Definitive 9/11 Documentary

War by Deception, the definitive 9/11 documentary http://www.warbydeception.com/... more

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Cinema And Culture - Iraqi Leader Backs Syria, With a Nudge From Iran

BAGHDAD — As leaders in the Arab world and other countries condemn President... more

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U.S. Navy Vet Sues Donald Rumsfeld for Torture in Iraq, Court Allows Case to Move Forward

On Monday, a federal appeals court refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two U.S.... more

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