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The United States and Pakistan worked side-by-side to arrest the top Taliban military commander Abdul Ghani Baradar. But was Pakistan, in the name of helping the United States, being selfless or selfish? Retired Army Sgt. James Hanson says Pakistan created the Taliban and they know where they are hiding.The United States and Pakistan worked side-by-side to arrest the top Taliban military... more
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The Future of Missile Defense, First Time USA Destroys Missile with Airborne Laser, A step in the right direction because it will surely give USA a upper hand in protecting its territory from enemy, but I am not sure about its long term implications on this earth.The Future of Missile Defense, First Time USA Destroys Missile with Airborne Laser, A... more
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U.S. army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned U.S.-Afghan attack on the largest Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan. The Afghan operation is one of the biggest attacks on the Taliban. Gregg Carlstrom says that this will probably not change the course of the war.U.S. army soldiers launched a preliminary operation Tuesday in support of a planned... more
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Shocker! Only few weeks ago Obama and his administration issued a note for Chinese counterpart saying that China should stop censorships as its against the democracy rules just after Googles claims that Google will walk out from China market if Chinese government don’t stop the censorships, So what happen now? Well as far as I can see Under Obama America The capital of Democracy is slowly but steadily becoming The Capital of Censorships.Shocker! Only few weeks ago Obama and his administration issued a note for Chinese... more
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Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
Synopsis
A takedown of the GOP’s deceitful propaganda machine from the hugely popular blogger of Salon.com’s Unclaimed Territory and the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Would a Patriot Act? and A Tragic Legacy
Long since Americans were wooed by images of Ronald Reagan astride a horse, complete with cowboy hat and rugged good looks, the Republican Party has used a John Wayne mythology to build up its candidates and win elections. Their marketing scheme of evoking brave, courageous, heroic warriors has been so persuasive and strikes such a patriotic nerve, that many citizens have voted based on this manipulative imagery even when they’ve flat out disagreed with the GOP’s positions on key issues.
Glenn Greenwald puts this bogus GOP mythology under microscopic critique and successfully argues that none of these men is, in fact, a brave, strong moral warrior—far from it. Rather, most have dodged military duty, have strings of broken marriages and affairs, and live decadent, elitist lives, which they so ruthlessly condemn Democrats for doing. Such false archetypes—that GOP leaders are exclusively fit to command the military, represent traditional family values, and are fiscally restrained and responsible because they’re just regular folk like us—are so firmly entrenched in our culture as to allow the GOP to sit back and let their time-tested marketing ploy spin itself silly while avoiding debate on real issues. When they actually do voice opinions, it’s nothing more than a smear campaign of the supposed weakness and elitism of the Democrats.
To prevent this tired marketing scheme fromsucceeding again, Greenwald takes off the gloves and knocks down the hoaxes and myths, exposing the tactics the right-wing machine uses to drown out both reality and consideration of real issues. But he also calls on Democrats to shake off the defensive posture (“We love America too,” “We support the troops too,” “We also believe in God”) and start attacking the Republican candidates for the hypocrites they, in truth, are.
The first book to dissect the Republican Cult of Personality and leave it openly exposed in its unabashed, shameful depravity, Great American Hypocrites is a deeply necessary call-out to Democrats to attack the GOP with their competitor’s very own weapons.Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
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Vanunu VS The Unjust Justice System Of Israel
By Eileen Fleming
http://www.countercurrents.org/fleming070709.htm
Mordachai Vanunu is again denied the right of travel by Israel
The night before Vanunu's High Court appeal on July 6, 2009, I received a Face Book message from a friend of his whom I met on June 14, 2009 when I spent A Sunday with Vanunu:
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Vanunu's friend wrote:
"This morning in church Mordachai said that he has a Supreme Court hearing on Monday and expects a decision on letting him leave Israel after 26 years. He said he hoped it would be his last Sunday with us in church at the English speaking Lutheran service."
I was elated for Vanunu and also relieved that I would no longer be reporting on his freedom of speech trial which began January 25, 2006. For the rest of the evening I prayed/imagined that Israel would see the wisdom of issuing Vanunu a passport stamped "No Return" and he would be on the first flight out to anywhere and have the opportunity to begin a normal life.Vanunu VS The Unjust Justice System Of Israel
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“There is also the small issue of Blair having achieved fuck all as peace envoy to the Middle East. I don’t think Tony realises that working for JP Morgan and making crappy speeches in China is not a great help to people living in the Gaza Strip.”“There is also the small issue of Blair having achieved fuck all as peace envoy... more
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