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Explaining Why ‘They Hate Us’

The big question that President George W. Bush posed after the 9/11 attacks was... more

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Why are reporters prevented from listening to Joe Biden in China?

It's all very odd. On two occasions Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden who is... more

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Evo Morales predicts US will become colony of China

According to a today's report in a Russian financial news site, Bolivian... more

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Does your congressperson represent you -- or Israel?

http://vimeo.com/23674530 In this time of economic austerity, when jobs are being... more

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Betting Against America: The Debt Ceiling Farce

A citizen's common sense perspective about the current US debt ceiling talks.... more

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Russian president Medvedev would like to see Obama re-elected in 2012

Is it because Barack Obama thinks before he speaks? Or is it because Medvedev... more

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A new revolution

The world today seems to be full on anger and conflict. You can't go far without... more

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Mubarak stole $185 billion during his rule

(RT) The Center for Economic and Financial Research and Studies (CEFRS) at the... more

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US Targeting Cuba’s Health-Care System !

When your wrong, your just plain wrong! The U.S. government’s half-century... more

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False Flags: An American Tradition

Wikipedia defines false or black flags as "covert operations designed to deceive... more

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Today's two common cents May 31, 2011

Today's 2 common fucking cents May 31 1 Mutilating unborn children with... more

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Israel Policy Forum releases statement following Netanyahu's visit

Israel Policy Forum today released the following statement after Israeli Prime... more

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Nation-builders Misunderstand What a Nation Is

Steve Horwitz has an article in the Freeman entitled “Is a Nation Something That... more

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Obama's speech on the Middle East: analysis

The venue of choice for the speech was the right one: the State Department. This morning, we finally heard President Obama's much anticipated speech on what has been happening in the Middle East and North Africa and his assessment of the role Americans should play in those changes. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave him a stellar introduction, which almost gave the President credit for the positive changes in the Arab World. What I found interesting as well was her singling out John Kerry in her introduction.

It was determined early on as I listened to a couple of the major cable channels as they made comments prior to the delivery of the speech, that the President's address would be mostly for American consumption, though it was expected people in the Arab World may tune in. While I am not sure if this was an isolated incident with my computers, but al-Jazeera's coverage became 'not available', and I wondered if this happened because of a glitch, or that celebrated Mideast journalist Robert Fisk would be doing the commentary. Actually, he was the reason I turned to al-Jazeera, but the error messages persisted.

The President started the speech by setting the stage with perceived successes in Iraq, Afghanistan and the assassination of bin Laden. What he said was not of tremendous value but rather what he did not say: ending combat in Iraq? Why then the presence of 50,000 Americans at the largest ever embassy built in the world in Iraq? Drawing down troops in Afghanistan as we have broken the Taliban's momentum? Not really Mr. President, not if you have been listening to people on the ground in Afghanistan. The Taliban is part of the social fabric of the country and were never a real threat until Pakistan entered the picture. If we are going to be talking truths, we need to say that public enemy # 1 is Pakistan. And as far as the assassination of bin Laden, the President had the good sense to include in his speech that Osama bin Laden, or what he represented, was hardly relevant anymore in North Africa and the Middle East where al-Qaeda have their own branches in Yemen and the Maghreb.

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Obama's speech on the Middle East: analysis - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/obama-s-speech-on-the-middle-east-analysis#ixzz1MppQNALEThe venue of choice for the speech was the right one: the State Department. This... more

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Arab world not so interested in Obama speech on Middle East

The saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice....and you know the rest.

President Barack Obama is due to deliver a 'major speech' on the Middle East and the Arab Spring this morning at 11:40EST according to his White House posted schedule. Included will be how the US policy will change to reflect what has happened in the region since the toppling of two dictators, (one in Tunisia and one in Egypt). We do know that Israel will figure into the speech, not only because it is a major US ally, but also because Prime Minister Netanyahu is arriving in town for the annual AIPAC Conference this weekend in Washington.

This event is definitely a game changer for the speech as it will serve to underline the basic hypocrisy of our policy in the Middle East when it comes to democracy, and 'security' matters. We have seen all too well that though democracy is something to which all in the Arab world aspire, the US and to a much lesser extent, Israel, get to decide who is worthy of achieving those goals and who is not.

The 800 lb. gorilla in the room is now a 1200 lb. elephant.

President Obama is expected to raise one billion (with a b) dollars for his re-election campaign. He has already received threats from AIPAC members, most of whom have very deep pockets, that he must not sacrifice Israel's security for any 'Arab Spring' ideas. But the warning seems all but redundant. Obama has already shown his cards when he declared that there can be no Palestinian state without consent from Israel, despite huge international support for the creation of a state through a UN mandate. He drove George Mitchell to the brink by making a complete U turn on the creation of new settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem. He has also shown hesitancy during the initial stages of the upheavals in Egypt, something which the Egyptian youth has not forgotten.

Continue reading on Examiner.com: Arab world not so interested in Obama speech on Middle East - National Foreign Policy | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/arab-world-no-so-interested-obama-speech-on-middle-east#ixzz1MpO8SGkgThe saying goes, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice....and you know the rest.... more

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Article: Who Owns the World?

"If such things were happening in some small and remote country, we might laugh.... more

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Human Chain to Spell 'NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE'

"We intend to remind the world how the children of Palestine are terrorized and... more

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Donald Trump's foreign policy acumen is in the apprentice stage

It has been more than two years now since we haven't heard any cowboy talk from a... more

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Dispelling some myths about US involvement in Libya: it isn’t humanitarian and it isn’t about democracy, either | Scholars and Rogues

In the Second Congo War, which lasted from 1998 through, roughly, 2003 – though,... more

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Libya: tick tick tick tick...

Paul Szep, one of America's premiere 'toonists, weighs in on Gaddafi

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