Review (Guest): World in Crisis – The End of the American Century

Gabriel Kolko 5.0 out of 5 stars Simplify, Simplify, Simplify,June 22, 2009< By Tracy McLellan (Chicago) – See all my reviews One could almost condense the whole of Kolko thought into a single sentence: “Political problems have political and social, not military solution.” He says this at least four or five times in the current …

Stephen Lendman: Israel Violates Palestine, Plans New War

Israel Plans Major Gaza War Stephen Lendman VeteransToday, 18 January 2012 Israel already threatens war on Iran. It’s also involved with Washington, Turkey, Jordan, and other rogue Arab states behind Syria’s externally generated insurgency. Gaza’s also threatened. On January 1, Haaretz writer Amos Harel headlined “Will 2012 bring another Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza?” …

Mini-Me: Smoking Gun Documents on Iran From Israel Mossad?

Smoking Gun Documents On Iran “Found” By US-Backed Terror Group The people pushing for war against Iran are the same neocons who pushed for war against Iraq. See thisand this. (They planned both wars at least 20 years ago.) The IAEA report being trumpted as a casus belli contains no new information, but is based on a re-hashing of old, debunked …

Voters Choice: Ron Paul, Bibi Netanyahu, or Stephen Colbert?

Voters Choice: Ron Paul or Bibi Netanyahu William A. Cook VeteransToday, 15 January 2012 A curious glance at the current crop of presidential candidates makes it clear that Ron Paul stands alone when it comes to the issue of US engagement in foreign wars. He stands with George Washington against foreign entanglements while the rest …

John Steiner: Occupy Hearts – Compassion New Currency

Compassion Is Our New Currency : Notes on 2011’s Preoccupied Hearts and Minds Rebecca Solnit TomDispatch.com, December 22, 2011. Usually at year’s end, we’re supposed to look back at events just passed — and forward, in prediction mode, to the year to come. But just look around you! This moment is so extraordinary that it …

NIGHTWATCH: US Invades Iraq, Creates first Arab Shi’ite State

ALERT:  Iraq becoming the first Arab Shi’ite state, allied with Iran. Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki urged Kurdish officials to hand over Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on terror charges and threatened to replace ministers who belong to the Sunni Arab Iraqiyah bloc if they do not end a Cabinet boycott.