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| Stephen Lendman
Targeting Iran and Syria
America, key NATO partners, and Israel target both countries. Israel wants regional rivals removed. Washington and key NATO partners want independent regimes ousted, replaced with subservient ones. At issue is establishing regional dominance. »» |
Stephen Lendman
Arab League Pro-Western Despots
On November 12, New York Times writer Neil MacFarquhaqar headlined, "Arab League Votes to Suspend Syria Over Crackdown," saying "Syria's formal suspension is to start in four days, offering what senior Arab League officials described as a last chance for Mr. Assad to carry out a peace agreement his government had accepted....to halt violence directed toward civilians (and) withdraw all security forces from civilian areas...." »» |
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| Eileen Fleming
WMD, Congress, Presidents and "Morals"
President Shimon Peres said that the international community should engage in a "moral" attack on Iran. There are five different House committees considering H.R. 1905, which seeks to impose sanctions on Iran in an attempt to disrupt Tehran's nuclear program. Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA), said, "Critics [of the sanctions] argued that these measures will hurt the Iranian people. Quite frankly, we need to do just that." »» |
Veterans Today
This Is What Revolution Looks Like
I have not put on a pair of boxing gloves for 30 years. But I felt this twinge of euphoria again in my stomach this morning, this utter certainty that the impossible is possible, this realization that the mighty will fall. »» |
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David Swanson
One Veteran's Rough Path from Killing and Torturing to Peace
Not yet 30, Evan Knappenberger has already lived several lives. His story destroys the U.S. government's case against whistleblower Bradley Manning, exposes the toxic mix of fraud and incompetence that creates U.S. war policies, and highlights the damage so often done to soldiers who come home without visible injuries. »» |
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