“Assad must go, Obama says.” So read the headline in The Washington Post, Aug. 18, 2011. The story quoted President Barack Obama directly: “The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. … the time has come for President Assad to step aside.” France’s Nicolas […]
How Poppy Bush’s Brother, “Uncle Bucky,” Made A Killing Off the Iraq Wars…
Back in 1991, shortly after the depleted uranium-flaked dust had settled some from the first Gulf War, there was a minor tempest in the press over influence peddling by members of the Presiden George H. W. Bush’s family, including his son Neil and his brother Prescott, Jr. Both Neil and Prescott, neither of whom had […]
Iraq War Victims Allege Pharmaceutical Companies’ Bribery Led to U.S. Troop Deaths…
The families of dozens of U.S. troops killed or injured during the war in Iraq filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against several U.S. and European pharmaceutical and medical supply companies, alleging that the corporations knowingly financed the anti-American militia Mahdi Army through bribes and kickbacks to officials at a government ministry controlled by the group. […]
Are America’s Wars Just and Moral? by Patrick Buchanan…
“One knowledgeable official estimates that the CIA-backed fighters may have killed or wounded 100,000 Syrian soldiers and their allies,” writes columnist David Ignatius. Given that Syria’s prewar population was not 10 percent of ours, this is the equivalent of a million dead and wounded Americans. What justifies America’s participation in this slaughter?…
Neocons Have a Long List of Endless-War Ideas for Donald Trump to Implement…
John McCain: “I Hope” Trump Has Been ‘Sucked In’ By The Washington Establishment…
Heavily Armed Swamp Critters…
Democratic War Party, Itching for a Fight With Russia…
Majority of Republicans Want War in Syria…
The Secret Iraq Dossier: Inside Australia’s Flawed War…
A newly declassified report obtained by Fairfax Media reveals Australia’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was undertaken solely to enhance our alliance with the US. O n the night of April 12, 2003, Australia’s military commander in the Middle East, Brigadier Maurie McNarn, was woken by a phone call telling him that a […]