Saturday, March 06, 2010

Will Fear Again Be GOP Trump Card?

By Michael Winship
March 6, 2010

Comparisons are odious, the old saying goes, and certainly Democrats are dealing with some smelly, stinky realities as they stare down the next eight months until Election Day 2010 and pundits galore compare the party's prospects to debacles of the past.

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Mullen Wary of Israeli Attack on Iran

By Ray McGovern
March 6, 2010

Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came home with sweaty palms from his mid-February visit to Israel. Ever since, he has been worrying aloud that Israel might mousetrap the U.S. into war with Iran.

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Friday, March 05, 2010

War Is a Drug in 'The Hurt Locker'

By Lisa Pease
March 5, 2010

Right at the start, superimposed text reveals the theme of “The Hurt Locker”: War is a drug.

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Sorry, Rove, Bush Did Lie About Iraq

By Robert Parry
March 5, 2010

George W. Bush’s political adviser Karl Rove claims “one of the biggest mistakes” of that presidency was not aggressively challenging critics who charged that Bush “lied” to the American people about the reasons for the Iraq War, an accusation that Rove insists was false and unfair.

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Thursday, March 04, 2010

Encountering a Tea Party Outrage

By Fabian Lieschke
March 4, 2010

As a young German, I feel responsible for keeping the memory of the Holocaust victims alive. I am determined that no one, whom I can reach with my voice or through my writing, will forget about what happened between 1933 and 1945.

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How 'Free Market' Snookers Americans

By Don Monkerud
March 4, 2010

Although some Americans worry about the growing power of the government, few understand the real power that controls their everyday lives.

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Bush/Cheney Pulled Torture Strings

By Robert Parry
March 4, 2010

George W. Bush’s White House stage-managed the Justice Department’s approval of torture techniques by putting pliable lawyers in key jobs, guiding their opinions and punishing officials who wouldn’t go along, according to details contained in an internal report that recommended disciplinary action against two lawyers.

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Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Gates Replays His Cold War Message

By Melvin A. Goodman
March 3, 2010

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a provocative and even dangerous speech at the National Defense University (NDU) last week that revealed the Cold War thinking of a key holdover from the Bush administration.

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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Teaching Afghans False Iraqi Lessons

By Ivan Eland
March 2, 2010

The United States military is attempting to transfer its recipe for “success” in the conflict in Iraq to the war in Afghanistan.

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The Woeful Washington Post

By Robert Parry
March 2, 2010

The Washington Post’s editors never tire of basking in the faded glory of Watergate, a scandal that occurred nearly four decades ago. Some outsiders also still call the Post “liberal.” But the reality is quite different as the Post routinely takes neocon stances and has become a scandal onto itself.

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Sunday, February 28, 2010

The NYT Veers Neocon

By Robert Parry
February 28, 2010

Many American progressives don’t want to recognize how bad the U.S. mainstream news media has become. It’s easier to praise a few exceptions to the rule and to hope that some pendulum will swing than to undertake the challenging task of building a new and honest media infrastructure.

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A Soldier's Cowardice: Going to War

By Gary G. Kohls, MD
February 28, 2010

An author that every prospective soldier (and their loved ones) needs to read is Tim O’Brien.

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