By Ray McGovern
March 11, 2010
Participants at an otherwise informative discussion on “Iran at a Crossroads” at the Senate on Wednesday seemed at pains to barricade the doors against the proverbial elephant being admitted into the room — in this case, Israel.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Health Insurers Push the Limit on Fees
By Don Monkerud
March 10, 2010
California's Consumer Watchdog group is suing Anthem Blue Cross after they raised health care insurance premiums 39 percent, but the company isn't budging.
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March 10, 2010
California's Consumer Watchdog group is suing Anthem Blue Cross after they raised health care insurance premiums 39 percent, but the company isn't budging.
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Remembering the Land of the Brave
By Lynne Gillooly
March 10, 2010
As the daughter of a veteran and the niece of eight more – one of whom never came home – it angers and saddens me to see what has happened to the once proud and brave United States of America.
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March 10, 2010
As the daughter of a veteran and the niece of eight more – one of whom never came home – it angers and saddens me to see what has happened to the once proud and brave United States of America.
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Bay of Pigs Meets Black Hawk Down
By Robert Parry
March 10, 2010 (Originally posted March 30, 2003)
Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, George W. Bush has “lost” the war in Iraq. The only question now is how big a price America will pay, both in terms of battlefield casualties and political hatred swelling around the world.
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March 10, 2010 (Originally posted March 30, 2003)
Whatever happens in the weeks ahead, George W. Bush has “lost” the war in Iraq. The only question now is how big a price America will pay, both in terms of battlefield casualties and political hatred swelling around the world.
Read on.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Making Matters Worse in Afghanistan
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A recent NATO airstrike in the province of Uruzgan — against what was thought to be a convoy of Taliban insurgents on their way to attack Afghan and foreign military forces — killed at least 27 Afghan civilians, including four women and a child.
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A recent NATO airstrike in the province of Uruzgan — against what was thought to be a convoy of Taliban insurgents on their way to attack Afghan and foreign military forces — killed at least 27 Afghan civilians, including four women and a child.
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Hard Lessons of the My Lai Massacre
By Gary G. Kohls
March 9, 2010
March 9, 2010
Forty-two years ago this week, on March 16,1968, a company of green, battle-untested U.S. Army combat soldiers from the Americal Division, swept into the Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai, rounded up the 500+ unarmed residents, all women, children and old men, and efficiently executed them in cold blood, Nazi-style.
Monday, March 08, 2010
How Reagan's Propaganda Succeeded
By Robert Parry
March 8, 2010
In the 1980s, CIA propaganda experts and military psy-war specialists oversaw the creation of special programs aimed at managing public perceptions in targeted foreign countries as well as inside the United States, according to declassified documents at Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library.
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March 8, 2010
In the 1980s, CIA propaganda experts and military psy-war specialists oversaw the creation of special programs aimed at managing public perceptions in targeted foreign countries as well as inside the United States, according to declassified documents at Ronald Reagan’s Presidential Library.
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Sunday, March 07, 2010
Tearing Down the Church-State Wall
By the Rev. Howard Bess
March 7, 2010
Under the administration of President George W. Bush, without a single vote by Congress, a whole new federal social service arm was created. It was called the Faith-Based Initiative.
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March 7, 2010
Under the administration of President George W. Bush, without a single vote by Congress, a whole new federal social service arm was created. It was called the Faith-Based Initiative.
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Did US Coddle an Anti-Iran Terrorist?
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
March 7, 2010
March 7, 2010
We were in Tehran on Feb. 24 — the day that Iranian authorities announced the capture of Abdol Malik Rigi, the head of Jundallah.
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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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.
Read on.
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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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.
Read on.
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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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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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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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.
Read on.
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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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
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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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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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.
Read on.
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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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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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.
Read on.
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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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.
Read on.
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