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[The Liberty Lounge Political Forums] Bush Promises to Become Anti-Troops?: So, what's this guff I hear on the news (not Fox) about Bush promising to veto a military Bill empowering (as an extension of the Geneva convention we helped to draft) Americans (in particular, POWS and soldiers) to pursue justice on those that sponsor terrorism? CRAWFORD, Tex.
[PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Consortium: What a McCain Victory Would Mean: Even before the Taliban had been thoroughly defeated - and as the Bush administration was failing to chase bin Laden to the gates of Tora Bora or to the gates of northwest Pakistan - McCain was advocating a diversion of U.S. intelligence and military assets toward Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, who had nothing to do with 9/11.
[Media Matters for America - Altercation by Eric Alterman] By the rivers of Babylon ...: Alexander Arredondo, on the second day of the Iraq war, and together with his wife, Melida, joined Gold Star Families For Peace, here, and founded People United for Peace. Since then, he has fought the Bush administration's policy of .
[TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum] Addiction to War: D'Escoto has long been a supporter of Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, who once allied himself with Fidel Castro and the Soviet Union and won re-election as Nicaragua's president in 2006. D'Escoto was foreign minister of Nicaragua when the Sandinistas ruled in the 1980s.
[Significantly higher levels of the stress hormones adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol were found in insomniacs compared to the lower levels found in.] More Iraq Refugees in the US Over Iraqi refugees have settled in ...: Hussein Obama would spend ALL the money saved from his retreat in Iraq on expanding the government, whereas McCain would. S plan combines drilling and alternate fuels.
[Populist Party of America] Mass Murder in Afghanistan: In the Middle East, in Somalia, in Pakistan, in Afghanistan, the war to be fought - in part from the air, sometimes via pilotless unmanned aerial vehicles or drones - would, in crucial ways, be aimed at civilians (though this could never be admitted). "Collateral damage," the sterile, self-exculpating phrase the Pentagon chose to use for the anything-but-secondary death and destruction visited on civilians, would be the name of the game in the President's chosen war almost from the moment the Vice President disappeared into his bunker.
[1913 Intel] Militant Possibilities on the New-Old Front: Operating in this atmosphere, the KGB was very busy. Inside the United States, they sought to recruit agents to provide intelligence and act as agents of influence.
[oupblog] What is the Bush Doctrine?: Probing questions have arisen about the centrality of that conflict for the war on terror in general. And even more fundamental inquiries have arisen about the logic of a war on terror when some commentators maintain that the threat has been hugely exaggerated, that the concept itself””a war on terror””unwisely conflates terrorist groups, and that it makes little sense because terror is a tactic, not an adversary.
[Politics - Sharpy News] Utter Hilarity: On one hand, a testimonial from two native Minnesotans about the true cost of the war in Iraq helps make clear what is at stake in this election. And, putting the blame on Coleman for not stepping in to oppose the conflict, .
[Richmond Greens] Support Peace: Because of these reasons, the majority of American and Iraqi people want the United States to begin a withdrawal of American troops from Iraq as soon as possible, with a date certain for completing that process.
[Life, Dreams and Reality -- Sohel's Blog] What is America by Ronald Wright - a Book Review: When anointed Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin stumbles but quite efficiently shrouds her astounding lack of knowledge in American and world history and current events with invoking such words of deep religiosity, “we are on God’s side”, Ronald Wright’s timely published book What is America slashes this purported ignorance and traces back the roots of never ending Frontier state of mind, where the everlasting motto is: “good times don’t last; get yours while you can.”
[Enterprise Resilience Management Blog] Oil and Development: According to economists at South Africa's Standard Bank, gross domestic product growth could rise from some 5-6 per cent in the past few years to top 20 per cent in the first few years of output, assuming oil prices stay above $100 a barrel. The dollar incomes will help stabilise the cedi - the currency has fallen by more than 20 per cent in the past 12 months - and reassure holders of Ghana's eurobond, which matures in 2017."
[AmericasNewsToday.Com /.Org - Industry's First Blog-Format News and Editorial Site] Servicemembers to Follow Long Absentee Voting Tradition: But in the run-up to the 1864 election, 25 states enacted legislation allowing absentee voting, historical documents show. A soldier could vote in the field, as depicted in the Harper’s Weekly artwork, or by proxy, sending his marked ballot to someone in his home voting district to cast on Election Day.
[1read's Weblog] THE WORLD today!: Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is completing development of its giant Khursaniyah field soon, increasing its output capacity by up to 500.000 barrels a day and is willing to bring production and supplies from actually 9.450.000 barrels a day, already 300.00 barrels a day higher since last month, to a total of 9,7 Million barrels a day in July, or more if the market requires it! The kingdom, complying with a huge expansion program in its oil industry to increase its spare oil production capacity to up to 12,5 Million barrels a day by the end of 2009, said at a meeting with important producers and consumers on Sunday in Jeddah, it is capable to boost this level another 2,5 Million barrels a day to 15 Million barrels a day if needed. Saudi Arabia is concerned today’s record prices might damp economic growth and lead to a lower oil demand, improving countries their energy efficiency, developing alternative sources of energy, including nuclear power. Saud Arabia wants oil price stability in the global market, a fair oil price not hurting producers neither consumers, and is worried about harmony between buyers and sellers, asking consumer countries to take measures to control and stop speculations in the futures markets to bring oil prices down from the actual unreasonable high levels.
[Dave Bertrand's Blog: TRAFFIC ALERT USA] Traffic Alert USA -- Media News Review Sept 16th 2008: "The Bush administration is pushing through a broad array of foreign weapons deals as it seeks to re-arm Iraq and Afghanistan, contain North Korea and Iran, and solidify ties with one-time Russian allies.
[Viewer Mail] Stratfor.com: The Medvedev Doctrine and American Strategy: The United States had the implicit agreement of the group of six not to sell arms to Tehran, creating a real sense of isolation in Iran.In short, the United States remained heavily committed to a region stretching from Iraq to Pakistan, with main force committed to Iraq and Afghanistan, and the possibility of commitments to Pakistan (and above all to Iran) on the table. U.S. ground forces were stretched to the limit, and U.S. airpower, naval and land-based forces had to stand by for the possibility of an air campaign in Iran - regardless of whether the U.S. planned an attack, since the credibility of a bluff depended on the availability of force.
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