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[American Everyman] Taking a Stand Against War: officials as proof of Iranian perfidy inside Iraq, and then releases these same individuals months later, citing a lack of intelligence value and the fact that these prisoners pose no security threat, it becomes clear that the U.S. case against Iran is built primarily upon ideologically motivated smoke and mirrors. The Congress must never again allow itself to be used as a rubber stamp for unnecessary war, but it will act only when pushed to do so by an alarmed and awakened constituency. “WHEREAS, Iran has not threatened to attack the United States, and no compelling evidence has been presented that Iran poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States that would justify an unprovoked unilateral pre-emptive military attack.”
[Not Very Bright] Protesting the Bush Visit to Furman: military personnel, wounded more than 13,000 military personnel so severely that they are unable to return to duty, killed tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, will cost more than 2 trillion dollars, and has severely damaged our government’s ethical and moral credibility at home and abroad. Because we love this country and the ideals it stands for, we accept our civic responsibility to speak out against these actions that violate American values.
[Ron Paul Forums] War with China. Sorry, I Meant Iraq: I did not believe in the war in Iraq, it seemed illogical to me at the time. We were on a fishing expedition in a land of intrigue and secrecy where no good could be had.
[Niqnaq] five myths on who’s really ”˜pro-israel’: So when the US abandons the role of effective broker and acts only as Israel’s amen choir, as it has throughout Bush’s tenure, the US dims Israel’s prospects of winning security through diplomacy. The best gift that Israel’s friends here could give this gallant, embattled democracy on its milestone birthday would be returning the United States to its leading role in active diplomacy to end the conflicts in the Middle East””and help a secure, thriving Israel find a permanent, accepted home among the community of nations.
[Parts, Structures, Systems and Outcomes] Iraq Resartus (Readings): Stability, Progress and Will: Chalabi's political party, the Iraqi National Congress, also recently launched a weekly newspaper entirely about services, in which citizens get to sound off and government officials are asked to respond. The practical projects of these committees aside, one could argue that their greatest service has been psychological: to show that the problems of Baghdad, and by implication Iraq, are not some bottomless pit of chaos.
[Start Thinking Right] Iraq War Justified: What the Chronology Reveals (Part 2): On 13 March 2003 Australian Prime Minister John Howard gives a major speech to the National Press Club, laying his case for Australian support of US-led military action and saying that it is “very much in the national interest of Australia that Iraq have taken from her chemical and biological weapons and be denied the possibility of ever having nuclear weapons… if terrorists ever get their hands on weapons of mass destruction that will, in my very passionate belief and argument, constitute a direct, undeniable and lethal threat to Australia and its people.”
[Nylas Blog] Bin Laden’s 1998 Atomic Message: In January of 1998, the same year Bin Laden was announcing his game plan, a group of disgruntled Americans writing out of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC)-see names attached to quote above–sent a letter to then-President Bill Clinton (later to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott) begging for the US to attack Iraq, remove Saddam Hussein from power and establish a free, democratic Iraq. This would, in their view, pay big dividends to moderate Arab states (the ones propped up by US military and economic largess), Israel and US corporate oil interests.
[godsmoderndaymartyr] Chuck Baldwin 2008: Had President Bush responded in this manner, tens of thousands of lives would have been saved, trillions of dollars would not have needed to be spent, Osama bin Laden and most of his fellow terrorists would likely be dead, and we would not be bogged down in a nightmarish military quagmire in Iraq. And, if I were President, this is exactly how I would handle terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda.
[Roman Tol Blog] POLITICS: WEB 2.0 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: . According to Cuiming the broad use of Web 2.0 applications in Chinese cyberspace, has provided a platform for individual exhibition and open communication, created a new type of social participation, and facilitated the proliferation of cyber collectives in recent years. It is evident that collective action is more influential in spreading public opinion and organizing public activities than is separated and unorganized individual action. However, Cuiming adds, when faced with the threat of a more powerful authority, a grassroots collective would possibly become more fragile than the individual, and is liable to compromise in order to avoid complete annihilation
[The Obambi.com Blog] Obama is just like the BIG HALIBURTAN: “When it comes to lobbyists, Senator Obama’s words might sound nice but voters need to make sure they read the fine print. Despite trying to give the impression that he has no relationship with lobbyists or special interests, the reality is that Senator Obama takes money from people who hire lobbyists, partners of lobbyists, spouses of lobbyists, former lobbyists and state lobbyists.” -Statement from Clinton Deputy Communications Director, Phil Singer
[SOCIALIST UNITY] OVERCOMING ZIONISM: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel ...: So they recruited a network of so-called neo-conservatives, some of whom are Christians, many of whom are Jewish, and all of whom are ultra-Zionists. Zionism is the glue that holds together the infrastructure of the U.S. foreign policy elites, and has been a necessary factor in the planning and execution of the Iraq war.
[hongpong.com - Dan Feidt's log on information operations, spinstorms and latent contradictions] Iran, Israel, some exposed anti-Pentagon weapons espionage for ...: Given American hostility toward Syria over support for jihadists in Iraq, we would have thought that they would have announced it instantly. The explanation we thought most plausible at the time was that the intelligence came from the North Koreans in the course of discussions of their nuclear technology, and since the North Koreans were cooperating, the United States didn’t want to publicly embarrass them.
[usofa-First.org] IF I WERE PRESIDENT: Had President Bush responded in this manner, tens of thousands of lives would have been saved, trillions of dollars would not have needed to be spent, Osama bin Laden and most of his fellow terrorists would likely be dead, and we would not be bogged down in a nightmarish military quagmire in Iraq. And, if I were President, this is exactly how I would handle terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda.
[Bretthenebery's Weblog] The Embarrassment of US Policy: stray America from civilized society, freedom and democracy, they withdrew from the International Conference on Racism which brought together 163 countries in Durban, South Africa.
[timmorelandonline] Are EU and US Diverging?: As another factor in Europe’s takeover, with the United States preferring to act unilaterally or bilaterally instead of through multilateral organizations, the EU has been garnering more world support and will continue to rally the world around themselves through cooperation. When the United States went to war in Iraq, they did so in large part unilaterally. Most European countries, such as France and Germany, wanted to get approval from the UN first. This basic trend presents itself in general in respect to multilateral institutions. Some examples include disputes over the Rio and Kyoto environmental agreements and the International Criminal Court. The Bush administration fails to “consult, explain, justify, and cajole in the manner of previous administrations.” For example, Bush “casually announced withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol at a luncheon for NATO ambassadors.” This type of conduct has led to a distaste of how America does business on the international stage (Lindberg 142-3). The EU has been more willing to cooperate with other countries, while the United States does not let anyone check their power. By definition, this will certainly lead to the EU continuing to peacefully exert their influence onto other countries in the guise of cooperation, while those same countries turn their back on the United States’ hegemonic way of conducting itself. With the United States acting uncooperatively, it only seems natural for the world to choose the EU as their first option to rally around.
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