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Afghanistan: Sloppy Warfare, Civilian Deaths Is Wrong Message

Posted by bosskitty

Afghanistan dangerously off the radar
It’s hardly an anniversary many will register, but last week marked 30 years since President Jimmy Carter authorised the first covert CIA operations against the government of Afghanistan.
By backing the anti-Communist mujahideen and creating civil unrest, the plan was to provoke a Soviet invasion and thus, in the words of Carter’s [...]

Prove Me Wrong – Cheney Eyes Iran Using Mad Cowboy George

Posted by bosskitty

Cheney builds an explosive case
WASHINGTON – For many months, the propaganda line that explosively formed projectiles (EFPs) that could penetrate United States armored vehicles were coming straight from Iran has been embraced publicly by the entire George W Bush administration. But when that argument was proposed internally by military officials in January 2007, it was [...]

Bush Legacy: What Should Be The First Chapter

Posted by bosskitty

When it comes to power, the Bush administration has always firmly believed two things: first, the President should have more of it; and second, international institutions like the U.N. should have less of it. In that respect, the landmark ruling on U.S. treaty commitments handed down by the Supreme Court Tuesday seems to be both [...]

What More Can We Do To Ruin Our Military?

Posted by bosskitty

Military Doctors Withholding Treatment from Soldiers with Mental Health Problems
The military is denying crucial care to soldiers, making them vulnerable on the battlefield.
Since 9/11, one Army division has spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum, New York.
Over the past 6 [...]

Self Destruction Does Not Win Wars

Posted by bosskitty

Foreign Fighters in Iraq Are Tied to Allies of U.S.
BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia and Libya, both considered allies by the United States in its fight against terrorism, were the source of about 60 percent of the foreign fighters who came to Iraq in the past year to serve as suicide bombers or to facilitate [...]

Climate Change vs Terrorists – Which One Are We Prepared For?

Posted by bosskitty

Prior to the release of the the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:  
This fourth and final assessment — the so-called synthesis report — seeks to combine lessons from all three (prior reports). Its conclusions are culled from data contained in the thousands of pages that were essentially technical supplements to the panel’s [...]

Global Shift In Wealth May Not Include America

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Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth
Iran, Russia and Venezuela Feel the Benefits
High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion [...]

Consumer Product Safety And Their Lobby Friends

Posted by nytexan

With the ever growing list of products that will kill us or make us sick to the point of being hospitalized; it’s not shocking how these things happen. Once again the Bush administration exhibits their contempt for America. The Consumer Product Safety Commission the very agency that’s in charge of protect us, has been taking [...]

Saber Rattling Gets Louder With Consequences

Posted by bosskitty

Iran says documents show U.S. backing “terrorists”
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran‘s military
Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran
Petraeus says Iran stoking Iraq violence
Iraq official says [...]

Whistleblowers Beware – They’re Out To Get All of Us

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State Dept. Agents Say Jobs Were Threatened
Investigators in IG Office Were Told Not to Cooperate With Probe of Their Boss, House Panel Alleges  By Glenn Kessler and Karen DeYoung   Washington PostTwo career investigators in the office of State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard have charged that they were threatened with firing if they [...]

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