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State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy

The State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, “digital outreach team” posting entries in Arabic on “influential” Arabic blogs to challenge misrepresentations of the United States and promote moderate views among Islamic youths in the hopes of steering them from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 19th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cowboys and Indians, Democracy In Action, DoubleSpeak, Duncan MacInnes, Freedom Fighters, Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalist, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Internet & Telecoms, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Muslims, OZ, Occupation Army, Oil, Osama, President, Propaganda, Quotes, Religious War, US State Department, Ugly American, World Blogs, bloggers, communication, converstaions, dialog, diplomacy, disinformation, jihad, orphans, radicals, rebels, terrorists, translation, unlawful combatants, victims | Leave a comment

Why does the US think that disrespecting Turkey’s historical image related to the Ottoman/Armenian era, then ordering it to lay off the Kurds, is acceptable? Turkey’s military chief has said US-Turkish ties will never be the same again if US lawmakers brand the Ottoman Empire’s massacre of Armenians a genocide
How does that help [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 14th, 2007 | Category: Bill of Rights, Casualties, Censored, China, Christianity, Collateral, Corruption, Cowboys and Indians, Deception, Democracy In Action, Dillusion, Foreign Policy, Geneva Convention, Germany, God, History, Holy War, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Judeo-Christian, Kurds, Orwellian, Politics, Propaganda, Racism, Statistics, Sudan, The Divider, Theocracy, Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister, United States, War Crimes, World Order, bigotry, civil liberties, civil rights, cover up, crusader, disinformation, displaced persons, empire, genocide, lies, mind control, prejudice, profiteers, resonsibility, slavery, torture | Comments (3)

Documents Show Troops Disregarding Rules
by Ryan Lenz
New documents released Tuesday regarding crimes committed by U.S. soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a troubling pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
“The simple fact of the matter is interrogation is supposed to be stressful or you [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 5th, 2007 | Category: ACLU, Abu Ghraib, Accountability, Baghdad, Casualties, Collateral, Cowboys and Indians, Education, Excuses, Gangs, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Iraq, Law, Legacy, Mercenaries, Occupation Army, Outsource, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Propaganda, Rumsfeld, Scandal, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, The Liar, War Cost, War Crimes, abuse, arrogance, battlefield, betrayal, cover up, crimes, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, documents, escalation, ethics, humanitarian, incompetence, innocents, lies, mental health, military, profiteers, resonsibility, training, troops | Leave a comment

Russia: Arctic Bomber Exercises
Twelve Russian strategic bombers are taking part in military exercises above the Arctic involving the launching of tactical cruise missiles.

David Blair: Putin’s Bear is not a frightening beast
In pictures: President Putin reveals even more

The Russian air force spokesman did not specify the exact location of the exercises but confirmed that the TU-95MC [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 3rd, 2007 | Category: Arctic, Bush, Canada, Cold War, Cowboys and Indians, Homeland Security, Kremlin, Missile, Politics, Putin, RAF, Russian, Sergei Ivanov, Sino-Russian, Time Bomb, War Games, cruise missiles, escalation, military, strategic bombers, surveillance | Comments (3)