The US is not alone in coming up short with regard to enlistment.… Apparently, one in four Israelis are dodging the draft. Jerusalem (al-Quds) – One in four “Israeli” men eligible for national service last year dodged the draft, the highest proportion in the history of the Jewish (Zionist) state. Figures released yesterday by the…
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Tony and Rupert, sitting in a tree
The Independent reports: Tony Blair had three conversations with the media magnate Rupert Murdoch in the nine days before the start of the Iraq war, the Government has disclosed. Pure coincidence, I’m sure.
He cares for great journalism
Who says you can’t trust Rupert Murdoch, now that he’s got his little paws on Dow Jones? The company CEO has tried to reassure staff that Rupert’s vision is a kind one, keen to expand his ability to support imperial wars, the bogus “war on terror” and soft corporate reporting: News Corp. sought us out…
Land for all (but actually only for Jews)
Israel isn’t a racist state? Think again: The Knesset plenum approved a bill Wednesday, in its preliminary reading, which calls for all lands under the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to be allocated to Jews only. The bill passed by a massive majority of 64 MKS to 16. The bill, initiated by MK Uri Ariel (National…
Fighting them there so we can fight them here
Michael Ware spoils the neocon party once again. “That statement in the NIE is about three years too late,” Ware responded. “Al Qaeda has reorganized itself through the war in Iraq that America handed it on a silver platter in its own backyard. … The war here … has energized the jihadi community across the…
Generation Chickenhawk: the unauthorized college Republican convention tour
By Max Blumenthal. On July 13, 2007, I visited Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where the bodies of American soldiers killed in Iraq were freshly interred. Afterwards, I headed across the street to the Sheraton National Hotel, owned by right-wing Korean cult leader Sun Myung-Moon, to meet some of the war’s most fervent supporters…
Freedomcake, quick to bake
One of the great contradictions of the pro war position has been that the Iraq war is making us safer, while simultaneously using the escalated terror threat resulting from the Iraq war to justify the continued occupation.… So when the National Intelligence Estimate on al Qaeda reports that Al Qaeda is alive and well (thanks…
When war breaks out
One has to wonder why it is that not a week goes by without Israel publicly proclaiming that it is either ready for war, or expects one to happen in the near future. Certainly there is a degree of posturing involved, but even that becomes ineffective when done too many times. The general said that…
A raw look at the“surge”
Right wing pundits are baffled by the fact that US troops are supporting a candidate that promises to bring them home. Maybe this is why. American soldiers describe the constant stress of living in a war zone, voice their frustrations over the politics with the war strategy in Washington, and are seen as they watch…
Bill Kristol: Engineer on “the Train to Delusionville”
Bill Kristol really does need to spend a great deal of time in a padded cell. When he’s not writing Alice in Wonderland op-eds for the Washington Post, he’s soiling himself in public. He really should be more aware of his immediate surroundings, given the enormous melon… that floats around on his shoulders. Guess it comes…