Bush won’t be the last former leader who should watch where he travels
A small victory: George W Bush has had to call off a trip to Switzerland next weekend amid planned protests by human rights groups over the treatment of detainees at Guantánamo Bay and the threat of a warrant for his arrest. David Sherzer, a spokesman for the former US president, confirmed the move in an…
Obama on Mubarak; he ain’t so bad really
Barack Obama on Mubarak when speaking to Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly: “He’s been a good partner in relation to the peace with Israel. And with some counter-terrorism.” What’s this code for? We like how he’s repressed the Palestinians and Hamas and tortured “terror suspects” for us: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Throwing weapons into the bottom of the ocean
When privatised mercenaries become the norm, illegality will almost certainly follow: Thousands of guns are being dumped in the ocean by private security companies hired to protect ships against pirate attacks, top security executives say. As Somali pirates grow bolder and launch attacks further into the Indian Ocean, shipping companies and yacht owners are increasingly…
Indyk mumbles something about democracy in Arab world; Egyptians laugh
Lesson number one; never ask a Zionist lobbyist to talk honestly about American or Israeli aims in the Middle East because for them, real democracy is a danger to maintaining Israeli dominance.
Backing apartheid is as American as apple pie
Israel for decades. And Ronald Reagan loved apartheid South Africa.
Australia sees the Middle East as its Zionist mates tell them
The Middle East is in turmoil and yet here’s the Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd, speaking a few days ago in Greece, on what he thinks the region should look like. Nearly everything is reactive and the “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians should continue as if it’s nearly achieved resolution. Somebody should tell…
Media that doesn’t spread fear of Islam
Only on Al-Jazeera (almost impossible in the Western, corporate media): Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics: