What the hardline Zionist lobby offers the Middle East (war, occupation and terror.) (When will the mainstream Jewish community reject these extremist views publicly, considering a majority of Americans, according to a new Gallop Poll, believe in engagement with Washington’s “enemies”?)
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Please don’t elect this man
“As far as people who advise me,” [John] McCain went on, though I still hadn’t asked a question, “probably one of my most trusted advisers for the last 30 years is Henry Kissinger, not known as a hawk or a neocon.” Yes, that war criminal Kissinger.
Nutter Christian befriends next President?
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has friends who want to see Islam destroyed. Yes, he’s a moderate man:
Evil will be vanquished
CNN provides a priceless headline that perfectly articulates the brainlessness of Republican presidential nominee John McCain: McCain promises to fight ‘evil’ if president. Eight years of George W. Bush fighting “evil” has been an amazing success. Clearly McCain is keen to follow in his mentor’s path.
Iraq, the Kurds and where to from here
I was recently interviewed by Peshawa Muhammed of the Kurdistani Nwe Newspaper, the publication of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Iraqi Kurdistan (Noam Chomsky was also interviewed recently.) The article ran on May 4: Peshawa Muhammed: Five years on, how do you assess the current US policy in Iraq? Which option do you think…
This is what US “freedom” looks like
Iranian blogger Omid Memarian, currently living in California, explains to his readers the apparent appeal of the current presidential race: Many Iranians are obsessed with Barack Obama. If he goes to Iran, I’m sure he could fill Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, which has a capacity of 100,000. To a large extent this is because of the…
Keeping the masses underfed
Glenn Greenwald, civil libertarian, blogger and author, discusses the themes in his new book Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics, conservatives’ bogus anti-government rhetoric as they preside over the biggest growth of government ever, their contempt for the Constitution they claim to venerate as they consolidate all power constitutional and otherwise…
Burqas, blogs and bombs
My following article appears in today’s ABC Unleashed: The 1979 Iranian Revolution continues to reverberate around the world. Iranian-born professor of political science at Reed College, Darius Rejali, recently said that torture was a key “inspiration” for the revolution. “It pulled all the radicals to their side,” he said. “It was a revolution about human…
Admiring Mahmoud
Iranian blogger Hoder explains that the majority of Iranians, according to a new poll, support President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies: A lot is being published and said these days about ahmadinejad’s diminishing appeal. But aside from this recent parliament elections, I have another reason to say that it is all wishful thinking. Just take a look…