Talking about internet censorship in a nation like Iran is necessary and chilling. But, correctly writes the New York Times in an editorial today, how much do we know about the American government’s meddling in the online world? The government is increasingly monitoring Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites for tax delinquents, copyright infringers…
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Western troops in Muslim lands can only lead one way
Barack Obama’s escalation in Afghanistan may come with a very high price: Robert A. Pape, a University of Chicago political scientist, contends that suicide attacks are almost always prompted by resentment of foreign troops, and that escalation in Afghanistan will fuel more plots. “This new deployment increases the risk of the next 9/11,” he said.…
America always acts “unselfishly”, argues Dick Cheney
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney offers his considered view on Fox News about the amazing country known as America: Sean Hannity: You said about Barack Obama that he is projecting weakness to America’s enemies. Expand on that. Dick Cheney: Well, I think most of us believe and most presidents believe and talk about the…
Only one Zionist view is acceptable, says Israeli spokesman
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, on Israel lobby group J Street: …A unique problem in that it not only opposes one policy of one Israeli government, it opposes all policies of all Israeli governments. It’s significantly out of the mainstream…This is not a matter of settlements here [or] there. We understand there…
Gaza needs yet another barrier to freedom, clearly
Yet another sign that the Israeli/Egyptian/American axis is giving the Palestinians in Gaza a rough deal: Egypt has begun constructing a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip as it attempts to cut smuggling tunnels, the BBC has learned. When it is finished the wall will be 10-11km (6-7 miles) long and…
The role of a client state is to behave badly
Noam Chomsky speaks to PressTV: Israel is essentially a US military base.
Jews in America need a Republican to feel loved?
The sad tale of a Jewish writer, Jeffrey Goldberg, fervently believing (only in America, of course) that a US senator writing a (tacky and cheesy) Chanukah song means that Judaism is well and truly an integral part of modern US life. Well, maybe, but surely being welcomed and loved means more than a conservative man…
Obama is a war president and a man of peace
The only way to deal with Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize is this: Responding to criticism about his receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama today sent an unmanned predator drone to Norway to pick up the prize for him. Mr. Obama’s decision to have an unmanned bomber plane accept…
What it means to advocate the ”˜Sri Lanka model’ for Israel/Palestine
My following article is published on US website Mondoweiss: It is easy to frame the conflict in Israel and Palestine as inherently unique. In many ways it is – decades-old occupation, US-supported racial discrimination and failure of Western journalism to hold the powerful to account – but other struggles have eerie similarities. This year Sri…
Fans of Sarah Palin just don’t like socialists, terrorists or Obama
Sarah Palin continues her American book tour, making friends in all the right places (like mad Zionists). It’s hard to know how to respond to this video of her “fans” in Ohio (though Salon’s Glenn Greenwald explains the background). Suffice to say, they’re mostly frightened, passionate and utterly ignorant about the world around them: