Why not have someone else die in your stead or just set up a sepoy army? And without being subject to all those human rights standards. Apparently in the future, the US would have us fight each other instead of the real enemy.
WAPO - Congress has granted unusual authority for the Pentagon to spend as [...]
Continue Reading January 30th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
This week’s “revelation” of a creative touch by the US military involves hostage taking. Probably with some sexual assault on the side. New and shiny word for this: “leveraging.” In the dustbin: “war crimes of collective punishment and hostage taking.”
This was first reported two years ago and indeed admitted to by a US commander back [...]
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Birds of feather …
HRW - Rice Must Explain Repressive UN Ban on LGBT Rights Groups - (Washington, D.C., January 25, 2006) In a reversal of policy, the United States on Monday backed an Iranian initiative to deny United Nations consultative status to organizations working to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) [...]
Continue Reading January 30th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
The US seems quite at odds with how democracy really works. At least when you can’t engineer an election or commit voter fraud. I guess what Palestine really needs is electronic voting run by the same oligarchy that runs the US voting system.
Also, it seems quite appropriate from their point of view apparently to threaten [...]
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