And so people are buying into the same sort of deception that got the US into Iraq. Or in fact every major conflict since the Spanish-American war. Will they ever learn? Larry Chin is the latest to argue, correctly in my mind, that the planning for war has already started and that this year will [...]
Continue Reading February 12th, 2007 Björn Hallberg
In a blatant attempt at political manipulation, the US regime pressured the New York Times to censor an upcoming article. The Op-Ed in question can be seen here, in redacted form. You’d think it was an April Fools’ practical joke on the part of the NYT. But alas, this is the situation for journalists in [...]
Continue Reading December 23rd, 2006 Björn Hallberg
For the fascist fellow travelers: The US establishment mourns for Pinochet. One of the finest thugs to carry out US foreign policy. It’s strange then that few mention the role of the United States in the coup and blood bath that followed. Even some of his detractors see Pinochet as the sole perpetrator of everything [...]
Continue Reading December 19th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Now there is a thought that will give you nightmares for years to come. (Metafilter)
The outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, is backing a call for the president of Iran to be charged with inciting genocide because of his speeches advocating the destruction of the state of Israel.
Mr Bolton will be joined [...]
Continue Reading December 17th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
(AP) This is America’s war of terror rather. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the so called terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay turned out to be yoghurt salesmen after all. Which of course brings the entire rationale for what America has been saying and doing for the last five years into question. Of course, who would still be naive [...]
Continue Reading December 17th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Bit by bit …
In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law (1). It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President’s ability to deploy troops within the [...]
Continue Reading October 29th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
We knew the number was in the thousands (14,000?), but this latest indication is surely shocking.
I’m at the Center for American Progress, listening to Sid Blumenthal and Glenn Greenwald talk about the Imperial Presidency, and one thing is important enough for me to want to live blog. Sid says that Wilkerson, Powell’s old chief of [...]
Continue Reading October 25th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Bush signs torture bill; Americans lose essential freedom
George W. Bush got what he wanted, ostensibly as a tool in his unfocused “war on terror”: By signing into law the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Bush has made it legal for the C.I.A. to continue operating torture facilities in undisclosed, foreign countries, and for the writ [...]
Continue Reading October 18th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
Stephen M. Walt on Misreading the tea leaves: US missteps on foreign policy
First, officials misunderstood how other states see US primacy. Convinced that American power was a force for good, Bush thought other states would welcome US leadership as long as he acted decisively. In fact, US primacy made even longstanding allies nervous because they [...]
Continue Reading October 9th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
The US is not so quick to render assistance though it seems. Because massacres aren’t really massacres if they’re carried out by the righteous sort of people apparently. It’s good to remember what sort of monsters the US is harbouring and protecting, especially in the midst of their tireless campaigns against democratically and progressive elected [...]
Continue Reading October 6th, 2006 Björn Hallberg
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| « Aug | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
Powered by WordPress. Original design ("Blix") by Sebastian Schmieg. Icons by Kevin Potts. Log in
Contact
Lifestream
