Honoring a ‘Terror War’ Architect
by Ray McGovern
Since even readers of the New York Times are aware of deputy national security adviser John Brennan’s open identification with torture, secret prisons and other abuses of national and international law, Fordham University’s invitation to him to give the commencement address on May 19 brought, well, shock and awe to many Fordham students, faculty and alumni.
It now turns out we didn’t know the half of it. Piling outrage upon indignity, Fordham announced this week that Brennan will enjoy pride of place among the “eight notables” on whom it will confer honorary degrees at commencement. The others receiving a Doctorate in Humane Letters, honoris causa, include Timothy Cardinal Dolan (Archbishop of New York), and Brooklyn congressman Edolphus Towns. White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan Unlike his co-recipients, Brennan is widely known for his advocacy of kidnapping-for-torture (aka “extraordinary rendition”) and killing “militants” (including U.S. citizens) with “Hellfire” missiles fired by “Predator” and “Reaper” drone aircraft.
PermalinkFabricating Lies to Wage War on Iran
by Stephen Lendman
Turning Iran into a reliable pro-Western puppet state is a long-sought US goal. All options are considered, including war.
Tactics include calling Iran a threat to world peace, falsely accusing Tehran of terrorist attacks, and fabricating lies about an alleged nuclear weapons program despite no corroborating evidence whatever.
Focusing largely on defense and security issues, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) advances US interests "to sustain American prominence and prosperity as a force for good in the world." It's closely connected to high level administration, congressional, and Pentagon officials.
Waging Total War on Islam
by Stephen Lendman
When asked why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton said that's where the money is. Washington targets the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia because it's where most proved oil and gas reserves are.
Waging war require enemies. Pretexts create them. Muslims are demonized as threats. They're portrayed as culturally inferior, dirty, lecherous, untrustworthy, religiously fanatical, and violent. Slanderous media commentaries suggest gun-totting terrorists threatening US interests.
Fear is heightened. Strategically timed false flag terror plots make headlines. So do arrests of entrapped Muslims despite no evidence of crime or intent to commit one.
Americans are manipulated to believe domestic and foreign jihadists threaten national security. Resource wars follow.
The Ings
By Robert Singer
- Birthing, Flirting, Dating, Marrying and Divorcing
- Learning, Reading and Writing (so we won’t be dumb as a farmer)
- Hiking, Biking, Flying and Driving
- Playing, Winning and Losing
- Hitting Balls (Golf, Base, Foot, Basket and Soccer)
- Dancing, Acting, Protesting and Praying (actually we are praying for an afterlife in heaven)
- Drinking, Drugging, Deceiving, Gambling and Gang [Bang]ing
- Buying, Selling, Stealing and Cheating
- Camping, Cruising and RVing
- Working, Quitting, Firing (getting fired) and Retiring
- Shopping, Hoarding, Wasting, Reclying (useless toxic stuff, gowns, tuxedos and the latest pair of “distressed” jeans)
- Designing, Decorating Posing and Painting (in Houses, second Houses, RVs and Apartments)
- Watching Movies, TVs, DVDs and Sporting Events (Monster Trucking is a Sport)
- Listening and Singing Opera, Rap, Jazz and Country
- Seeing Doctors, Dentists, Lawyers, Hair Dressers and Manicurists
- Talking, Gossiping, Surfing and Texting on our Lap Tops and Cell Phones
- Wondering if our ego will be satisfied with a new car and trying to deciding if an SUV or station wagon will make us look fat or if an SUV is a fat station wagon
Albert Camus, if he were alive today, would write: 21st century man will be remembered for fornicating, talking on his cell phone and surfing the Web.
The Difference between Modern man and the Animals
Animals don’t have time for the Ings because they have to find their own food.
The modern, common, useless eater man can waste his time on the Ings because The Global Agriculture Elite (TGAE) is feeding him cheap food, on the cheap. [1]
Men are still hunting and gathering. They hunt for bargains and gather the food … bringing home the big screen TV and the groceries in their Monster Truck.
The Children of Iraq: Was the price worth it?
Bie Kentane, BRussells Tribunal
The following is a presentation given at the Dialogue Series of the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal.
“…Line up the bodies of the children, the thousands of children — the infants, the toddlers, the schoolkids — whose bodies were torn to pieces, burned alive or riddled with bullets during the American invasion and occupation of Iraq. Line them up in the desert sand, walk past them, mile after mile, all those twisted corpses, those scraps of torn flesh and seeping viscera, those blank faces, those staring eyes fixed forever on nothingness. This is the reality of what happened in Iraq; there is no other reality….” - Chris Floyd, December 17, 2011[1]
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