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War Is America's National Pastime
by Stephen Lendman
America's national pastime isn't baseball. It's not other bread and circus distractions. It's one war after another. It's wars that don't end.
It's permanent ones for power and profits. Monied interests benefit most. Waging them for peace is a convenient illusion.
Humanitarian intervention is a ruse. So is responsibility to protect mumbo jumbo.
Code language conceals real motives. Invasions and occupations are called liberation. Plunder is called economic development. Imperial control is called spreading democratic values.
Exploitation is called freedom. Patriotism means going along with what's wrong. Mass slaughter and destruction are small prices to pay.
Assad Pledges Full Cooperation for Peace
by Stephen Lendman
His full cooperation isn't good enough for Washington. Obama wants regime change. He wants war. More on that below.
On Thursday, Free Syrian Army head Selim Idriss rejected Russia's peace initiative.
World powers, he said, shouldn't "be satisfied only by removing the chemical weapon, which is the tool of a crime, but judge the author of the crime before the International Criminal Court, who has clearly acknowledged possessing it and agreed to get rid of it."
Idriss urged military force. He wants weapons supplied his forces increased. He promised to "intensify operations in all regions of the country."
Peaceful conflict resolution faces long odds. Washington's going all out to prevent it.
Obama's Hell Bent for War on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Longstanding US plans call for regime change. War is Obama's option of choice. Giving peace a chance isn't tolerated.
Proxy war continues. Throughout two and half years of conflict, Washington's been supplying insurgents with weapons, funding, training and direction. CIA operatives are involved. So are US special forces.
Russia's peace initiative slowed Obama's war machine. It's not deterred. It's perhaps another major false flag attack away.
Intense anti-Syrian propaganda continues. Media scoundrels regurgitate official lies. Truth and full disclosure are verboten.
Putin Challenges Obama Responsibly
by Stephen Lendman
Russia's going all out to avoid war on Syria. Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov and other top officials are doing so responsibly.
On September 11, Putin addressed Americans and US officials directly.
His New York Times op-ed headlined "A Plea for Caution From Russia," saying:
"Recent events surrounding Syria prompted (him) to speak directly (at) a time of insufficient communication between our societies."
Post-WW II, the UN was "established to prevent such devastation from ever happening again." More on what Putin said below.
Post-WW I, "never again" was vowed. The League of Nations was created to assure it.
NSA Conspires with Israel Against Americans
by Stephen Lendman
Millions worldwide owe Edward Snowden sincere gratitude. He revealed what's vital to know. He connected important dots to do so.
He revealed unconstitutional NSA spying. He did it courageously. When governments operate lawlessly, exposing wrongdoing is crucial. Doing it entails risks.
Snowden did so anyway. He did it because it's the right thing to do. On September 11, London's Guardian published important new information. It did so from documents he provided. More on that below.
On September 12, Russia Today (RT) headlined "EU lawmakers nominate Snowden for Sakharov human rights prize."
European parliamentarians established it in December 1988. They did so to honor individuals and organizations championing human rights and freedom of thought.
Human Rights Watch Misinformation on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
HRW and likeminded quasi-human rights/progressive groups and sources front for wealth, power and privilege. Well-known corporate foundations provide funding.
They include Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Soros, and MacArthur among others. Money they supply is tainted. It's dirty.
Services rendered in return are required. Conflicts of interest are rife. Information provided is cooked to serve them.
Followers are deceived. They're betrayed. NGOs like HRW, Amnesty International, and others like them are imperial agents.
From its 1978 beginnings, HRW delivered pro-Western/anti-Soviet propaganda. It's a reliable Western propaganda instrument.
Executive Director Kenneth Roth is a former federal prosecutor. Former HRW head Aryeh Neier hired him. He left to become president of Soros' Open Society Institute.
The Impersonal Society
by Walter Brasch
Some of my favorite people are the ladies at my credit union. Over the past couple of decades they put up with a lot from me, with hardly an audible sigh, although I am sure there was a lot of cheering when my wife took over balancing the checkbook a few years ago.
The Credit Union ladies know my account numbers and status better than I do, and have bailed me out of numerous problems.
Even when they’ve had a tiring day, the ladies smile, joke, and ask questions about how I and my family are doing. The only thing they get from my “small potatoes” accounts is the satisfaction they’re doing a good job and an occasional box of candy or a green plant, which doesn’t even begin to add up to the personal attention they provide to keep my financial affairs in order.
After several years of trying to convince me to use the push-button telephone, a computer, or an iPhone to log onto a central computer where a digitized voice will tell me the status on my accounts, transfer funds from one account to another, and even pay bills, they have given up.
Gun Control Forges A Head
By Melanie Lamport
Starbucks has found itself in the crosshairs of Moms who Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (Moms). The “Moms” formed their gun control advocacy group in response to the Newtown mass shooting by Adam Lanza, who died the day before he allegedly shot twenty children at the Sandy Hook Elementary school---with the rifle still in the trunk of his car. The “Moms” are creating a lot of negative energy by protesting the company's policy of allowing customers to bring guns into restaurants in “open carry” states, where residents are allowed to carry firearms in public.
The latest assault on our Right to go Hunting with an Assault Rifle began in 2012, when Jared Lee Loughner (why are these lone-nut assassins all known by three names?) shot Gabriel Gifford point-blank in the head with a Glock 19 pistol.
Gabby, as unbelievable as it sounds, is leading her own gun control advocacy group in this fight over who can go to Starbucks carrying a firearm.
Why am I surprised that Gabby is leading the Americans for Responsible Solutions in this fight over the 2nd Amendment?
Obama’s Syria War Plans & His Slimy ‘Progressive’ Collaborators
By Larry Pinkney
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal…” –Malcolm X [el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz]
Whether or not the legitimate rage and strong opposition on the part of just plain everyday ordinary people, to Barack Obama’s ongoing saber rattling and war plans against the sovereign nation of Syria will actually permanently thwart his military madness, in this instance — remains to be seen.
What is clear however, is that the outright collaboration, betrayal, and/or complicity of silence demonstrated by certain so-called ‘progressives’ and ‘leftists’ in the U.S., with Barack Obama’s war plans, was and remains, a stinging indictment which points directly to their political hypocrisy, untrustworthy method of operation, and their utter lack of principles. May we ordinary everyday Black, White, Brown, Red, and Yellow people remember, and remember well, who these would-be ‘progressives,’ are – be they elected politicians, ‘intellectuals,’ or so-called ‘community activists/organizers.’
No Change in Obama's War Plans
by Stephen Lendman
Obama's Tuesday night address didn't surprise. It featured demagogic boilerplate. Defending the indefensible took center stage.
Bombast assured business as usual. More on his speech below.
War plans remain on track. They're delayed. They're not deterred. They're prioritized. Obama wants another country ravaged and destroyed.
He hides behind a shield of humanitarian intervention. He does so through cruise missile diplomacy.
He's no peace president. He's hell bent for war. He's waging one after another. He's done so since day one in office. Ahead of his Tuesday night address, Francis Boyle said:
Reports suggest he'll "argue that his threat of war has produced this offer by Syria to eliminate chemical, and therefore he needs a resolution to authorize war in order to promote diplomacy."
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