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Absurdity of Trusting Foreign Policymakers

sent out this morn by the Future of Freedom Foundation… The Absurdity of Trusting Foreign-Policy Makers by James Bovard, April 13, 2011 The United States is attacking Libya on the basis of vague hopes that peace will triumph after the Allied bombing ceases. There are plenty of reasons to doubt whether a few hundred cruise […]

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Obama’s Torture Regime?

Spencer Ackerman of Wired has an excellent piece today on the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command’s secret jails in Afghanistan. Ackerman notes: Human rights groups have been sounding the alarm about these detention centers since 2009. Detainees who claim to have gone through the sites have told them about abuses inside the so-called “Black Jails” […]

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Wash. Post Editorial: Kill More Libyans Now!

The Washington Post has an editorial today fretting that the Obama administration has not killed enough Libyans. The Post warns that U.S. killing of more Libyans is the best way to assure a bright future for Libya. OK, that’s not verbatim – but this is: “The dangers of the military stalemate for the United States […]

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Speech on Middle East “Fell Short, Lacked Substance”

No, this is not a judgment on Obama’s gas-bagging on Monday night. Instead, that is the State Department’s verdict on a speech today by Syria’s “President” Bashar al-Assad. After all the BS the Obama administration has shoveled, one would think that U.S. officials would be a bit circumspect before snipping about other leaders’ tripe.

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Libya Speech: Obama’s Biggest Buncombe Yet?

Will Obama break all his past records for BS tonight when he gives his speech on Libya at 7:30 pm? (Eastern) He will be speaking to the most servile audience he could find – uniformed military officers at the National Defense University. The room will be full of people who are owned lock, stock, and […]

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MP3 of Interview on Libyan War with Katherine Albrecht

Katherine Albrecht and I had a fine time thrashing Obama & crew for their Libyan fiasco. You can listen to the @ 20 minute interview by clicking on the following: 20110321_mon_albrecht2 It was great to hear Katherine in such high spirits and full of vim and vigor today. She is going through some very challenging […]

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