The backlash against war
NZ Herald | 26 Feb 2015 There’s been widespread sceptism and outrage in response to the Government’s announcement that New Zealand troops will be sent to Iraq. This can be seen most clearly in my aggregation of reactions in two blog posts: Top tweets about the NZ Govt decision to go into Iraq and Cartoons…
The Destabilization Doctrine: ISIS, Proxies and Patsies
Brandon Martinez | 22 Feb 2015 “Islam and the West at War,” reads a recent New York Times headline. It would certainly seem that way if one were to take at face value the putrid assertions of Western governments that are not particularly known for their honesty or integrity. But astute observers of history and…
Iraqi Army Downs 2 UK Planes Carrying Weapons for ISIL
FARS News Agency | 23 Feb 2015 TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq’s army has shot down two British planes as they were carrying weapons for the ISIL terrorists in Al-Anbar province, a senior lawmaker disclosed on Monday. “The Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee has access to the photos of both planes that are British and…
Feds: Anti-Government Groups a Bigger Threat Than ISIS
Paul Joseph Watson | February 20, 2015 While Islamic State brags about sleeper cells within U.S., DHS frets about right-wingers As President Barack Obama continues to receive criticism for his refusal to use the term “Islamic extremism,” some federal authorities and law enforcement groups in the United States assert that anti-government groups pose a bigger…
Obama’s “Fake War” against the Islamic State (ISIS). The Islamic State is Protected by the US and its Allies
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research | February 19, 2015 Since August 2014, the US Air Force with the support of a coalition of 19 countries has relentlessly waged an intensified air campaign against Syria and Iraq allegedly targeting the Islamic State brigades. According to Defense News, over 16,000 airstrikes were carried out from August 2014 to mid January 2015.…
5 Reasons Congress Should Reject Obama’s ISIS War
Peter Certo | Foreign Policy in Focus | February 11, 2015 The Obama administration wants a rubber stamp on its unwise, unlimited, and unauthorized new war in the Middle East. It shouldn’t get it. At long last, the Obama administration has submitted a draft resolution to Congress that would authorize the ongoing U.S.-led military intervention against the…
Why The F#ck Did The U.S. Fund ISIS?
Nathaniel Downes | 13 Aug 2014 The right-wing in our nation pushed hard for the US to act in Syria. We had Senator McCain calling for the US to invade, Donald Rumsfeld criticizing a failure to supply the Syrian rebels, along with a host of other criticism. In response, the president took a more modest…
Rand Paul says that Hillary Clinton deserves a lot of blame for ISIS
Matt Naham | Rare | February 12, 2015 Clinton’s intervention in Libya and the assassination of Muammar Gaddafi created space for ISIS jihadists Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday morning that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deserves a lot of blame for instability in the Middle East and the rising numbers of Islamic State…
‘Execution of Saddam Hussein wasn’t about justice, but about US profits ‘
RT | 9 Feb 2015 Executioners putting a noose around former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s neck moments before his hanging in Baghdad December 30, 2006. (Reuters / Al Iraqiya) The former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein was not executed as justice for crimes he committed, but for his opposition to Wall Street, political analyst Caleb Maupin…