Ten reasons to vote against the use of military force

Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Fox News | 11 March 2015 Dear Colleague, I was honored to serve in Congress for 16 years. During that time I provided information and helped to create debates over U.S. policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other nations, defending the Article I, Section 8 responsibilities of Congress on matters of…

Farrakhan: Netanyahu Aims to Drive U.S. to War With Iran

Louis Farrakhan | ICH | 12 March 2015 Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the USA to undermine President Barack Obama’s attempt to dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Iran. During a secret recording as reported by Israeli Channel 10 on July 9, 2010, the Israeli PM Netanyahu boastfully…

Accepting Al Qaeda

Foreign Affairs | 9 March 2015 [AM editor’s note: the Orwellian tone of this article cannot be overstated.] The Enemy of the United States’ Enemy Since 9/11, Washington has considered al Qaeda the greatest threat to the United States, one that must be eliminated regardless of cost or time. After Washington killed Osama bin Laden…

How Governments Twist Terrorism

Phillip Giraldi | The American Conservative | 11 March 2015 States craft terror definitions and designations to absolve themselves and satisfy their constituencies. The Washington Post reports that “terrorism trend lines are ‘worse than at any other point in history.’” But what is terrorism? It has frequently been pointed out that “terrorism” is a tactic, not…

Maybe Obama’s Sanctions on Venezuela are Not Really About His “Deep Concern” Over Suppression of Political Rights

Glenn Greenwald | The Intercept | 11 March 2015 The White House on Monday announced the imposition of new sanctions on various Venezuelan officials, pronouncing itself “deeply concerned by the Venezuelan government’s efforts to escalate intimidation of its political opponents”: deeply concerned. President Obama also, reportedly with a straight face, officially declared that Venezuela poses “an extraordinary threat to…

Why is Henry Kissinger Walking Around Free?

Andy Piascik | Counter Currents | 10 March 2015 On September 11, 2013, hundreds of thousands of Chileans solemnly marked the 40th anniversary of their nation’s 9/11 terrorist event. It was on that date in 1973 that the Chilean military, armed with a generous supply of funds and weapons from the United States, and assisted…