A couple of weeks before Bush’s accidental admission of war crimes against Iraq I came across photos of our small protests in Kirksville, MO against the first Gulf War in 1990. After that war there was a period of economic sanctions then of course, the second war.
As we focus on Putin’s aggression we should remember our (US) own foreign policy and actions in Iraq and the Middle East. And, for that matter, US conduct globally for the past 70 years.
The Irregular Times officially covers Bush and Co. torture better than CNN and other corporate media… and they do it from the bathroom. Video: I Can Cover Torture Better Than CNN from my Bathroom!: “
Another day dawns in which the New York Times utterly fails to cover the fact that George W. Bush not only knew of but came out and said ‘I approved’ of the use of torture by the United States government. 18 square inches devoted to dancing nuns? That’s news the paper finds ‘fit to print.’ But not the involvement of the president in a conspiracy to commit torture.
On the television, CNN has devoted not one minute, not one second to the news that your president is at the head of a criminal torture conspiracy. This has so driven me to distraction that I’ve decided I could generate better news coverage from my own bathroom:
BNN: the Bathroom News Network. Yes, it’s unpolished. No, there are no tympanies. But it’s not dirty if it’s true.
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Juan Cole of Informed Comment has posted the Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006 and it is a very good read.
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A few articles from the Irregular Times worth checking. First read Jonathan’s
September 11 Was Nothing Compared to This:
Think that the attacks of September 11, 2001 were bad? Three thousand dead civilians. That’s pretty bad, right?
Still, that’s nothing compared to the attacks the people in Iraq have suffered as a result of the American invasion and occupation there. A new report from the United Nations indicates that 6,500 civilians in Iraq have been killed, and many of them tortured first, in the last two months alone.
If we unleashed a global war seeking vengeance for our 3,000 dead, what will the desperate Iraqis do now?
Someone come on here and talk to me about how war is a good tool for solving problems. Come on. Do it. I really want to see what kind of twisted argument pro-war people are coming up with now.
Then there is Jim’s write-up regarding the torture authorized by Bush and the logic of Fox News’ John Gibson: Gibson: It’s Not Torture Because I Say So? It’s Torture Because The Law Says So.:
John Gibson wrote a column for FOX News yesterday that I’d like you to read in its entirety.
Jim has also written a good bit regarding Bush’s continued abandonment of the the Constitution and the willingness of the GOP to go along:
The New York Times reports tonight that the members of the Republican Party in Congress and George W. Bush have agreed on legislation, with enough votes to pass, that will bring two formerly illegal Bush administration practices under the law:
1. People accused of being terrorists will be tried under military tribunal, rather than through a trial by jury.
2. In these tribunal proceedings, people accused of being terrorists will not be able to confront witnesses when the identity of those witnesses are classified, and will not be able to obtain any classified evidence for their own defense.
Well, excuse me, but whatever became of the Sixth Amendment to our very own United States Constitution?
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Not a surprise at all. With each day it looks like Bush and his fellow war criminal lunatics are moving closer to the next stupid war of aggression. Of course the corporate media, as they did with Iraq, is going along for the ride. No sir, no need to question anything, just faithfully regurgitate the talking points.
From what I’m reading the war has already started. Not the big bombing phase of it but on the ground preperation. Insanity. Bush and co. are starting another war even as Iraq continues to go from low intensity civil war towards all out civil war. Afghanistan is by no means stable. Where’s the money going to come from to support these wars? Oh, and there’s this little matter of a military stretched far, far beyond its capacity.
I’m not sure what’s more insane, Bush and Co. or his loyal gotta kill the tarrists at all costs supporters. While his supporters and the supporters of war seem to decline in numbers they’re still out there and they’re scary…. they seem incapable of reason. They want blood and violence, they support torture and war crimes because they’re dear leader tells them it is needed to defend America. These folks will believe anything at all as long as dear leader tells them it is so. It’s not just scary, it’s sad.
A few articles of note, both from the Booman Tribune:
Iran: “The plan has gone to the White House”
According to retired USAF Colonel Sam Gardiner, as interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN yesterday, Bush has received from the Pentagon its plan to attack Iran. Read the transcript (courtesy Think progress)
US Navy Told to Prepare to Blockade Iran
It’s looking more and more as if Bush’s October surprise really will be war with Iran. From the current edition of TIME magazine: The first message was routine enough: a “Prepare to Deploy” order sent through naval communications channels to a submarine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two minesweepers and two mine hunters.…
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