Friday, October 30, 2009

Today's Lessons of Daniel Ellsberg

By David Swanson
October 30, 2009

On Thursday night, I had the privilege of viewing a premiere of a film together with its star. The theater was in the U.S. Capitol, and the film was "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers."

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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War

By Ray McGovern
October 30, 2009

The White Man’s Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center Thursday morning at a RAND-sponsored discussion of Afghanistan in the Russell Senate Office Building.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Al-Qaeda Outwitted Bush, Neocons

By Robert Parry
October 29, 2009

As security worsens in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is clear that al-Qaeda and its Taliban allies outwitted President George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers by tying down U.S. forces in Iraq for five years while the Islamic militants rebuilt their forces for the war on their “central front.”

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Letting States Opt-in for Single-Payer

By David Swanson
October 28, 2009

The absence of a civilized healthcare system in the United States, almost alone among wealthy nations, results in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths every year.

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Inside Bush's Motivational Speech

By Leslie Harris
October 28, 2009

George W. Bush was scheduled to be one of the “inspirational speakers” at a “Get Motivated!” seminar at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena. The irony was not missed by many of us that Bush and his administration were less than inspirational.

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WPost Misleads on Afghan History

By Melvin A. Goodman
October 28, 2009

The Washington Post is creating its own facts in order to support its argument for U.S. nation-building in Afghanistan.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Afghanistan Tests Obama's 'Patriotism'

By Ivan Eland
October 27, 2009

A recent article in the New York Times reported that the military has become frustrated with President Barack Obama because he hasn’t quickly decided to risk more of their lives in an Afghan war that is likely to be unwinnable.

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On Public Option, MSM Got It Wrong

By Robert Parry
October 27, 2009

The American mainstream media is in another snit, having misjudged the prospects for the public option on health care almost as completely as big-time journalists bungled the reporting on the Iraq War and a host of other important stories during George W. Bush’s presidency.

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