Our tax dollars at work… July 17, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Political Islam, Iraq, Islam/Arab Phobia, US, World, So-called Democrats, Palestine, Iran, US Congress, Lebanon , add a comment
We, US tax payers, are paying for this Killing, maiming, devastating Arab people and lands, at will, with the tacit and overt support of the “civilized” (sic) world. The US media has been its usual self, blind to Arab suffering, supportive of the Israeli gratuitous onslaught on Lebanon and conducive of its sickening lies and propaganda.
I’ve been nauseated having to follow the news all week-end on CNN, the reporting is so incredibly distorted and ignorant. I remain particularly disgusted by the utter silence from US “lefty” blogs. Crimes against humanity are going on in Lebanon, and the American left tries to cover it up. As for the so-called Democrats in Congress, Barbara Boxer, Diane Feinstein, Joe Biden… outdid themselves on the network, lying for Israel, covering up crimes of a massive scale conducted against Lebanon and its people. John McCain, and a few other bush types were also on, doint Israel’s dirty work of deception and misinformation. (more…)
More head games May 8, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : General, Political Islam, US, World, Iran , add a comment
pic via telegraph.co.uk
I don’t know about you but these guys look dead serious to me. That said, apparently, Iranians are laughing at Blair for Labour poll results and has Ahmadinejad really sent a letter to Bush? That’s what the Yahoo headlines sitting in my inbox have been telling me all day. Curiouser and curiouser - or not so curious, really, when you think about it. After all, wasn’t the game of chess invented in Iran?
Kevin Zeese has it going on April 25, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : So-called Democrats, Palestine, Maryland, Iran, US Congress , add a commentUnless you’re morally bankrupt, it is not possible to listen to what Kevin Zeese has to say and not want to support his campaign. The entire piece is well worth a read but here are some choice quotes, pointing out the obvious to the willfully blind:
I wonder who signed this ugly sounding thing - one more is a sea of daily aggression:
He [Zeese] said the question of whether the hawkish, hard-right, pro-Israeli Lobby in America wants to see war with Iran gets answered in an ad which was in the New York Times, the Financial Times, and other newspapers. Its a full page ad by the American Jewish Committee, put out on April 4th. The center of the bulls eye is Iran and the headline is: Can Anyone Within Range of Irans Missiles Feel Safe? I think thats a pretty inflammatory ad. Its signed by more than a hundred people…I think its a pretty strong indication of where the Lobby stands. That isnt the only proof we have that the hawkish Israeli Lobby wants to go to war.
Inflammatory? That’s putting it mildly. I wonder who were all these signatories and what their motives truly are, other than hate. They sure as hell aren’t motivated by anyone’s wellbeing in the US. (more…)
“Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change” April 18, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : Washington Consensus, World, Iran , add a commentA must read review of what seems to be a must read book from former NYTimes correspondant Stephen Kinzer.
“Overthrow” is the history of forcible regime changes by the United States and its local allies over the past 110 years, starting with the undermining of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, passing through Cuba (1898), the Philippines (1898), Iran (1953), Guatemala (1954) and elsewhere, and ending with present-day Iraq.
All of this with the noblest of intentions, no doubt:
But if you are going to use the argument that making a successful geopolitical omelet requires breaking eggs, you’d better have something edible to show for all the shattered shells lying around. As Kinzer makes clear, the problem is that all too many of the interventions he recounts were not just utterly ruthless; they were utterly unnecessary.
In pax americana, breaking eggs = collateral damage - mostly Arab, and mostly Muslim of late.
Dialogue de sourds… lost in translation? April 14, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : Islam/Arab Phobia, US, World, Iran , add a commentEither the newswire translation services suck or the Iranian president is out of his mind. I mean, seriously, I’d like to hear from some Iranians who can get back to transcript of his speeches in Persian and tell us what’s what.
Look at the headlines right now on Yahoo News:
# Iran Leader: Israel Will Be Annihilated AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
# Iran president: “Zionist regime” a threat Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Somebody is being utterly irresponsible; I’m just not clear who, and for what purpose. I have no doubt that Ahmadinejad is defiant, I just don’t think he has the murderous intentions the western press wants to assign to him.
Mutiny in the ranks?
Posted by Delilah in : Iraq, Islam/Arab Phobia, Washington Consensus, Iran , add a comment
Pics from the NY Times via Huffington Post.
There is far too much military worship in this country, if you ask me. I don’t like to see the military getting involved in politics or policy, frankly. They are entitled to their opinion, I suppose, and the’ have their own internal channels to voice their dissent if necessary. I appreciate the civilian leadership as established in the Constitution, so I’m not prone to wanting to hear from the military. As far as I know, the military was cheering on the Iraq invasion, let’s never forget that.
Sy Hersh’s TV and radio interviews
Posted by Delilah in : Political Islam, Iraq, Islam/Arab Phobia, Iran , add a commentThanks to Scott Horton at Antiwar.com for the nice summary of links to Sy Hersh’s interviews where he expands on his piece in the New Yorker about attack plans against Iran, including “tactical nukes”.
Crooks and Liars has the video of Hersh on Wolf Blitzer’s show.
Amy Goodman also interviewed him on Democracy Now . This is a Must See/Hear/Read.
Scott also asks: “Who knew Iran’s government had offered to recognise Israel?!”. I have to say, I was shocked too when I heard Hersh say this.
