Right after Obama began his SOTU speech with a plea asking civillians to emulate his military, the military justice system whitewashed the Haditha Massacre and its coverup. That was one of many war crimes committed by US troops that led Iraq to reject Obama’s effort to continue the military occupation by refusing to continue the exemption of US troops from Iraqi law.
Tag: war
“Unmarked NATO warplanes are arriving at Turkish military bases close to Iskenderum on the Syrian border, delivering weapons from the late Muammar Gaddafi’s arsenals as well as volunteers from the Libyan Transitional National Council who are experienced in pitting local volunteers against trained soldiers, a skill they acquired confronting Gaddafi’s army.”
-Philip Giraldi, formerly of the CIA, in the American Conservative
“The United States appears to be using a strategy in Syria that it has perfected over the years, having succeeded most recently in Libya: arming small paramilitary groups loyal to U.S. interests that claim to speak for the native population; these militants then attack the targeted government the U.S. would like to see overthrown —including terrorist bombings — and when the attacked government defends itself, the U.S. cries “genocide” or “mass murder,” while calling for foreign military intervention.
“This is the strategy that the U.S. is using to channel the Arab Spring into the bloody dead end of foreign military intervention.”
-Shamus Cooke in Truthout
“How can you pretend to vehemently oppose the slaughter of foreign civilians, the deprivation of due process, a posture of Endless War, radical secrecy, etc., when the President behind whom you’re faithfully marching is an aggressive advocate and implementer of those very policies?”
-Glenn Greenwald poses a simple question
“I wonder what all those guys Obama beat out for the Nobel Peace Prize are doing now.”
-The Onion raises a valid point
Occupation
We must recognize that no one beholden to Big Money can lead America towards being a truly democratic republic.
A Radical Proposal
Want to end the threat of terrorism against this country? Put George Bush on trial for war crimes.
The U.S. Army reported that 32 soldiers committed suicide during the month of July, the highest number since figures started being released in 2009.
–Harper’s Weekly, linking to the Washington Post
“It is telling indeed how virtually all political good news — all national celebrations — now involve America’s ability to kill the latest Bad Guy.”
-Glenn Greenwald on war cheerleading, and the sacred defense budget
Burning Pakistan
Bush Gifted
Obama Granted
-Pakistani protest sign