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  Your own private ‘Crawford’ (Texas) posted by quin, 2008-08-17 00:10:03
G W Bush cut a very lonely/ALIENATED figure at a press conference at his ranch in Crawford, Texas today. Like a demented parrot he continued to repeat “demands” that Russia withdraw from ‘sovereign’ Georgian territory, all the while completely unaware that his ‘demands’ inadvertently attract attention to the hundreds of (UNWANTED) U.S. military bases throughout the world! (full story)
peace/war / international
 Rice demands immediate Russian withdrawal from Georgia posted by Kingfisher, 2008-08-16 06:10:44
[It hurts doesn’t it?] We are all apt to overlook glaring indicators during frantic media bombardments of mis/disinformation, especially the one currently raging over Georgia’s unprovoked attack on South Ossetia. But note the tone of desperation in the media today! The measured and calculated propaganda campaigns delivered during the illegal Balkan and Iraq interventions are gone; they have been replaced by a truly mindless, disjointed rhetoric punctuated with hysterical simian screeching from Georgia and Texas. (full story)
peace/war / international
Historic Aussie Battle remembered posted by major mitchell, 2008-08-14 05:02:40
Long Tan is without doubt one of the bravest and most heroic battles in WORLD history. There were 300 Spartans bathed in myth and then there were 160 real Aussie fighting men of extraordinary valour and bravery. A handful of Aussie troops fought approximately 1600 North Vietnamese Regulars and WON the battle. (full story)
peace/war / national
 Headline: “Rice warns Russia of int'l isolation” posted by barra, 2008-08-14 03:36:30
Secretary of State and presidential fellatrice, Condoleezza Rice, has excelled in more ways than one this week. First, let’s establish hard reality; the cesspool of American spin, propaganda and flagrant LIES associated with the Georgian fiasco is a clear indication of desperation in the ranks of the Bush administration -- which is unravelling at speed since the GROSS MISCALCULATION of urging Georgian (lunatic) President, Saakashvili, to mount a military strike on civilians in South Ossetia. (full story)
peace/war / international
 Keep your eye on the tactical Pipeline-Oil wars posted by dingo, 2008-08-13 03:06:17
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, today rightly dismissed Georgian president, Saakashvili, as a “lunatic” and “bastard terrorist” after Georgia’s unprovoked attack on South Ossetia -- which resulted in thousands of civilian deaths. Callous US/NATO strategists, utilising a very reluctant Saakashvili, intentionally targeted innocent Ossetian civilians, but why? The Georgian president’s life in now in danger from furious Georgians AND WESTERN FORCES who would stand to gain in the propaganda war if Saakashvili were assassinated and the murder blamed on Russia! (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 Orchestrated wars: three times is one time too many! posted by finn, 2008-08-11 22:28:07
The ILLEGAL unprovoked, U.S. backed attack on civilian targets in South Ossetia by Georgian forces is now an extremely familiar strategy. First used to great effect in recent times on Yugoslavia, then Iraq – LIES, provocation, response, escalation, destabilisation then FRAGMENTATION, U.S. bases and occupation forces – modern imperialist method in other words. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 War in the Caucasus posted by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky via rialator, 2008-08-10 22:58:21
During the night of August 7, coinciding with the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Georgia's president Saakashvili ordered an all-out military attack on Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia.
The aerial bombardments and ground attacks were largely directed against civilian targets including residential areas, hospitals and the university. The provincial capital Tskhinvali was destroyed. The attacks resulted in some 1500 civilian deaths, according to both Russian and Western sources. "The air and artillery bombardment left the provincial capital without water, food, electricity and gas. Horrified civilians crawled out of the basements into the streets as fighting eased, looking for supplies." (AP, August 9, 2008). According to reports, some 34,000 people from South Ossetia have fled to Russia. (Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, August 10, 2008) (full story)
peace/war / international
NATO provoked aggression in Georgia posted by major mitchell, 2008-08-09 21:27:50
Russia has finally responded to NATO/US attempts to encircle and compromise its defences. After promising to support its traditional ally Serbia, regarding the illegal secession of Kosovo, and failing to do anything but whimper, the Western orchestrated secession occurred. Russia rightly became the laughing stock of the developed world and was thereafter perceived to be a vacillating, timid and weak State -- a fallen superpower! Has the situation changed this week with Russian military intervention in South Ossetia? I think not, and professional opinion seems to support this view. (full story and 3 comments)
peace/war / international
 Mullen warns against USS Liberty redux posted by Staff report PTV via reed, 2008-08-04 21:37:39
The top American military officer has warned Israel against orchestrating 'USS Liberty Part II' to provoke a US-led war against Iran. (full story)
peace/war / international
  McCain, Anthrax & the Afghan Blunder posted by Robert Parry via reed, 2008-08-03 10:29:52
The scene of John McCain – during the anthrax attacks in October 2001 – opining to David Letterman that Iraq might be responsible underscores McCain’s central role in what may go down as one of the biggest strategic blunders in U.S. military history, the premature pivot from Afghanistan to Iraq. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 Obama falls victim to propaganda posted by Eric Margolis via rialator, 2008-07-20 21:45:44
Barack Obama wants to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan, which he calls the real front on the "war on terror." He also has repeated threats to attack Pakistan "if necessary." One understands Obama's need to sound macho. Rival John McCain has been beating his chest, proclaiming, "I know how to win wars." Polls show Americans trust McCain three to one over Obama as a war leader. Unfortunately, recent U.S. presidents seem to require small military conflicts to prove their political virility. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
 Lost Republic: America normalises War posted by budgie, 2008-07-16 21:57:44
Normalisation, in the social context, means taken as natural/accepted/given, something NOT unusual, foreign or affronting! Who would have ever imagined that WAR would be normalised in the USA? Yet Republican candidate, John McCain, boasts and utilises WAR rhetoric as a campaign strategy to WIN THE PRESIDENCY! “I know how to win wars,” he boasts, notwithstanding the fact there is no evidence to support his demented claim! Nevertheless, his insane ranting is accepted by the community as ‘normal’ – the FACT he is running for the HIGHEST OFFICE in the land confirms the grotesque cultural transformation America has undergone in the last eight years. (full story)
peace/war / international
Not funny, ‘Merika! posted by quill, 2008-07-08 23:28:03
Every nation has its extremists, nutcases and demented morons; they are usually secreted away in appropriate social spaces designed to deal with the mentally unbalanced. However, in America and the Middle East homicidal maniacs and demented buffoons rise to become leaders of nations. (full story)
peace/war / international
Insane U.S. gearing up for all-out WAR posted by finn, 2008-07-07 11:54:31
Let’s not kid ourselves any longer; the psychopathic Bush regime leaves no doubt as to its intentions; it continues to encircle and provoke Russia and China into a confrontation. Bush, in typical American delusory fashion, believes he can deliver a knockout blow and take the prize – impossible, but in a sense Bush has no other choice. (full story and 4 comments)
peace/war / international
 Civilian death toll – unacceptable/indictable! posted by yarra, 2008-07-04 23:38:33
AFGHANISTAN -- "US-led air raid kills 22 civilians", Reuters UK reports on July 4. We need not go into detail, as it’s now a very familiar story. Whether it’s from unmanned drones, long distance artillery or missile attacks the result is all too familiar. The U.S. today is able to boast humanitarian offences and war crimes that dwarf the numbers achieved by African and Asian despots in the past. (full story and 1 comments)
peace/war / international
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