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Posted by mehdi, at 07:27AM 05/31/08 :
McCain's Claim on US Troop Levels
Note: In fact U.S. forces have NOT returned to pre-surge levels. Before the surge, there were 130,000 troops in Iraq; currently 155,000 and even if the scheduled troop reductions are carried out as planned, there will still be 140,000 troops in Iraq in August.
Posted by mehdi, at 04:34PM 05/30/08 :
Are Ahmadinejad's Days Numbered?
Note: Ali Larijani projected a presidential bearing as he accepted his election as speaker of Iran's parliament on Wednesday — a vote that boded ill for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Larijani's stunning return to center stage in Iranian politics makes two things clear: President Ahmadinejad's hold on power is slipping badly, and next year's Iranian presidential election race is now wide open.
Posted by mehdi, at 01:55PM 05/27/08 and by 1 others:
The jihadist revolt against bin Laden
Note: Although Benotman's public rebuke of Al Qaeda went unnoticed in the United States, it received wide attention in the Arabic press. In repudiating Al Qaeda, Benotman was adding his voice to a rising tide of anger in the Islamic world toward Al Qaeda and its affiliates, whose victims since September 11 have mostly been fellow Muslims.
Posted by mehdi, at 01:51PM 05/27/08 :
Testifying about War Atrocities
Note: US Vets testify About the Horrors of War. An eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners. While the corporate media ignored the story.
Posted by mehdi, at 06:47PM 05/26/08 :
Recount
Note: American politics used to have an establishment, filled with elites who believed in bipartisanship and consensus, and who held together the center in American politics. Conservatives spent decades discrediting and circumventing that establishment. But the establishment remained in place, and it could bring to heel even so popular a figure as Ronald Reagan. The recount was the moment when the Republican Party fully realized that ... the Democrats still believed in the power of the establishment and its ideals. This is a major theme of Recount. Al Gore and his lieutenants agonized about their reputation, their duty, and winning the approval of The New York Times, while Republicans saw the episode as a pure street fight.
Posted by mehdi, at 09:53AM 05/26/08 and by 1 others:
The Post-American World
Note: global civic change is inevitable, that one century's Portugal is another century's Persia is another century's America. No nation is sacred ... Obama and his foreign policy team emphasize "dignity promotion" over "democracy expansion." If that notion itself sounds a wee bit soft, think again. What Mr. Obama believes is that in societies paralyzed by dehumanizing poverty, ethnic and tribal violence, or lacking safe or abundant food and water supplies, not only is there little hope of democracies emerging, there's a much greater chance to germinate terrorist ideas
Posted by mehdi, at 05:41PM 05/23/08 :
Hillary's Tasteless RFK Comment
Note: this wasn't the first time she's said it
Posted by mehdi, at 12:00PM 05/20/08 and by 1 others:
A little learning is a dangerous thing
Note: Ronald Reagan's negotiations with the Evil Empire, Richard Nixon went to China and toasted the greatest mass murderer of them all, Mao Zedong, three years after Nikita Khrushchev drowned the Hungarian revolution in blood, Ike had him up to Camp David, Bush's father negotiated with Syria's Hafez al-Assad, the Butcher of Hama, and made him an American ally in the Gulf War, four Israeli prime ministers negotiated with Arafat.
Posted by mehdi, at 10:08AM 05/18/08 :
Ritter: 90% Chance of an Attack on Iran
Note: He discusses the effectiveness of city council’s antiwar resolutions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ attempt to focus attention on Iraq instead of Iran, Cheney’s role, the chances he’s giving that the U.S. will attack Iran, Iran’s influence in Iraq, the bad Ho Chi Minh Trail analogy, Iran’s possible response to a U.S. military attack, the scenario of a what a war between the U.S. and Iran would look like, Iran’s air defense system, why a U.S. strike on Iran would be the worst thing for Israeli national security, the president’s lack of constitutional authority to go to war, and takes questions from callers.
Posted by mehdi, at 05:39PM 05/17/08 :
A Question of Numbers
Note: In his book "A Survey Of Iran's Revolution" Emad Baghi devoted a brief section to a review of actual death toll pre 1979 revolution. Also see http://essenceofwisdom.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-is-just-reaction-to-unjust-action.html
Posted by mehdi, at 08:35AM 05/17/08 :
Embracing or Appeasing w/ Ahmadinejad
Note: A point not mentioned on embracing or appeasing with the 'Hitler du jour' Ahmadinejad
Posted by mehdi, at 09:33AM 05/15/08 :
The bride is beautiful but she is married to another man !
Note: When the Zionists decided in 1897 to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, the Jews of Vienna despatched a delegation to examine the country for its suitability. The delegation reported back as follows: "the bride is beautiful but she is married to another man". They had found that Palestine to their dismay was already inhabited by another people. And this has been Zionism's central problem ever since. How to "vanish the Palestinians" and get an empty land?
Posted by mehdi, at 11:12AM 05/14/08 :
Obama vs. Israel Lobby
Note: Poor Obama. No matter how much he tries to placate the Israel lobby, they just won't take yes for an answer. Obama's latest ritualized act of kowtowing takes place in the pages of the online edition of The Atlantic. The great problem for Obama is that no matter what he does or says, the Lobby will fight him every inch of the way, and the smears will get more outrageous.
Posted by mehdi, at 07:57AM 05/13/08 and by 1 others:
I'll never vote for a black person
Note: For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially derogatory names (including the white volunteers). And they've endured malicious rants and ugly stereotyping from people who can't fathom that the senator from Illinois could become the first African American president.
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Posted by mehdi, at 07:27AM 05/31/08 :McCain's Claim on US Troop Levels
Note: In fact U.S. forces have NOT returned to pre-surge levels. Before the surge, there were 130,000 troops in Iraq; currently 155,000 and even if the scheduled troop reductions are carried out as planned, there will still be 140,000 troops in Iraq in August.
Posted by mehdi, at 04:34PM 05/30/08 :Are Ahmadinejad's Days Numbered?
Note: Ali Larijani projected a presidential bearing as he accepted his election as speaker of Iran's parliament on Wednesday — a vote that boded ill for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Larijani's stunning return to center stage in Iranian politics makes two things clear: President Ahmadinejad's hold on power is slipping badly, and next year's Iranian presidential election race is now wide open.
Posted by mehdi, at 01:55PM 05/27/08 and by 1 others:The jihadist revolt against bin Laden
Note: Although Benotman's public rebuke of Al Qaeda went unnoticed in the United States, it received wide attention in the Arabic press. In repudiating Al Qaeda, Benotman was adding his voice to a rising tide of anger in the Islamic world toward Al Qaeda and its affiliates, whose victims since September 11 have mostly been fellow Muslims.
Posted by mehdi, at 01:51PM 05/27/08 :Testifying about War Atrocities
Note: US Vets testify About the Horrors of War. An eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners. While the corporate media ignored the story.
Posted by mehdi, at 06:47PM 05/26/08 :Recount
Note: American politics used to have an establishment, filled with elites who believed in bipartisanship and consensus, and who held together the center in American politics. Conservatives spent decades discrediting and circumventing that establishment. But the establishment remained in place, and it could bring to heel even so popular a figure as Ronald Reagan. The recount was the moment when the Republican Party fully realized that ... the Democrats still believed in the power of the establishment and its ideals. This is a major theme of Recount. Al Gore and his lieutenants agonized about their reputation, their duty, and winning the approval of The New York Times, while Republicans saw the episode as a pure street fight.
Posted by mehdi, at 09:53AM 05/26/08 and by 1 others:The Post-American World
Note: global civic change is inevitable, that one century's Portugal is another century's Persia is another century's America. No nation is sacred ... Obama and his foreign policy team emphasize "dignity promotion" over "democracy expansion." If that notion itself sounds a wee bit soft, think again. What Mr. Obama believes is that in societies paralyzed by dehumanizing poverty, ethnic and tribal violence, or lacking safe or abundant food and water supplies, not only is there little hope of democracies emerging, there's a much greater chance to germinate terrorist ideas
Posted by mehdi, at 05:41PM 05/23/08 :Hillary's Tasteless RFK Comment
Note: this wasn't the first time she's said it
Posted by mehdi, at 12:00PM 05/20/08 and by 1 others:A little learning is a dangerous thing
Note: Ronald Reagan's negotiations with the Evil Empire, Richard Nixon went to China and toasted the greatest mass murderer of them all, Mao Zedong, three years after Nikita Khrushchev drowned the Hungarian revolution in blood, Ike had him up to Camp David, Bush's father negotiated with Syria's Hafez al-Assad, the Butcher of Hama, and made him an American ally in the Gulf War, four Israeli prime ministers negotiated with Arafat.
Posted by mehdi, at 10:08AM 05/18/08 :Ritter: 90% Chance of an Attack on Iran
Note: He discusses the effectiveness of city council’s antiwar resolutions, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ attempt to focus attention on Iraq instead of Iran, Cheney’s role, the chances he’s giving that the U.S. will attack Iran, Iran’s influence in Iraq, the bad Ho Chi Minh Trail analogy, Iran’s possible response to a U.S. military attack, the scenario of a what a war between the U.S. and Iran would look like, Iran’s air defense system, why a U.S. strike on Iran would be the worst thing for Israeli national security, the president’s lack of constitutional authority to go to war, and takes questions from callers.
Posted by mehdi, at 05:39PM 05/17/08 :A Question of Numbers
Note: In his book "A Survey Of Iran's Revolution" Emad Baghi devoted a brief section to a review of actual death toll pre 1979 revolution. Also see http://essenceofwisdom.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-is-just-reaction-to-unjust-action.html
Posted by mehdi, at 08:35AM 05/17/08 :Embracing or Appeasing w/ Ahmadinejad
Note: A point not mentioned on embracing or appeasing with the 'Hitler du jour' Ahmadinejad
Posted by mehdi, at 09:33AM 05/15/08 :The bride is beautiful but she is married to another man !
Note: When the Zionists decided in 1897 to establish a Jewish state in Palestine, the Jews of Vienna despatched a delegation to examine the country for its suitability. The delegation reported back as follows: "the bride is beautiful but she is married to another man". They had found that Palestine to their dismay was already inhabited by another people. And this has been Zionism's central problem ever since. How to "vanish the Palestinians" and get an empty land?
Posted by mehdi, at 11:12AM 05/14/08 :Obama vs. Israel Lobby
Note: Poor Obama. No matter how much he tries to placate the Israel lobby, they just won't take yes for an answer. Obama's latest ritualized act of kowtowing takes place in the pages of the online edition of The Atlantic. The great problem for Obama is that no matter what he does or says, the Lobby will fight him every inch of the way, and the smears will get more outrageous.
Posted by mehdi, at 07:57AM 05/13/08 and by 1 others:I'll never vote for a black person
Note: For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially derogatory names (including the white volunteers). And they've endured malicious rants and ugly stereotyping from people who can't fathom that the senator from Illinois could become the first African American president.
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