June 2011

JO’D response to article:  “Ninety Percent of Captured ‘Taliban’ Were Civilians” by IPS News, 6/12/11 This story should surprise no one who has closely followed Petraeus’ career.  He’s ALWAYS been more of a political operative than a military one. He first caught the media’s eye when he was just a colonel in Iraq, responsible for training the Iraqi National Police… Read More »Responding to some recent articles of interest…

This article represents yet another sorry entry in the NYT’s coverage of the Iraq war. EIGHT YEARS IN, the average report in this newspaper still repeats the same tired canards about Iraq and Moqtada al-Sadr. Some background: – Sadr’s movement is the most popular INDIGENOUS force in the country (which is why he has been such a problem for the… Read More »The New York Times continues to peddle Iraq War lies…

The CRISES we face: 1) Joblessness in America 2) Crumbling infrastructure, roads-dams and education-broadband 3) Imperial national security state with dwindling moral stature and eroding civil liberties 4) Energy paradigm feeds terrorist states and risks global calamity, re: CO2 (per 95% of climate scientists; there’s NO controversy among experts about this dire threat) Note: The deficit is a priority, but… Read More »A Bright Future for America