On the U.S. Military Industrial Complex

Here are some terrific video clips of President Eisenhower and, more recently, of former Alaskan Senator Mike Gravel.  As Gravel plainly states, no president since Eisenhower has dared to talk about the elephant in the room, the military industrial complex.  Our leaders rarely speak of it because it has so…

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The fraudulent “war on terror” in a nutshell

In an alternet.org article entitled "The Mega-Lie Called the 'War on Terror': A Masterpiece of Propaganda," Richard Behan sums up the evidence exposing the "War on Terror" for what it really is: a repulsive attempt to achieve world dominance through militaristic means.  The article includes a succinct chronology substantiating the…

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Vengefulness, bigotry and machismo as justifications for U.S. Middle East meddling

I recently discussed American foreign policy with an attorney over lunch.  Over the years, this fellow had generally shown himself to be thoughtful on many issues.  He is a meticulous lawyer, charged with parsing out bits of relevant evidence regarding the dozens of cases on which he works every day. It eventually became…

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It’s time to bomb Iran, per FOX

If you somehow haven't yet figured out how the incessant lies of FOX led us to begin the senseless bloody occupation of Iraq, you can catch it all again. Except it's about Iran now. This video comparing the FOX campaigns against Iraq and Iran is almost unbelievable. Is there anyone…

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