U.S. Continues to Stand by Bahrain

by | Jan 14, 2014 |

By Amanda Ufheil-Somers, FPIF Chuck Hagel's paeans to "political reform" in the Gulf must have sounded strange to political prisoners in repressive Bahrain, where he delivered his remarks. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was full of tough talk when he visited the island kingdom of Bahrain in early December. The United States, he vowed, will continue to guard 'the free flow of energy and commerce' from the Persian Gulf and keep Iran nuclear-free, through the presence of 35,000 U.S. military...

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by | Jan 14, 2014 |

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01/14/14 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 14, 2014 |

Adam Morrow, an IPS News journalist based in Cairo, discusses the popular support and opposition to Egypt's constitutional referendum; the credulous young Egyptians who effectively protested in support of renewed military dictatorship; and why civil war could result from divisive army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's promotion to president.

01/14/14 – Jeff Kaye – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 14, 2014 |

Jeff Kaye, a psychologist and writer at Firedoglake, discusses how the Army Field Manual continues an official US government policy of torture; why the American public thinks (wrongly) that torture ended after the Abu Ghraib scandal; the "torture by fine print" in appendix M; and the very real and lasting physical effects of psychological torture.

War Is A Racket By Major General Smedley Butler 1935

by | Jan 13, 2014 |

CHAPTER ONE War Is A Racket War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small "inside" group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the...

01/13/14 – Reza Marashi – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 13, 2014 |

Reza Marashi, Research Director for the National Iranian American Council, discusses the interim implementation deal on Iran's nuclear program; the need for diplomatic progress to prevent hardliners from taking control of the situation in Iran and the US; and why new sanctions will advance - not stop - Iran's nuclear program.

War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne 1918

by | Jan 12, 2014 |

To most Americans of the classes which consider themselves significant the war [World War I] brought a sense of the sanctity of the State which, if they had had time to think about it, would have seemed a sudden and surprising alteration in their habits of thought. In times of peace, we usually ignore the State in favour of partisan political controversies, or personal struggles for office, or the pursuit of party policies. It is the Government rather than the State with which the politically...

Ariel Sharon is Finally Dead

by | Jan 12, 2014 |

Here's Max Blumenthal's obituary of the infamous child killer: A central player in Israeli affairs since the state’s inception, Ariel Sharon molded history according to his own stark vision. He won consent for his plans through ruthlessness and guile, and resorted to force when he could not find any. An accused war criminal who presided over the killing of thousands of civilians, his foes referred to him as 'The Bulldozer.' To those who revered him as a strong-armed protector and patron saint...

01/12/14 – Barry Lando – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 12, 2014 |

Barry Lando, former producer for 60 Minutes and author of The Watchman's File, discusses the American legacy in Iraq, including Saddam Hussein's early days in power, America's role in the Iran-Iraq War, the 1991 Gulf War, and the calculated destruction of Iraq's civilian infrastructure during post-war sanctions.