Because "it's too heavy and slow." Via Laurence M. Vance: "The Pentagon's pursuit of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet has been a heartbreaking one. If you're a tax payer, the program's estimated $1 trillion price tag probably breaks your heart a little bit. If you're an aviation enthusiast, the constant whittling away of the do-it-all aircraft's features, which in many cases actually amounts to adding weight and taking away maneuverability, must hurt a little bit, too. "If you're...
‘Moral Injury’ in the Terror War
Apparently "Kill! Kill! Kill! Blood Makes the Grass Grow!" is not working well enough anymore at destroying the consciences of young American G.I.s Well I guess we need to find a better way to help normal people deal with the psychopathic acts the government hired them to commit. You know, or stop getting into evil imperial wars all the time.
Poor Babies
NYT: Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do "In the first study of its kind, researchers with the Defense Department have found that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan." More.
Ron Paul Takes On Education
This ought to be good.
The Heroic Spirit of Business
Lew Rockwell talks to John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods.
Antiwar Radio 2/22/13
Tonight on Antiwar Radio: Patrick Cockburn on Iraq, 10 years later. 6:30 to 7:00 90.7 FM KPFK in L.A. http://kpfk.org
Israel OKs Cheney Firm to Drill in Occupied Golan
Well they better, right? After all he's done for them.
Jeremy Hammond speaks out from solitary confinement
Jeremy Hammond is the accused Anonymous hacker facing life in prison for hacking Stratfor. Life. Though the presiding judge's husband was compromised in the hack, she refuses to recuse herself from the case. Also, Hammond has released a statement from solitary confinement. On Thursday morning, the judge overseeing Jeremy Hammond's trial for his alleged involvement in the famed LulzSec Stratfor hack refused to step down from presiding over the case, despite a reported conflict of interest....
02/22/13 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, journalist with The Independent, discusses how the civil war in Syria is inspiring Iraq's restive Sunni population; why Baghdad still has nonfunctional sewers and electricity even though billions of dollars have been spent; the Sunni protestors who are denied government representation and jobs; and the scant media coverage on Iraq after the US withdrawal.
02/22/13 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the US's very low standards for kidnapping and torturing suspects in the War on Terror; the continuing "colossal miscarriages of justice" for innocent victims; the Spanish courts taking action after the US failed to hold anyone accountable; the political cowardice preventing the release of Guantanamo prisoners cleared by Obama's task force; and why indefinite detention without trial is the hallmark of dictatorships, not democracies.
02/22/13 – Christian Stork – The Scott Horton Show
Christian Stork, a journalist with WhoWhatWhy, discusses his article "The Saga of Barrett Brown: Inside Anonymous And The War On Secrecy;" the federal criminal charges against Brown (who has been jailed since September 2012) that could amount to a life sentence; Brown's research effort (ProjectPM) to crowdsource the 75,000+ Anonymous-procured emails from private security/intelligence contractor HBGary; and the law firms and front groups paid to damage the reputations of activists and...
02/22/13 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Mondoweiss blogger Philip Weiss discusses the outcome of Israel's election; Netanyahu's strange coalition of centrists and right-wingers; the liberal American Zionists who have faith that Obama and/or the EU can make Israel's government more moderate; why apartheid means the end of the Jewish Israeli state; the mainstream media's newfound ability to question and criticize Israel; and how Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings have drawn needed attention to the Israel lobby.
When solitude is torture By George F. Will
'Zero Dark Thirty,' a nominee for Sunday’s Oscar for Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, which ended in 2003, was used on only three suspects [tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans were tortured by George F. Will's buddies in the wars that he mongered. -ed]. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of American prison inmates are kept in protracted solitary confinement that arguably constitutes torture and probably violates the...
02/20/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his upcoming book Manufactured Crisis: A History of the Iranian Nuclear Scare; his article on the investigation of the July 2012 Israeli tourist bus bombing, "Bulgarian Revelations Explode Hezbollah Bombing 'Hypothesis;'" how Israel and the US are scheming to get Hezbollah on the EU terrorist organization list; clues that point to Al-Qaeda involvement in the Bulgaria bus bombing; the significance of the 1996 Khobar Towers attack in Saudi Arabia; and...
02/20/13 – Nathan Fuller – The Scott Horton Show
Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning Support Network discusses the upcoming international protests on February 23rd against Bradley Manning's 1000 days locked in jail without trial; how Manning's defense has been hurt by unfavorable pretrial rulings; the government's unprecedented interpretation of "aiding the enemy;" and the persecution of whistleblowers and leakers of information unfavorable to the government (favorable leaks are A-OK).
