Larisa Alexandrovna, investigative reporter for RawStory.com, discusses the not very secret covert war against Iran, the ‘have the military do it instead of the CIA’ loophole in the oversight statutes, different levels of covert operators, the outsourcing of terrorism to the MEK and Jundullah, in Iran, Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon, why it seems it was Cheney’s crew who leaked the story of this ‘new’ CIA finding to Brian Ross last week and more.

From tonight's debate: A man in the audience asks: What is the most pressing moral issue of our time and your solution to it? Dr. Ron Paul answered that preemptive war is the biggest threat. "I think it is the acceptance just recently that we now promote preemptive war. I do not believe that’s part of the American tradition. We in the past have always declared war in the defense of our liberties or go to aid somebody, but now we have accepted the principle of preemptive war. We have rejected...

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Romney: I refuse to answer. It was Saddam's fault. He wouldn't let the IAEA in. (Pure lie) Giuliani: Iraq invasion "absolutely" right thing. Promises more wars to come. "Iran is not ten years away from nuclear weapons." McCain: NIE? Huh? The sanctions were up, we had to invade. Brownback: NIE? Never heard of it. Let's cut Iraq in three. Divide and Conquer, like the British. Gilmore: I love war too. It's okay if they didn't read the NIE. McCain: If surge doesn't "work," we'll do it more. Maybe...

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‘If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts. That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down the government policy that allows stations and networks to be fined if they broadcast shows containing obscene language.’ (New York Times, Tuesday) Simply ummazing, the smarmy bastages aren't above...

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Just like I said when the story broke. LA Times: Aviation experts cautioned Saturday that the alleged plot targeting John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York would have faced many hurdles, not least of which is the fact that jet fuel does not easily explode. "The level of catastrophe that may be created is much more limited than most people would expect," said Rafi Ron, former head of security at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport. "The fuel that we are talking about is...

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Who is it this time?  None other than Ricardo Sanchez, former commander of the Iraq occupation.  Gen. Sanchez says that we have a crisis of "leadership" in America and must do better.  Wow, how did he figure that one out?  He does not think that America can "win" in Iraq although we may be able to "stave off defeat" by doing "the right things".  How can we do this?  No doubt by applying the standard US foreign policy of the three "B's", a policy of guaranteed failure that no longer works in a...

According to the 2007 Amnesty International report, available online here: The government and its international partners were unable to ensure security and a climate of political uncertainty grew in the course of the year. Armed conflict, marked by aerial bombardments and suicide bombings, escalated in southern parts of the country. At least 1,000 civilians were killed. Poor governance, the power of regional commanders and the impact of narcotics undermined the rule of law and human rights....

We are doomed to die in a system of Bolshevik slavery.

(cross-posted from my blog) As I have written in a previous post, the "election" of an openly Fascist President in 2008 is almost certain. The USA already has an Imperial Presidency (the politically correct term for which is "unitary executive") and this trend will only get worse no matter which Neocon puppet gets elected in 2008. Only two candidate - Ron Paul and Mike Gravel - are real democrats (small "d"), and neither of them has any real hope of getting elected. As Chalmer Johnson wrote in...

They lied to get us into Iraq and they are lying to keep US there...  We keep yapping and tapping about whatever while people keep dying.  Ron Paul talks about getting out of Iraq, Mike Gravel actually has a plan to do it.  The longer that we allow the bozos in charge to play us, the more the body count grows and the more innocent blood that is on our hands...  Time to wake up.