Monthly Archives: August 2010

US Military Bases on Guam in Global Perspective

US Military Bases on Guam in Global Perspective Catherine Lutz The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus The island of Guam is a most remarkable place of cultural distinctiveness and resourcefulness and of great physical beauty. The Chamorro people who have lived … Continue reading

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A history of folly, from the Trojan horse to Afghanistan

A history of folly, from the Trojan horse to Afghanistan By recording failure in meticulous detail, the leaked war logs bear devastating witness to our incompetence Simon Jenkins Guardian.co.uk 27 July 2010 Is it the death of war? In Vietnam … Continue reading

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US “Sparked Russian Spy Sensation” in the Wake of WikiLeaks Broadside

US “Sparked Russian Spy Sensation” in the Wake of WikiLeaks Broadside by Robert Bridge RT – Russia Today 27 July, 2010 In an effort to distract attention from the release of thousands of secret documents on the Afghanistan War, the … Continue reading

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US Treasury Running on Fumes: The Obama regime has made War the Business of America

US Treasury Running on Fumes: The Obama regime has made War the Business of America Down to the last trillion in red ink by Paul Craig Roberts Global Research August 2, 2010 The White House is screaming like a stuck … Continue reading

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Decade of Declining Home Prices Ahead

Decade of Declining Home Prices Ahead by Mike Whitney Global Research August 2, 2010 The housing depression will last for a decade or more. This is by design. The Fed has been working with the banks to withhold inventory so … Continue reading

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Corpulent Country: Obesity in the USA

Corpulent Country: Obesity in the USA by Prof. John Kozy Global Research August 2, 2010 Over the past three decades, obesity has been recognized as a public health problem in America. Yet despite much publicity, talk, and effort, a recent … Continue reading

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Is the U.S. Violating Turkmenistan’s Neutrality with the NDN?

Is the U.S. Violating Turkmenistan’s Neutrality with the NDN? by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick EurasiaNet August 1, 2010 As EurasiaNet has reported about payments the U.S. made to Turkmenistan to use its airspace in violation of normal procedures, the Central Asian … Continue reading

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Preparing for World War III – Targeting Iran

Preparing for World War III – Targeting Iran Part I: Global Warfare by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research August 1, 2010 Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. War preparations to attack Iran are in “an advanced state of readiness”. Hi tech … Continue reading

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Daniel Ellsberg’s WikiLeaks wish list

Daniel Ellsberg’s WikiLeaks wish list The Washington Post August 1, 2010 The disclosure of tens of thousands of classified reports on the Afghan war last week by WikiLeaks has been compared, rightly or wrongly, to the release in 1971 of … Continue reading

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The End of (Military) History?

The End of (Military) History? The United States, Israel, and the Failure of the Western Way of War By Andrew J. Bacevich TomDispatch.com July 29, 2010 “In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is … Continue reading

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