Source: Global Research, Huffington post
Title: Court Allows Torture Suit Against Rumsfeld
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18062
By: Andy Thayer
Date: March 11, 2010
Federal Judge Wayne R. Andersen issued a historic ruling Friday allowing a suit charging former Defense Secretary with authorizing torture.
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
2010-03-10
Premature Withdrawal: Washington's Cult of Narcissism and Iraq
Source: http://www.truthout.org/tom-engelhardt-premature-withdrawal-washington%E2%80%99s-cult-narcissism-and-iraq57538
Title: Premature Withdrawal: Washington's Cult of Narcissism and Iraq
By: Tom Engelhardt
Date: Wednesday 10 March 2010
Hubris? We’re bigger than that!
We’ve now been at war with, or in, Iraq for almost 20 years, and intermittently at war in Afghanistan for 30 years. Think of it as nearly half a century of experience, all bad. And what is it that Washington seems to have concluded? In Afghanistan, where one disaster after another has occurred, that we Americans can finally do more of the same, somewhat differently calibrated, and so much better. In Iraq, where we had, it seemed, decided that enough was enough and we should simply depart, the calls from a familiar crew for us to stay are growing louder by the week.
Title: Premature Withdrawal: Washington's Cult of Narcissism and Iraq
By: Tom Engelhardt
Date: Wednesday 10 March 2010
Hubris? We’re bigger than that!
We’ve now been at war with, or in, Iraq for almost 20 years, and intermittently at war in Afghanistan for 30 years. Think of it as nearly half a century of experience, all bad. And what is it that Washington seems to have concluded? In Afghanistan, where one disaster after another has occurred, that we Americans can finally do more of the same, somewhat differently calibrated, and so much better. In Iraq, where we had, it seemed, decided that enough was enough and we should simply depart, the calls from a familiar crew for us to stay are growing louder by the week.
2010-02-27
Who are our real Enemies? An Iraq War Vet Asks the question
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akm3nYN8aG8
Title: Who Are our Real Enemies: An Iraq War Vet Asks the Question
By: Mike Prysner
I tried hard to be proud of my service but all I can feel is shame.
The racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation these were people, these were human beings. I have since been plagued by guilt anytime I'd see an elderly man, like the one who couldn't walk we rolled
onto a stretcher, and told the Iraqi police to take him away.
I feel guilt everytime I see a mother with her children like the one who cried hysterically and screamed that we were worst than Saddam, as we forced her from her home.
Title: Who Are our Real Enemies: An Iraq War Vet Asks the Question
By: Mike Prysner
I tried hard to be proud of my service but all I can feel is shame.
The racism could no longer mask the reality of the occupation these were people, these were human beings. I have since been plagued by guilt anytime I'd see an elderly man, like the one who couldn't walk we rolled
onto a stretcher, and told the Iraqi police to take him away.
I feel guilt everytime I see a mother with her children like the one who cried hysterically and screamed that we were worst than Saddam, as we forced her from her home.
2010-02-16
America’s Shadowy Base World
Source: http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2010/02/09/americas-shadowy-base-world/
Title: America’s Shadowy Base World
By: Tom Engelhardt On February 9, 2010 @ 11:00 pm On Anti-War blog
Once is an anomaly; twice is the beginning of a pattern. Right now, we’re seeing the same sequence of events for the second time in less than a decade, and it looks like the signature American way of war in our time is coming into focus.
In 2003, when the Bush administration invaded Iraq, the Pentagon already had on its drawing boards plans for building a series of permanent mega-bases in that country. (They were charmingly called "enduring camps.")
Title: America’s Shadowy Base World
By: Tom Engelhardt On February 9, 2010 @ 11:00 pm On Anti-War blog
Once is an anomaly; twice is the beginning of a pattern. Right now, we’re seeing the same sequence of events for the second time in less than a decade, and it looks like the signature American way of war in our time is coming into focus.
In 2003, when the Bush administration invaded Iraq, the Pentagon already had on its drawing boards plans for building a series of permanent mega-bases in that country. (They were charmingly called "enduring camps.")
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