Wisdom Quarterly (ANALYSIS) (RT) The US will not back down creating a pretext to attack Iran, raising fears IAEA findings will be misused. Israel threatens to attack even without proof. Meanwhile, the mainstream media "reports" that Iran implicitly admits it is pursuing a nuclear bomb program. This is just like the excuses used to invade Iraq. John Glaser, an assistant editor atantiwar.com, says US is constantly pushing Iran to create a nuclear bomb.
By "we" is meant the US military-industrial complex. That is the 1% (one percent) -- Wall Street bankers and Pentagon neocons in charge of the US government since at least the time of Cheney/Bush and their ideal heir Obama.
By "war" is meant endless, corporate-profiteering, Nineteen Eighty-Four style military conflict. (In Orwell's novel, Big Brother was always at war with one of the other blocs, a useful enemy to stir up the population, keep them fearful, and keep them impoverished).
By "total" is meant "full spectrum dominance" of the region -- and that includes invading Iran. Iran is already being softened in the north as Turkey is destabilized by our HAARP weaponry.
A United States of Africa under Kaddafi, but not without US approval (RussiaToday).
Oct. 20, 2011 - Col. Kaddafi (Gaddafi, Qaddafi) was reportedly captured alive after two months on the run. The country's new authorities -- sponsored by the US and other western powers -- claim the ousted leader has been taken into custody in his hometown of Sirte, Libya.
It was reportedly overrun by rebel forces. He was soon executed presumably under orders from the people paying the bills. Sirte was the last major stronghold of Kaddafi's old regime supporters for the past two months.
Reporters in Sirte were unable to immediately confirm Kaddafi's capture, or even that the town had fallen to interim forces. Libya's current ruling body, the National Transitional Council, had said they would declare Libya liberated once Sirte fell.
The embarrassing appearance of Kaddafi's son and heir reveals western disinformation campaign (psychological operation).
Reports are now rampant that Kaddafi was assassinated by those who took him into custody for those in the West wishing to keep him quiet. While he was indeed a monster, dictator, and criminal, he was OUR monster, dictator, and criminal. We set him up, kept him going, and are in the market for a new dictator. We will accept nothing less.
War hawks who argue that pacifists should be happy that such a criminal was murdered ignore the fact that this is "business as usual" in the New World Order. Why bother with kangaroo court trials when extrajudicial killings are so much more "convenient"?
Never mind the harm, injustice, or perpetuation of a corrupting system of installing dictators friendly to the West. The people never have a chance to be free or to enjoy the natural resources that are their birthright as citizens born in oil-rich lands.
Moammar Kaddafi's rule in Libya lasted more than four decades, longer than any other world leader. Having siezed power in a military coup at at the age of 27, he imposed a pan-Arab, anti-imperialist philosophy that won him both friends and enemies.Despite admitting that he had a nuclear weapons program, he was tolerated by the international community because of Libya's rich oil deposits, a dwindling international resource. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher takes a look back at his rise and subsequent loss of power.
For the World to Live "Columbus" Must Die Russell Means, Program #MEAR003, recorded in Denver, CO on April 27, 1992 LISTEN TO AUDIO. For too many of us, for too long, the indigenous peoples of this continent have been curiosities that existed somewhere over the horizon between fantasy and reality. The popularly crafted images were of medicine men [mostly women], squaws, peace pipes, teepees, tom toms, tomahawks, war bonnets, war paint, war whoops, and war parties. The only Indians we knew were named Tonto, Geronimo, and Crazy Horse. In recent years a lot of these cliches have disappeared. The American Indian Movement has done much to break down the conventional stereotypes. AIM articulates a program of self awareness and pride. It promotes treaty and land rights and religious freedom for Native Americans.
Russell Means, an Oglala Dakota and a prominent voice in the continuing struggle for indigenous rights, is a founding member of AIM and one of its leading spokespersons. He is Chief Executive Officer of the American Indian Anti-Defamation Council, an organization which monitors anti-Indian racism in the media and politics, and has organized and lectured throughout the world.
"Where Next Columbus?" Crass Another's hope, another's game Another's loss, another's gain Another's lies, another's truth Another's doubt, another's proof Another's left, another's right Another's peace, another's fight Another's name, another's aim Another's fall, another's fame Another's pride, another's shame Another's love, another's pain Another's hope, another's game Another's loss, another's gain Another's lies, another's truth...
Marx had an idea from the confusion of his head Then there were a thousand more waiting to be led The books are sold, the quotes are bought You learn them well and then you're caught
Another's left, another's right Another's peace, another's fight Mussolini had ideas from the confusion of his heart Then there were a thousand more waiting to play their part The stage was set, the costumes worn And another empire of destruction born Another's name, another's aim Another's fall, another's fame Jung had an idea from the confusion of his dream Then there were a thousand more waiting to be seen You're not yourself, the theory says But I can help, your complex pays
Another's hope, another's game Another's loss, another's gain
Satre had an idea from the confusion of his brain Then there were a thousand more indulging in his pain Revelling in isolation and existential choice Can you truly be alone when you use another's voice?
Another's lies, another's truth Another's doubt, another's proof The idea born in someone's mind Is nurtured by a thousand blind Anonymous beings, vacuous souls Do you fear the confusion, your lack of control? You lift your arm to write a name So caught up in the identity game
Who do you see? Who do you watch? Who's your leader? Which is your flock? Who do you watch? Who do you watch? Who's your leader? Which is your flock? Einstein had an idea from the confusion of his knowledge Then there were a thousand more turning to advantage They realised that their god was dead So they reclaimed power through the bomb instead Anothers code, another's brain They'll shower us all in deadly rain Jesus had an idea from the confusion of his soul Then there were a thousand more waiting to take control The guilt is sold, forgiveness bought The cross is there as your reward
Anothers love, another's pain Anothers pride, another's shame Do you watch at a distance from the side you have chosen? Whose answers serve you best? Who'll save you from confusion? Who will leave you an exit and a comfortable cover Who will take you oh so near the edge, but never drop you over? Who do you watch?
(Seventhartproduction) Following the international hit "The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan," THE BOY MIR covers not one year but ten. It tracks the cheeky, enthusiastic Mir from a childish eight to a fully grown 18-year-old, a journey to adulthood in one of the toughest places on Earth, a journey that mirrors the story of Afghanistan.
The Boy Mir: One boy’s struggle and the failure of the West’s war [on Afghanistan]
Socialistworker.co.uk/Art John Clossick thinks that The Boy Mir offers a stunning account of the trials of life in Afghanistan.
Six months before 9/11, shocking media images appeared of the Taliban government dynamiting the 1,450-year-old Buddha statues at Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. The demolition in March 2001 followed a Taliban edict that all statues be destroyed.
It brought the regime’s determination to impose a severe interpretation of Islam on Afghanistan into sharp international focus. The act shocked the West, although previously there had been little interest in the disastrous effects of a Western economic blockade on the country.
No one had commented much on the thousands of children who suffered from malnutrition as a result or were maimed by land mines. The visual shock of this destruction is both the starting point and the counterpoint for this affecting and strikingly shot documentary.More
(AsiaFoundation) What does daily life look like for the average Afghan being attacked by the American military machine?
While Americans threaten the people of Afghanistan and Afghans whither in the face continued threats to their peace and security, many of the people in the ancient Buddhist land remain optimistic regarding their country's future. (The original Kapilavastu, Siddhartha's hometown, may well have been in the Bamiyan Valley). The Asia Foundation puts us on the ground in Afghanistan to see what life on the streets looks like for many of the nation's citizens. More
They had the nerve to shoot at us, the invading force there to rape them. Could you believe that? We had to kill them. They had no reason to shoot.
A haunting question so difficult to explain is, Why are we in Afghanistan? Why would the US military be willing to spend a trillion dollars or more in this region? Four trillion are estimated as the cost of current US wars.
What does the US military-industrial complex, the American Empire, want with it?
What did the Soviet Empire (USSR) want with it when the CIA was fighting them by funding the Taliban?
What did the British Empire want with India's Northwest Frontier Area (now Afghanistan and Pakistan)?
What did the Greek (Bactrian or or Greco-Indian) Empire?
One incredible story in the EU Times describes a wrecked "time machine" embedded in the ground and a labyrinth of underground military bases. That would certainly accord with Buddhist cosmology of ancient astronauts and alien visitation in the region from Sumer (Mt. Sumeru?) to the Hindu Kush range to the Himalayas.
Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald explain the "invisible history" of how the American Empire and previous empires have tried to conquer and rule what we now call Afghanistan. This Zero Line region (squeezed between Iran and Pakistan and topped by former Soviet states now independent "Fill in the Blank-istan" countries) in Central Asia is collectively and loosely called the "Geopolitical Middle East."
Today (listen at Audio Archives, KPFK.org, July 1, 2011, 10:00 AM) on the Michael Slate Show (Pacifica Radio) author Larry Everest provided a brief but compelling explanation of why Obama-CIA and Bush-Cheney before that have had to gain control of Afghanistan at all costs.
Control was wrested away from the Soviets, but this has simply been the unbroken rule of the British. This may sound preposterous unless we understand that today's clandestine services around the world (from the CIA, NSA, Mossad, etc.) are structured and headed by Mi6.
Monty Python comically explains what British and American governing options evolved from, the "divine right" of holy dictators.
"Ironic. The middle-class Middletons looked fabulous -- elegant, restrained, classy, and the Royals looked like a bunch of chavs. Beatrice and Eugenie -- the goggle eyed kids of the Porks -- looked liked they thought they were going to 'My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.' One of them looked like she'd shot a deer and worn the antlers. Wow, too much money, no looks, and zero taste is a bad combination. Sam Cam, fabulous" (Sukisue in The Telegraph).
(BBC Worldwide) The stereotype of the medieval British peasant is that of an ignorant wretch. Monty Python's Terry Jones discovers that peasants were in fact literate, emancipated, highly political and legally savvy, house proud and healthy, and responsible for the peasants revolt of 1381.
How wonderful for Kate and commoners everywhere. Yay! One of us makes it to the top by inheriting a nation of subjects and serfs! That's some prince charming.
It makes me wonder though, why do we unquestioningly buy into this terrible fantasy? Every girl wants to be looked up to, but do we want to rule and be worshiped as "royalty"?
Whereas we're the United States, Britain one once the United Kingdom, a multinational EMPIRE that did not keep its hegemony and tyranny a secret. We keep ours a secret, built in secret by economic hitmen and jackals. Of course, it's not us and it wasn't them; we're all victims of our governments do in our name. More cake and parades for everyone!
I want to be rich and famous, too, like Evita singing Don't cry for me, Argentina! But not on the backs of "commoners," which by default means everyone but royals. I prefer castles and mansions everyone can visit and hang out at over a "to the manor born" attitude that means everyone else sleeps in a barn with the livestock.
The wealth on parade -- the royal grounds, jewels, cars, carriages, and architecture -- was all stolen. It is the booty of war, invasions, and conquests, not to mention working on the backs of the Island's own peasants, lords, and patriots.
By "we" is meant the US military-industrial complex. That is the 1% (one percent) -- Wall Street bankers and Pentagon neocons in charge of the US government since at least the time of Cheney/Bush and their ideal heir Obama.
Obama is will to pull troops out of Iraq (leaving lots of "advisers" and businessmen). Where to next, fearless leader?
