At least Alberta Premier Jason Kenney didn’t have a “Mission Accomplished” banner hanging behind him. But then, being landlocked and all that, Alberta doesn’t own an aircraft carrier even if it now owns a hunk of a U.S. pipeline. Plus, Mr. Kenney wouldn’t look all that good in a flight
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Alberta Politics: Another week in the Annals of Diplomacy: in stormy times, half a loaf is better than none
From the sublime to the ridiculous, it would appear, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government will do anything to keep Donald Trump sweet. Consider the dissimilar cases of Meng Wanzhou and Stephanie Clifford. The first we won’t allow to leave Canada, the second we won’t allow to visit. Both, obviously, because
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Mission accomplished in Syria? Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose on that claim!
Mission Accomplished? Donald Trump’s crowing Tweets prove the wisdom of Karl Marx’s dictum: History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. This fact is a significant blessing, nonetheless, at least insofar as Friday night’s tactically and legally dubious missile raid by U.S. military forces on Syria is concerned. How
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day the Iraq War Came Back to Condemn Tony Blair
It's taken seven years for a British inquiry to render its verdict on Tony Blair, and his role in the Iraq War.But at last the verdict is in.It couldn't be more devastating.Read more »
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Trudeau To Support Harper’ Imminent Iraq War Extension
Liberal leader open to supporting Stephen Harper’s imminent extension of Canada’s combat mission against Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq. The post Trudeau To Support Harper’ Imminent Iraq War Extension appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: You Think They’d Give Us Something Classier To Bomb
But I think there’s a 12 plane minimum before you get anything good, like Amir al-Mu’minin’s Lamberghini. Next up I hear we’ve been offered a couple of sewage treatment plants and a paint recycling center.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Iraq Debate: The Center Of Gravitas Shifts
…to Jean Chretien. Mind you, I’m not particularly set in my opinions re Canada’s contribution to the fight against ISIS. These thoughts still apply, more so, perhaps, now that the tide seems to have turned in Kobani. But JC’s main point, that there are more roles to be played in
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Why Not Bomb ISIS?
Nine planes for six months; no ground fighting. Why not? As a matter of history, many things went wrong with the Arab Spring, but the nature of The West’s commitment: providing air-support for indigenous resistance movements (I’m thinking of Libya specifically) was not one of those things. So it might
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream
Kate Aronoff, a freelance journalist based in Philadelphia, argues that the recent People’s Climate March and Flood Wall Street protests made climate change “impossible for even the most mainstream of media to ignore.” The post People’s Climate March: Economic resistance went mainstream appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Iraqi Single Mom And Tech Lawyer Suing George W. Bush for War Crimes
An Iraqi single mom and a tech lawyer are suing ex-president George W. Bush for war crimes, believe they can prove the Iraq War was a “crime of aggression” under U.S. law. The post Iraqi Single Mom And Tech Lawyer Suing George W. Bush for War Crimes appeared first on
Continue readingAutonomy For All: Stop Applying Marketing-Think To Government, It’s Disgusting.
CBC, with some analysis on Harper’s expected cabinet shuffle provides this quote from former Mulroney Chief of Staff David McLaughlin: “There’s a staleness about some of the ministry and some of the cabinet and how they’re communicating with Canadians; the look and feel of it. So there’s a chance to
Continue readingLeDaro: George W. Bush and his Legacy
George W. Bush’s library is now open. What is he going to decorate it with? Maybe the skeletons of the over million dead Iraqis because of Bush’s invasion. Bush indeed is an evil man. “Before considering each of the dozens of individual deceptions, lies and misleading statements that Bush and
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Putting America’s "Wars of Choice" in Perspective
America, land of the formerly free and home of the lamentably broke. A recent Harvard study estimated the costs of America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq at at least $4-trillion and likely closer to $6-trillion. That’s six trillion taxpayer dollars, a mountain of money that has been essentially borrowed which
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: And How Did That Work Out For You?
It’s settled now that Iraq’s oil riches pretty much sealed Saddam Hussein’s fate. The Anglo-American conquest of Iraq was heavily an oil-driven decision. And wasn’t it nice of the Americans to avoid bombing Iraq’s oil infrastructure and to make it the first of the few things they actually secured after
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The U.S. Legacy from Iraq and Afghanistan – Only a Nuclear Attack Could be Worse
The costs and political fallout from America’s wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are and will continue to be enormous, somewhere between 4 and 6-trillion dollars. That could be almost as damaging to American security than if the U.S. suffered a nuclear attack. Money, ultimately, is power. In context, it would
Continue readingLeDaro: Bill Moyers Commentary on Iraq War
The lies and deception. Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: When America Became Amerika
The media is swamped with articles about the 10th anniversary of the Anglo-American conquest of Iraq. To those of us in the “I Told You So” camp, most of these missives are utter crap. That’s probably because they’re being written or published by those who showed their true colours in
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Democracy Now! Discusses 10-year anniversary of U.S. invasion of Iraq (VIDEO)
Democracy Now! Discusses 10-year anniversary of U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. missile defense plans and Afghan protests against the continued presence of U.S. forces and the Steubenville rape case. We recommend:“We Steal Secrets”: The Story of WikiLeaks (VIDEO)Canadian General Itching For A New Foreign WarThe Invisible War: Rape, Sexual Assault
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Muddled Mind of Lord Prescott
Back when he was Tony Blair’s deputy prime minister he was for it but now Lord/Baron John Prescott says the Anglo-American war on Iraq “can’t be justified.” Prescott says he supported the conquest of Iraq back in 2003 because he’d been told that George w. Bush would sort out the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: How Dick Cheney Buried the Truth of His Iraq War
Dick Cheney has buried the truth of America’s conquest of Iraq so deep that he will himself be long dead and buried before the facts are ever exhumed. It might have something to do with the annoying fact that the invasion of Iraq was a war of aggression waged on
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