Sorry but I’m not feeling the love
Stephen Harper called today “a day of honour.” And when Governor-General David Johnston joined with him in paying tribute to the Canadian Forces who served in the recent campaign in…
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Our moral imperative
Seumas Milne in the Guardian: Amnesty International has now produced compendious evidence of mass abduction and detention, beating and routine torture, killings and atrocities by the rebel militias Britain, France…
Warning shots
In case you haven't heard yet Libya's former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was killed earlier today. It turns out that he had been hiding in his home town of Sirte. With…
US Sacrificed Aid Agencies That Help Children To Kill Bin Laden
If you ever had any doubt that the hunt to locate and then kill Osama bin Laden was about anything other than vengeance and demonstrating to the world that Captain…
Our moral imperative revisited
Libya: exodus from Sirte as thousands flee rebel offensive Plumes of smoke rose over the city from the barrages of heavy Grad rocket fire. As the tanks rolled forward, civilian…
Pakistan: When Thieves Fall Out
As Neil Sedaka once crooned "breaking up is hard to do", especially when you're a superpower who needs the help of an unstable and corrupt government to have any chance…
Looking Backward in the Year 2011
by matttbastard Der Spiegel runs down W’s “tragic legacy” in the long, long, looooong decade of U.S. decline that followed 9/11: America was trapped in Iraq for years, where a…
Another sleepless night
It’s 3:45am. For the past week I’ve had a churning in my stomach I can’t shake, and with it I can’t sleep. So much is on my mind, but so…
Libya’s Rebels: Yesterday We Tortured Them, Today We Arm Them
There's no doubt that NATO, primarily the UK, France and the US, inserted themselves into the Libyan uprising as a means of gaining control over the course of the Arab…
Libya Rebel Leader Underscores Our Deep Hypocricy
When it first became clear that NATO actions in Libya were going to far exceed the UN mandate of a no-fly zone to protect civilians and would instead be a…
Turkey’s Snub & The Decline of Israel
Israeli blunder: Turkish ship Mavi Marmara as it's being attacked by Israeli commandos during attempt by flotilla to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip. It was just over 20 years…
International talking points
David Cameron early Friday:Speaking on the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Cameron insisted the UK had been "punching at our weight or even above our weight" in the conflict…
Taking care of business
The Financial Post is pleased to report that Suncor Energy Inc., along with other oil companies, is preparing to return to the Libyan oil fields. After six months of intense…
Did NATO Kill The Libyan Revolution?
What do you say when a dictator is overthrown and the news shows pictures of people celebrating? That's easy, right? You feel good that the world is a slightly better…
How I Met Your Moammar
by matttbastard PhotoBlog: State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland called the photo book of Condoleezza Rice found in Gadhafi’s compound “bizarre” and “creepy” even though she hasn’t seen pictures of it.…
The secret to Western success in Afghanistan: NATO must train the Taliban!
Completely untrained Afghan Mujahideen troops, the same people who later became the Taliban, stand atop a Soviet helicopter they downed in 1979. Below, Leonid Brezhnev. I’ve got it! The way…
Good Gaddafi, Hello NATO
There will be much celebrating across Libya over the next several days even as the mop-up operations get under way. Of course, there's no guarantee that this will be over…
Afghanistan In Disarray? Blame Iran Even If It’s B.S.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that at the end of a bad month for the client regime in Afghanistan and the NATO colonial project in general, that the US…
Taliban Makes Itself Popular By Killing NATO-Backed Crooks
I'm sure there will be paeans of praise for the now late mayor of Kandahar, particularly in the North American median. The Globe & Mail, for instance, suggests that Mayor…