What Obama Knows By Fidel Castro May 01, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – The most demolishing article I have seen nowadays about Latin America was written by Renán Vega Cantor, full professor at the National Pedagogical University of Bogotá, which was published three days ago by the website ‘Rebelión’ under the title Rebelión’ under the title “Ecos de [...]
The Obama Contradiction Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad By Tom Engelhardt He has few constraints (except those he’s internalized). No one can stop him or countermand his orders. He has a bevy of lawyers at his beck and call to explain the “legality” of his actions. And if he cares [...]
Obama’s economic policies have failed to create jobs or a recovery because “he banked on the banks” [GALLO/GETTY] New York, NY - Back in the last Century, when Bill Clinton was running for re-election in the “permanent campaign” he, with the advice of the smarmy Dick Morris chose to co-opt Republican positions to pre-empt their using [...]
By David Model (about the author) opednews.com This page has been pointing out the terror tactics involved in Drone warfare for quite some time. Obama is possibly the worst Presient the US has produced. The electoral system there is corrupt and simply a plaything for the elite and their money backed up by ruthless media propaganda. [...]
Barack Obama was recorded saying he would have more “flexibility” after November’s election Continue reading the main story Related Stories Russia in Europe missile threat Obama reaffirms ties with Poland Sarkozy exposed by Israel gaffe TV cameras have recorded US President Barack Obama making unguarded comments with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Mr Obama said he [...]
By Alister Bull and Matt Spetalnick Obama to China: Help rein in North Korea Related News North Korea will achieve nothing from rocket launch: Obama 6:46am EDT Obama scans tense Korean DMZ, North mourns Kim Jong-il 5:58am EDT Obama says still time for diplomacy with Iran 5:35am EDT North Korea meetings set to boost young leader’s power Sat, [...]
Best of TomDispatch: Michelle Alexander, The Age of Obama as a Racial Nightmare Posted by Michelle Alexander at 6:52pm, March 25, 2012. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: Tom Engelhardt is away for several more days. He may not be answering emails until week’s end. But TomDispatch marches on with an updated TD classic, [...]
Rarely does the Listening Post dedicate a whole show to the story of a single journalist. But when that story speaks so eloquently of how world history is being written, or erased, we decided it was something we just could not ignore. In December 2009, Yemen‘s air force claimed it had killed [...]
No matter how much evil Barack Obama actually accomplishes during his presidency, people that call themselves leftists insist on dubbing him the Lesser Evil. Not only is Obama not given proper credit for out-evil-ing George Bush, domestically and internationally, but the First Black President is awarded positive grades for his intentions versus the [...]
Obama Declares War on Iraq an Honorable Success 2 Weeks Early for April Fool’s Day By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/obama-declares-war-iraq-honorable-success-2-weeks-early-april-fools-day President Proclaims ‘National Day of Honor’ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 19, 2012 – On the ninth anniversary of U.S. forces moving into Iraq, President Barack Obama has proclaimed today [...]
The Crime of Truth: Obama’s Persecution of the Peacemaker WRITTEN BY CHRIS FLOYD THURSDAY, 08 MARCH 2012 00:50 If any one person can be said to have ended the direct involvement of the United States military in Iraq, it is not the man whose champions claim this deed as one of his [...]
Iran recently unveiled what it described as ‘very big new achievements’ in nuclear science [Reuters] Iran has tripled its monthly production of higher-grade enriched uranium and the UN nuclear watchdog has “serious concerns” about possible military dimensions to the country’s atomic activities, the agency’s chief says. Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]
“A State of the Union address, with the entire military leadership staring at you from the floor of the Congress, is not the easiest place for a President to speak truth to power,” writes LeVine [GALLO/GETTY] Irvine, CA - How do you judge a State of the Union speech that begins with a lie? There was any number [...]
State Of The Union: President Obama Blames Congress for Inaction on Climate Change, While Calling for Increase in Fossil Fuel Production Here’s the problem with Obama’s “all-of-the-above” energy strategy. January 25, 2012 | link to article http://www.alternet.org/story/153889/state_of_the_union%3A_president_obama_blames_congress_for_inaction_on_climate_change%2C_while_calling_for_increase_in_fossil_fuel_production?page=entire President Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union address that aggressively defended his successful work to save [...]
Noam Chomsky chooses Obama over GOPs as 2012 President Noam Chomsky has said, “I’m not a great enthusiast for Obama, as you know, from way back, but at least he’s somewhere in the real world.” He stated that the 2012 candidates are “Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior.” The extended view [...]
The State of Obama’s 2008 Promises By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/state-obamas-2008-promises Presidential candidate Barack Obama won the Democratic primary last time around largely on the strength of his extremely limited and inconsistent opposition to the war on Iraq. Then he chose as his running mate Senator Joe Biden, a man who [...]
Barack Obama with his wife, Michelle, at the White House in December 2011. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Three years ago to the day, Barack Hussein Obama stood before a crowd shivering in the frigid January air and took the oath of office that made him the 44th president of the United States. By some estimates, there [...]
Ex-Taliban militants surrender under a US-backed Afghan amnesty in Herat. Peace moves with the Taliban appear to have stalled over the transfer of Guantánamo prisoners. Photograph: Jalil Rezayee/EPA You may wonder just how obvious it has become that Guantanamo is set to be the place where those against the idea of endless war to support [...]
The News of Empire Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 “Mr. Obama and his senior national security advisers have sought to reassure allies and answer critics, including many Republicans, that the United States will not abandon its commitments in the Persian Gulf even as it winds down the war in Iraq and looks [...]
Billions in Military Dollars Disappear Into Black Hole Quest for the ‘Perfect Radio’ Continues With No Serious Progress by Jason Ditz, January 10, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The US military spends hundreds of billions of dollars on “new” technology for the American war machine, [...]
Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, responds to The Times’ Jan. 2 Op-Ed article, “Bibi and Barack.” Bennis is the coauthor of “Ending the U.S. War in Afghanistan: A Primer” and the author of “Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer.” If you would like to write a [...]
Czar Barack The candidate who criticized Bush-Cheney became the president who continued their legacy Steve Chapman | January 5, 2012 Back in 2007, when Barack Obama was running for president, a mildly surprising bit of news emerged: He and Dick Cheney were eighth cousins. Today, though, it appears that report was wrong. [...]
Many of the key points in President Obama’s new blueprint for the next decade of U.S. defense strategy are straightforward. More spy gear; more special forces; fewer land wars; Asia, Asia, Asia. Whatever you think of the merits of those points, at least they’re internally consistent. Others… not so much. Sometimes the analysis in [...]
Obama Spins ‘New’ Global Military Strategy as Massive Change ‘Leaner’ Military Will Keep Costing More by Jason Ditz, January 05, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum President Obama held a high-profile press conference at the Pentagon briefing room today to dot the I’s and cross [...]
AP / Gerald Herbert President Barack Obama talks with Saudi King Abdullah in 2009. Following a recent visit to Australia and arms sales here together with a renewed commitment (substitute “offensive) in Asia the term “arms dealer” is extremely apt when describing Obama who already excels as a warmonger. How those who put so much [...]
(An end of the year lament) “Violence begets violence. Hatred begets hatred. And terrorism begets terrorism. A white ambassador said that y’all, not a black militant (Ambassador to Iraq, Edward Peck). Not a reverend who preaches about racism. An ambassador whose eyes are wide open and who is trying to get us to [...]
‘Obama Just Didn’t Have the Balls to Follow With the Right Thing’ By RT January 02, 2012 “RT” – One of the first promises made by President Obama when he first came to power back in 2008 was to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention centre. Four years later it is still operational. [...]
Obama Glad He’s Killing Lots of People But Prefers Not to Know Too Much About Who They Are By davidswanson - Posted on 30 December 2011 From The Atlantic: The enormous expansion of drone operations has been a success in the narrowest sense of killing some bad guys. But it has come at [...]
Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War A torrent of war propaganda against Iran is flooding the American political scene as U.S. neocons and Israeli hardliners see an opening for another war in the Middle East by Ray McGovern and Elizabeth Murray President Obama needs to put an abrupt halt to the game of Persian Roulette [...]
White House Rejects Calls for Oversight on Drone Killings Officials Insist Congress Doesn’t Need Details by Jason Ditz, December 30, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum For quite some time this site has been warning about the use of drones and the [...]
My colleague James Fallows, as indispensable on the air-travel beat as he is on all the others he covers, has a good post up recounting his interactions with the Transportation Security Administration during his holiday travels. On this subject he and I are of the same mind: that most of the demeaning [...]
“Liberty, Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name.” –Madame Roland, French Revolution, on her way to the Guillotine Much like Gandhi’s Salt March in India in 1930 the “March of Life” in Yemen began in the besieged bombed southern city of Taiz with tens of thousands of men, women, and children, walking for five [...]
Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda By Stephen Lendman - Posted on 26 December 2011 Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda - by Stephen Lendman In 2011, Obama continued the destructive pattern he followed in years one and two. Throughout his tenure, he’s done what supporters thought impossible. [...]
George W Obama, looking pensive. Perhaps planning for the war after next George Ikners ikners.com gikners@gmail.com President Barack Obama is about to sign into law the National Defence Authorisation Act, which authorises indefinite detention in military custody of ‘terror’ suspects. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Here we are. More than 10 years after the 9/11 attacks, [...]
America’s growing isolation because of President Obama’s grovelling for Jewish campaign funding and votes by ALAN HART on 12/23/2011 On 19 December, in the Jewish Daily Forward, Josh Nathan-Kazis wrote this: “Top-level Jewish fundraisers from President Obama’s 2008 campaign are sticking with the president in 2012. “Despite reports that President Obama faces a loss of Jewish funders due to [...]
Britain Asks US to Hand Over Bagram Detainee-For-Life The US government did not respond to Britain’s request by the required deadline by John Glaser, December 21, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In response to a court order, the British government has asked the U.S. to return to their custody [...]
Secrecy defines Obama’s drone war By Karen DeYoung, Published: December 20 Since September, at least 60 people have died in 14 reported CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions. The Obama administration has named only one of the dead, hailing the elimination of Janbaz Zadran, a top official in the Haqqani insurgent network, as a counterterrorism victory. The identities [...]
Chicago Rally to Thank Obama for Supposedly Ending War in Iraq Turns Up 30 Speakers and 10 Audience Members By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/node/60258 Obama promised to make ending the war in Iraq his first act in office. Then he did what he could to avoid ending it. Forced by Bush [...]
Set Your Doomsday Clock to 11:51 By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/set-your-doomsday-clock-1151 The National Defense Authorization Act is not a leap from democracy to tyranny, but it is another major step on a steady and accelerating decade-long march toward a police state. The doomsday clock of our republic just got noticeably closer to midnight, and [...]
When in doubt, wheel on Teddy Roosevelt. It’s in every Democratic president’s playbook. TR was president from 1901 to 1909. He was manly, ranching in North Dakota, exploring the Amazon and nearly expiring on the River of Doubt. He was an imperialist con amore, charging up San Juan Hill, sending the [...]
byGene Healy Columnist postedDecember 6, 2011 at4:16am with120 Comments President Barack Obama walks from the podium after talking about extending payroll tax cuts, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011, in the White House briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) If our fashion-conscious president still finds the time to read the lad-mags, December’s GQ had to hurt. Obama made [...]
Report shows Obama has been just as zealous as his predecessor at thwarting the EPA. Photograph: Kent Nishimura / POOL/EPA Report highlights Obama’s broken environmental promises Critics say White House office operates as ‘one-stop wrecking machine’ for important environmental protections reddit this Comments (5) Barack Obama has been just as zealous as George Bush in [...]
Renewed US focus on Pacific region intended to distract from unrest at home? By William Pfaff, Tribune Media Services, William Pfaff Posted 11/22/2011 at 5:30 pm EST PARIS – One might think that a bitter Central Asian war in Afghanistan, spilling into Pakistan, with no sign of ending, and an as yet ambiguous military commitment to a defeated [...]
Arms Sales to Asia and the Gulf Vital to US Corporations Amid talk of budget cuts in America and Europe, US military contractors look to exports, with the Pentagon’s help by John Glaser, November 15, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The Pentagon’s plan to sell 5,000 bunker-buster [...]
Guantanamo, Bagram, and Another Hope(less) Presidential Campaign John Glaser, November 15, 2011 Print This | Share This | Comment | Antiwar Forum Marcy Wheeler has written quite a piece on Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo in danger of being jailed for life and deprived of habeas corpus rights because [...]
Despite the sickening spectacle of a visit to Australia by Obama and the sycophants that are ready to weave whatever pro Obama and US Empire lies they can, posts to this site have kept increasing. Another 50 were added today, on various topics, with information from around the globe. If you would [...]
Nuclear Pots Call Iranian Kettle Black by Eric Margolis Recently by Eric Margolis: Goodbye Greece Here we go again. The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) long awaited, much ballyhooed report on Iran’s nuclear activities has been thunderously greeted in North America as conclusive evidence that Iran is working on nuclear weapons. [...]
Another Week, Another Obama War on Africa By davidswanson - Posted on 14 November 2011 From Wired The Pentagon’s shadow war in Africa could have a new front, if reports coming out of Nigeria are accurate. U.S. troops are headed to Nigeria to help local forces do battle with Boko Haram, an Islamic terror group that has killed up [...]
Colonel Morris Davis, Former Chief Prosecutor Guantanamo Military Commissions. (Photo: Crimes of War) Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: “A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the President After Election Day” Sunday 13 November 2011 by: Jason Leopold, Truthout | Report Morris Davis speaks bluntly about some of President Barack Obama’s policy decisions. “There’s a pair [...]
Obama used to refer to longtime Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak as a ‘friend’ of the US – and not as a dictator [EPA] During the past few months, Barack Obama has come under increasing pressure from his would-be Republican opponents, not for secretly subscribing to the faith of the enemy (Obama Muslim-baiting is so 2010), [...]
