Corpses wrapped in bloody lies and tired platitudes by Paul S. Graham, August 24, 2008 Sgt. Shawn Eades, Cpl. Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden and Sapper Stephan John Stock were killed by an IED on Thursday, August 21, 2008. Their…
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Missile defence a novel way to commit suicide
The Magic Pudding Posted August 19, 2008 Why is the US government still pouring billions into missile defence? By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 18th August 2008 It’s a novel way to commit suicide. Just as Russia demonstrates what…
Marching to nuclear war
Missile Defense: Washington and Poland just moved the World closer to War Global Research, August 15, 2008 by F. William Engdahl The signing on August 14 of an agreement between the governments of the United States and Poland to deploy…
Canadian antiwar sentiment grows
Hypocritic Oafs Reposted from Paul S. Graham August 15, 2008 Today, Stephen Harper gave Vladimir Putin some advice that he, himself, ought to follow. Said Harper: “We do call on Russia to respect the territorial integrity of Georgia. I am…
War in the Caucasus
Ossetian women and children escaping from South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali under the heavy fire of Georgian army War in the Caucasus: Towards a Broader Russia-US Military Confrontation? by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, March 10, 2008 During the night of August…
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Endangered
Nuking the Treaty Iran is the least of the world’s offenders against non-proliferation. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 28th July 2008 What is the Iranian government up to? For once the imperial coalition, overstretched in Iraq and unpopular…
End the Occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
Tuesday 29 July 2008 by Marjorie Cohn, t r u t h o u t | Perspective So far, Bush’s plan to maintain a permanent US military presence in Iraq has been stymied by resistance from the Iraqi government. Barack…
‘It’s impossible to conquer the Afghans’
by Paul Koring From The Globe and Mail July 12, 2008 MOSCOW — Head bowed, exhausted, the statue of a young soldier back from Afghanistan’s killing fields is flanked by long, grim, lists of his dead comrades. It’s a cautionary…
Canada, Guantanamo and Yankee Poodles
Stephen Harper, Bush’s Last Yes Man? by Robert Fantina Counterpunch, July 12/13, 2008 During the administration of Tony Blair as Prime Minister of Britain, he was sometimes referred to as the ‘Yankee Poodle,’ due to the constant and humiliating spectacle…
Out of the mouths of war mongers
“Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his…