Category Archives: neoconservatives

Double Down

Posted on February 8, 2018 by camelotkidd

The neocons are relentless. When one of their plans fails, they simply double down. Take their signature invasion of Iraq to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Of course, there were no weapons, but never mind. They got rid of … Continue reading →

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An adversarial way

Posted on February 2, 2018 by camelotkidd

Legendary investigative journalist Robert Parry has died. Anyone who’s read this blog knows how much I valued Robert and his investigative website–Consortiumnews.com. His death is a profound tragedy, and I’ve spent the week in a state of persistent melancholy. Life … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged adversarial journalist, Associated Press, Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, Central America, CIA, Consortium News, corporate media, Donald Trump, forth estate, George Ellison, Jean Kirkpatrick, Jeff Bezos, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, new Cold War, President Reagan, propaganda, PropOrNot, public diplomacy, Robert Parry, Russia, Russia-gate, self-censorship, Syria, washington post | Leave a comment

Predatory Society

Posted on January 31, 2018 by camelotkidd

I’ve been writing recently about US foreign policy and the lack of interest among Americans with the horrific results of these policies. If we’re honest, (and I sincerely believe that this is why the disinterest), US foreign policy is largely … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Case/Deaton, deaths of despair, extreme greed and narcism, Iraq, Libya, Margaret Thatcher, neoliberal economic policies, no alternative, no society only individuals, predatory society, profound moral collapse, regime change, shit-hole country, sociopathic, Syria, terrorist proxy, Umair Haque, US foreign policies | Leave a comment

War is a way of shattering to pieces

Posted on January 25, 2018 by camelotkidd

Who knew Defense Secretary Mattis had such a refined sense of humor? SEC. MATTIS: “We don’t invade other countries, in Russia’s case — Georgia, Ukraine. That we settle things by international rule of law, you know, this sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1984, all-American corporate empire, C. Wright Mills, corporate media, Donald Trump, empire, foreign policy, George Orwell, McResistance, memory hole, military/intelligence/industrial complex, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, Rachel Maddow, Randolph Bourne, regime change, Russia, Russia-gate, Secretary of Defense--Mattis, Secretary of State--Tillerson, sovereignty, Syria, war is the health of the state | Leave a comment

Duck and Cover

Posted on January 17, 2018 by camelotkidd

A year on it’s become clear that the McResistance to Trump’s misrule is largely about Democrats and liberals avoiding self-examination, while continuing the ruinous neoliberal and neoconservative policies that brought us to this point. For example, Trump came into office promising … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged 9/11, Al-Qaeda, all-American corporate empire, Caitlin Johnstone, corporate media, deep state, Donald Trump, duck and cover, Hawaii, HR 608, ICBM, McResistance, NATO, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, plutocracy, propaganda, regime change, Russia, Russia-gate, Stop Arming Terrorists, Syria, terrorist proxy, US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard | Leave a comment

Siver Lining

Posted on January 11, 2018 by camelotkidd

I like to read books twice. Not all books but certainly the good ones. It’s amazing the things that you miss the first time. Take Douglas Valentine’s–The CIA As Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. It blew … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 9/11, Consortium News, conspiracy theories, control, corporate media, Douglas Valentine, Homeland Security Department, Hotel Tacloban, Jade Helm, Joint Terrorism Task Forces, regime change, Robert Parry, silver lining, structural violence, The CIA As Organized Crime, The Future Applicability of the Phoenix Program, The Phoenix Program, true relationship between crime and law enforcement., US foreign policies | Leave a comment

It’s all about the Benjamin’s

Posted on January 4, 2018 by camelotkidd

Ever wonder why the US regime-changes this country but not that country? Wonder no more. It’s all about the Benjamin’s. The US maintains its hegemony thanks to the power of the US dollar—the worlds reserve currency–and the reality of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Alastair Crooke, Benjamin's, BRICS, China, financial economy, financialization, human rights, Iran, Journal of Strategic-Culture, petrodollar, regime change, reserve currency, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trump’s Security Strategy | Leave a comment

Permanent emergency in the liberal imagination

Posted on December 22, 2017 by camelotkidd

Over the weekend, Russia-gate took an even more surreal turn when former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was accused of being a Russian-stooge because she shared a table with Vladimir Putin and former General Michael Flynn in 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1984, Alice in Wonderland, Caitlin Johnstone, drinking the Kool-Aid, echo chamber, General Michael Flynn, George Orwell, guilt by association, Jackson Lears, Jill Stein, Kremlin collusion, Lewis Carroll, London Review of Books, McCarthyism, resistance, Rocky Anderson, Russia, Russia-gate, SLC Tribune, South Park, Vladimir Putin, What We Don't Talk about when We Talk about Russian Hacking., witch-hunt | Leave a comment

Yay Resistance!

Posted on December 2, 2017 by camelotkidd

Members of the Trump Resistance are turning handsprings over the guilty plea of President Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for lying to the FBI about pre-inauguration conversations with the Russian ambassador. But, this case and its ramifications should trouble … Continue reading →

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The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush

Posted on November 29, 2017 by camelotkidd

Nothing says United States of Amnesia quite like the rehabilitation of George W. Bush. Articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and even the Guardian eagerly reported Bush’s recent speech with its implicit criticisms of Trump as a hopeful … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Alfred McCoy, American exceptionalism, corporate media, Deterring Democracy, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, The rehabilitation of George W. Bush, United States of amnesia | Leave a comment