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Illusion only is sacred, truth profane
There was much pearl-clutching by the corporate media when Trump blurted out the truth of US foreign policy in a recent interview with Fox host, Bill O’ Reilly. “There are a lot of killers.” Trump responded. “We’ve got a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Bill O'Reilly, blaming America first, CIA, Consortium News, Donald Trump, group think, Illusion only is sacred, killers, moral equivalence, narrative, National Security Council, new york times, pearl-clutching, perception management, PR, President Reagan, propaganda, Robert Parry, torture, truth profane, US corporate empire, US foreign policy, Walter Raymond Jr., war crimes, William Casey
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Member Berries
To retake our country from the deep state we will have to end the American empire. To end the American empire we have to challenge the narrative of American exceptionalism, that has been promulgated with the help of a … Continue reading
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Tagged all-American corporate empire, American exceptionalism, banana republic, deep state, Democrats, Dineyfied, Donald Trump, false narrative, genocide, golden age, Hillary Clinton, indispensable nation, member berries, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, Republicans, slavery, South Park, straight-white-christian-conservatives, US foreign policy
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Queen of the Neocons
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has a neocon problem. Clinton has just been endorsed for president by neoconservative intellectual, Robert Kagan, a longtime Republican who recognizes that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the presumptive favorite, would be hostile to neoconservative … Continue reading
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Tagged American empire, Bernie Sanders, Consortium News, Counterpunch, coups, deep state, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iraq, neocons, neoconservatives, Project for the New American Century, regime change, Republicans, Robert Kagan, Robert Parry, Scoop Jackson, Syria, Ukraine, US foreign policy
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Control
If Americans appear clueless about foreign policy it’s by design. The rationales offered range from fighting terrorists who threaten our homeland, to protecting helpless civilians, to spreading peace and democracy. Hopefully you, dear reader, don’t need me to point out … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Qaida, Cold War, control, Council on Foreign Relations, Deterring Democracy, dollars, empire of chaos, indigenous nationalism, ISIS, neoconservatives, oil and gas pipelines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Soviet Union, Syria, US foreign policy, Wall Street, Washington consensus
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Reaping the Whirlwind
I feel like a lonely voice in the wilderness, warning of the consequences of US foreign policies. The polices our elite have chosen–that of employing Sunni terrorists to smash any secular government that puts its citizens ahead of US corporations–have … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque, Paris attacks, Sunni terrorism, terrorists, US foreign policy
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Here’s what our efforts in Syria have amounted to. “The West is more hated than ever. A recent poll found that 80 per cent of Syrians believe we created the Islamic State — a common belief, incidentally, throughout the Middle … Continue reading
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Tagged epic fail, Iran, ISIS, neoconservatives, Russia, Syria, US foreign policy
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I Hate Bullies
I hate bullies, always have. This is a big reason for my adversarial writing, especially about US economic and foreign policies. As a empire in terminal decline, the US has become the biggest bully in the world. The illegal invasion … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, colonialism, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, neo-conservative, US foreign policy
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Who Contained Who?
In light of US foreign policy since 9/11, perhaps a reassessment of official Cold War history is in order. This reassessment is vitally important because the US has used the pretext of the war on terror as a means to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, containment, Red Scare, Soviet Union, US foreign policy
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Not a Bug but a Feature
Watching the media coverage of jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rampaging across Iraq has been like a flashback to 2003. There’s Wolfowitz, Cheney, and Feith, invited on the “serious” news shows to share their expertise. As … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, divide and rule, Feith, Iraq, ISIS, Saddam Hussein, Shia, Sunni, US foreign policy, Wolfowtz
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