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Archive for the ‘Political Science’ Category
Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any Time Soon (Video)
Posted: 30 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, Boeing, drones, extrajudicial assassination, Israel, Ivan Eland, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, military welfare, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Robert Gates, War on Terror, war spending
Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon’s rhetoric into actual policy (7:04):
U.S. Troops ‘Killing for Sport’ in Afghanistan (Video)
Posted: 28 September 2010 by Sayyid in Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Calvin Gibbs, civilian casualties, Jeremy Morlock, Kandahar Province, Michael Waddington, military tribunals, Obama Administration, Robert Mackey, US Army, US military, war crimes, William Yardley
Taped interrogations of four soldiers charged in theatrically slaying numerous Afghan civilians were obtained by CNN and ABC. CNN’s report includes the soldiers’ rampant drug abuse and a before unreported case of staging the murder of an Afghan civilian (5:52):
How Do You Become a ‘Suspected Militant’?
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Sayyid in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Bush Administration, CIA, drones, extrajudicial assassination, Iraq War, ISAF, Jason Ditz, libertarian, NATO, Newspeak, NWFP, Obama Administration, Pakistan, War on Terror, Warfare and Conflict, Zardari
Attorney: Gov’t Raids Targeting Antiwar Activists, Searching Docs Containing ‘Palestine’
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: antiwar activists, Arab American Action Network, Bush Administration, Chicago, civil liberties, criminal justice, FARC, FBI, Hatem Abudayyeh, Jason Ditz, Jim Fennerty, Joe Iosbaker, Minneapolis, Obama Administration, Patrick Martin, peace movement, SCOTUS, Stephanie Weiner, The Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, thoughtcrime
‘Inalienable Constitutional Rights in Court is Terrorism’
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, civil liberties, conservatives, constitutional rights, Guantanamo Bay, John Grisham, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, NY Times, tea party movement
A Gitmo detainee expressed support for U.S. civilian courts over military tribunals, so they must be evil.
Obama ‘Fighting Tooth and Nail’, Citing ‘State Secrets’ to Assassinate Citizens Without Due Process
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: ACL, al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, Charlie Savage, civil liberties, constitutional rights, counterterrorism, CT, Eric Holder, extrajudicial assassination, Glenn Greenwald, Jason Ditz, libertarian, Obama, Obama Administration, Obamaphilia, terrorism
The Justice Department is playing hardball against the ACLU’s efforts to block an executive order to assassinate an American citizen charged with no crime.
Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Hypothetical Israel-Iran War
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, IAEA, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NPT, Scott Horton, US, Warfare and Conflict
Were Iran to retaliate to a hypothetical military strike by Israel, Americans oppose U.S. military involvement.
One Law for the Lion, One Law for the Lamb
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in Philosophy, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, anarchism, anti-Statism, Bradley Manning, history, Iraq War, Kevin Carson, law, libertarian, Mike Rogers, morality, Philosophy, US, war crimes, Warfare and Conflict
Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cops and Prosecutors
Posted: 15 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in National News, Political ScienceTags: criminal justice system, Kevin Carson, law, liberty, Nancy Grace, Newspeak, prisons, Wendy Murphy
Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system ‘shrills’ pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called ‘crime fighters’.
Report: ‘Largest Military Deal Ever’ Between U.S.-Saudis Could Reach $90bn
Posted: 13 September 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: arms race, arms trading, Boeing, corporatism, Iran, Israel, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, military industrial complex, missile defense, Obama Administration, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, THAAD, unemployment, United Arab Emirates, US Congress
The Saudi royal family is reportedly being helped by the Obama Administration to push a $90bn deal with big players in the military-industrial complex for arms and military technology upgrades through political approval in Washington.
The Government’s Winning the Drug War
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Kevin Carson in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghan mujahideen, Afghanistan, Alfred W. McCoy, Bank of Credit and Commerce International, BCCI, Central Asia, CIA, Contras, Dianne Feinstein, drug war, Iran-Contra, Kevin Carson, Latin America, Newspeak, Nicaragua
Kevin Carson on the objective of the ‘War on Drugs’ having little to do with lifestyle and all to do with perpetual war.
Eleven ‘Myths’ Clouding the Afghanistan Discourse
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan surge, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Study Group, al-Qaeda, CNAS, COIN, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, electoral politics, Iraq Surge, ISAF, Matthew Hoh, NAF, NATO, New American Foundation, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Stephen Walt, Taliban, United States, US, War on Terror
Chomsky’s Lectern: China and the New World Order
Posted: 2 September 2010 by Noam Chomsky in Chomsky's Lectern, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, American Empire, Andrew Bacevich, Bush Administration, China, Clinton Administration, imperialism, Iraq War, NATO, Noam Chomsky, South Korea, US, war games, war spending
Noam Chomsky discusses U.S. political class ‘fears’ relating to China as an emerging superpower.
Likud Lobbies for Settlement Expansion Consent From U.S. as Netanyahu-Abbas ‘Ceremonial Peace Talks’ Begin
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Little Alex in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Alan Dershowitz, Ali Abunimah, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Danny Dayan, international law, Israel, Likud, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Middle East peace process, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, settlement expansion, two-state solution, United States, US, West Bank, Zionism
Likudniks’ rejection of conceding its occupation of Palestine confirms reports in the Israeli media that this week’s meetings between regional authorities are “ceremonial and not substantive”.
