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):
Posts Tagged ‘Robert Gates’
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
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Daily Briefing—16th Aug 2010
Posted: 16 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Adam Habib, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan motherlode, Bangladesh, banking, China, civil liberties, double-dip recession, Federal Reserve, gay marriage, Hamid Karzai, home foreclosures, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IDF, India, Islam, Islamophobia, Jammu and Kashmir, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, law, oil, Pakistan, Poland, private military contractors, Prop 8, PTSD, Riz Khan, Robert Gates, Robert Naiman, Stanley McChrystal, Stephen Lendman, Taliban, UJ, UK, universal jurisdiction, Uzbeks, war crimes, workers rights
News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
Daily Briefing—10th Aug 2010
Posted: 10 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmed Moor, AMISOM, BP, Carol Rosenberg, CCR, Chicago, civil liberties, civilian casualties, climate, climate change, criminal justice, democracy, DNA, drug war, EUR, euro, Federal Reserve, George Donnelly, global warming, Gulf oil spill, ICE, India, Iran, Israel, Kashmir, Leslie Lefkow, Los Angeles, Maria Burnett, marijuana, Mel Frykberg, Mexico, Netanyahu, Omar Khadr, protectionism, Robert Gates, sales tax, Sharia Law, Somalia, Taliban, Uganda, USD, war spending, Wikileaks, Zionism
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Daily Briefing—2nd-3rd Aug 2010
Posted: 3 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ali Gharib, Andrew Bacevich, Arizona, bank fee, banking, Bashar Assad, BBP, CFR, Chris Hedges, CIA, electoral politics, FBI, France, Golan Herights, Guatemala, Gulf oil spill, Haqqani Network, Howard Zinn, immigration, India, Iraq War, ISI, Israel, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, Marc Theissen, Maxine Waters, Middle East, miranda rights, Nabila Ramdani, Netherlands, Nicolas Sarkozy, Nida Khan, overdraft protection, Pakistan, Quetta Shura, Robert Gates, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taliban, Tamil refugees, Thailans, Wikileaks, Wikipedia
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Ameri-Paki-Talistan (Video)
Posted: 1 August 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, India-Pakistan; 26/11, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghanistan motherlode, Afghanistan War Logs, Ahmed Shah Massoud, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Asif Ali Zardari, Babrak Kamul, China, CIA, COIN, Cold War, counterinsurgency, democracy, drones, Durand Line, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hafizullah Amin, Hamid Gul, Hamid Karzani, Haqqani Network, history, Husain Haqqani, India, ISI, Islamic terrorism, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Kashmir, Leonid Brezhnev, Mullah Omar, North Waziristan, NY Times, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pashtuns, Predator drones, Quetta Shura, realpolitik, Robert Gates, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Sistan-Baluchistan, Soviets, Taliban, terrorism, TTP, Wikileaks, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Zbigniew Brzezinski
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, the husband-wife couple behind Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story (2009) and Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire (2010), recently discussed the C.I.A connections with Afghan militant networks through Pakistani intelligence agencies with Paul Jay at The Real News Network.
Part One – WikiLeaks—The Pakistan Connection (13:15):
Report: DIA Quietly Reviving & Renaming ‘Disestablished’ Domestic Datamining, Surveillance Unit
Posted: 16 June 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: CI, counterterrorism, DCHC, Defense Department, DHS, DIA, DoD, domestic surveillance, eGuardian, FBI, Federal Register, FICOR, Fourth Amendment, HUMINT, James Clapper, Jeff Stein, Joby Warrick, libertarian, military intelligence, Newspeak, NSA, Obama Administration, Petagon, Privacy Act of 1974, privacy rights, Robert Gates, US, War on Terror, warrantless wiretapping program
The Pentagon’s new intelligence unit’s purpose could raise the valid question of how far the U.S. is moving toward militarized domestic databasing, but its resemblance to a ‘disestablished’ program used to spy on peace activists can reasonably confirm the program was never halted.
Upcoming WikiLeaks Video: Obama’s Warplanes Massacre Up to 147 Afghan Civilians
Posted: 12 April 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, AntiWar.com, civilian casualties, David Petraeus, Defense Department, Farah Massacre, fascism, Garani Massacre, Granai Massacre, Guy Smallman, human rights, ICRC, international law, Jason Ditz, Jeremy Scahill, Julian Assange, Nancy Youssef, New Baghdad Massacre, Newspeak, Obama, Pentagon, Philip Alston, Red Cross, Robert Gates, Taliban, terrorism, UN, US, War, War on Terror, Wikileaks
Video report provided by RAWA the day of the Granai Massacre, of which WikiLeaks reportedly will release classified footage. The U.S government has always reported 26 civilians were killed though, investigations by rights groups have said more than 90 children alone were killed in the airstrike. The government has also claimed that the Taliban was responsible for a bulk of the casualties, though civilians claim the Taliban had left well before the U.S. warplanes rained bombs on their village through the middle of the night. (2:08):
Indiscriminate Killing is ‘Standard Operating Procedure’
Posted: 6 April 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, Amy Goodman, Defense Department, Democracy Now, DN, Glenn Greenwald, human rights, international law, Iraq War, Julian Assange, media, Namir Noor-Eldeen, New Baghdad Massacre, Newspeak, night raids, Obama, Obama Administration, Pentagon, propganda, Reuters, Robert Fisk, Robert Gates, Rules of Engagement, Saeed Chmagh, standard operating procedure, Stanley McChrytal, US, US Army, War, War on Terror, Wikileaks
Glenn Greenwald and Julian Assange set the record straight on frequent misreporting of the discovery of U.S. military atrocities.
WikiLeaks Releases Video of Soldiers Taking Pleasure in Firing Indiscriminately on Reuters Journalists, Unarmed Civilians, Children in Iraq (Video)
Posted: 5 April 2010 by Editors in International AffairsTags: Afghanistan, Bush Administration, CENTCOM, Daniel Tencer, David Petraeus, Glenn Greenwald, human rights, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Julian Assange, media, Namir Noor-Eldeen, Nathan Hodge, New Baghdad, Newspeak, Pentagon, Reuters, Robert Gates, Rules of Engagement, Saeed Chmagh, Stanley McChrystal, state secrets, US, US Army, War, War on Terror, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks obtained and, today, released footage filmed from a helicopter cockpit showing a missile strike and shooting on a crowded square in New Baghdad, Iraq in July 2007 where 12 civilians—with a Reuters photographer and his driver—were slain (2:23):
Julian Assange, editor and co-founder of WikiLeaks, confirms the authenticity of the video at Al Jazeera English (6:28):
Obama’s Violent Pacification
Posted: 30 March 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, civilian casualties, COI, counterinsurgency, David Lindorff, drones, fascism, Germany, GWOT, human rights, international humanitarian law, international law, ISAF, IVAW, Jerome Starkey, Kathy Kelly, Middle East, NATO, Newspeak, Obama, propaganda, Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, UN, UNHDI, US, War, war crimes, War on Terror, Winter Soldier
Kathy Kelly on the Obama Administration’s war crimes in Afghanistan and a ‘pacified’ America.
Obama Allows Pentagon to Block Release of Torture Photos
Posted: 30 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: ACLU, Bush Administration, CIA, Daniel Tencer, Daphne Evitar, DHS, DoD, Eric Holder, fascism, FOIA, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Homeland Security, human rights, international law, Jameel Jaffer, Joe Lieberman, John Durhan, law, libertarian, liberty, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, OLC, Pentagon, Raw Story, Robert Gates, terrorism, torture memos, torture photos, UN, US, War, War on Terror
A.C.L.U.: “We are disappointed that the president has signed a law giving the Defense Department the authority to hide evidence of its own misconduct, and we hope the defense secretary will not take advantage of that authority by suppressing photos related to the abuse of prisoners.”
Pentagon Won’t Confirm End of Bush ‘Military-Industrial-Media-Complex’ Propaganda Program
Posted: 29 October 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, Political ScienceTags: Brad Jacobson, Bryan Whitman, Bush Administration, David Barstow, Donald Horstman, military analysts, military industrial media complex, Newspeak, Norman Solomon, NY Times, Obama Administration, Pentagon propaganda wing, propaganda, Raw Story, Reese Erlich, Robert Gates, Robert Gibbs, Roxie Merritt, Sam Gardiner
David Barstow won a Pulitzer Prize for his report at The New York Times on the Bush Administration’s covert propaganda wing of the Pentagon recruiting retired military analysts to manufacture consent for its policies in the media. Pentagon officials “equivocated on the subject of whether the program has ended”, Brad Jacobson reports at The Raw Story.
Oceania Has Always Been At War With Eastasia
Posted: 21 October 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, American Empire, Blaine Harden, China, dollar hegemony, DPJ, fascism, Futenma, GDP, globalism, Hiroko Tabuchi, imperialism, Iraq, Iraq War, Japan, Julian Ryall, national debt, Obama, Obama Administration, Okinawa, OPEC, Robert Gates, South Korea, US, War, War on Terror, Washington Post, Yukio Hatoyama
Two-thirds of the 48,000 U.S. troops in Japan occupy bases on the island of Okinawa. The Obama Administration threatens “there will be no consolidation of forces and return of land in Okinawa” if the new Japan government doesn’t compromise its demands to further scale down the occupation than the old government agreed with the Bush Administration.
