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The State Department’s “Report” on the Attack in Benghazi, Libya: The Effects of Diplomacy as Subversion
Originally published on CounterPunch on December 20, 2012. Almost immediately after the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, which resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, along with Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty, added to the destruction and looting of the U.S. facility in Benghazi, various columnists immediately took […]
The Apotheosis of St. Christopher of Libya
September 29, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends,” the president said, quoting scripture. … “Because of these patriots, and because of you, this country that we love will always shine as a light onto the world.” In an effort not to seethe further at the absurdity […]
Mugabe: Humanitarian Imperialism, R2P, the Murder of Gaddafi, and the Destruction of Libya
September 27, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
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In a speech yesterday that in many ways repeated key elements of the speech he gave at the UN General Assembly last year, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe did a fine job in exposing the hypocrisy underlying the dogmatism of “responsibility to protect” (R2P) and the doctrinaire formulas of advocates of “humanitarian intervention”. He did so […]
Encircling Empire: Report #17—Consequences
September 25, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
Encircling Empire: Report #17—Consequences Encircling Empire Reports is a selection of essays, blog posts, and news reports covering a given time period, providing links and representative extracts or key passages from each resource, usually focusing on certain countries/continents and/or processes in each report. The focus of the reports ranges from imperialism discussed in broad strokes, […]
Libya: Imperial Humanists and Helpless Others
September 22, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
[...continued from the previous article; see the list of related articles at the bottom of this page, plus information on the latest book, Slouching Towards Sirte] The empire that speaks of “dignity” first invented the image of the helpless Libyan begging for us to “stop standing idly by”—because we, in the West, are tasked with […]
Libya: Empire or Dignity
September 22, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
[Part 6 of 6 of my series on "Dignity," this article is itself divided up into a series of articles, each one partly derived and adapted from my book on NATO's war against Libya. See the bottom of the articles for more details.] “May God bless them,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with […]
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December 31, 2012 by Maximilian Forte
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