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- Bush's Iraq: An Appointocracy
- Naomi Klein, Globe & Mail, January 22, 2004
The White House insists that its aversion to elections is purely practical: there just isn't time to pull them off before the June 30 deadline. So why have the deadline?
- It's Greed, Not Ideology, That Rules the White House
- Naomi Klein, The Guardian UK, December 23, 2003
If there's one thing the Wolfowitz/Baker dust-ups make clear, it's that the ideology of the Bush White House isn't neo-conservatism, it's old-fashioned greed....Seen through this lens, the seemingly erratic behaviour coming out of Washington starts to make a lot more sense.
- Oil, Power and Empire
- Larry Everest, Counter Punch, December 06, 2003
A key element of the new Bush doctrine is leveraging current U.S. military supremacy into economic supremacy and dealing with various difficulties confronting the global economy. Oil and natural gas play an important part in this grand design.
- Big Words and Big Oil Don't Mix
- Nicholas Confessore, Los Angeles Times, December 05, 2003
If you're going to ask energy lobbyists to craft federal natural resources policy — as the Bush administration's energy task force did — why not let them handle foreign policy too?
- Oh The Little Saddams We Weave
- Jeremy Scahill, Common Dreams, December 05, 2003
The US has put scores of Saddam's thugs on the payroll of the new regime. Many of them kept their same positions, just with a new supervisor: Uncle Sam. And one of the most striking similarities between Saddam and Bremer is that neither of them seems too eager to have democratic elections in Iraq.
- Perils to Democracy by Electronic Voting
- BUZZFLASH, buzzflash.com, December 04, 2003
A Buzzflash Interview with activist Bev Harris.
- Dismantling US Democracy
- Charles Levendosky, International Herald Tribune, December 03, 2003
There's a disturbing irony in a U.S. administration that claims it intends to establish democracy in Iraq - yet all the while systematically dismantling democracy at home.
- Bush and Iraq: Mass Media, Mass Ignorance
- Jeff Cohen, Common Dreams, December 01, 2003
The run-up to the Iraq war offers a case study in news bias: how mainstream media, especially television, were incapable of getting the truth out in the face of administration lies and innuendo about Iraq's 9/11 role and weapons of mass destruction.
- The Tragedy of Iraq
- Nation Editorial Board, The Nation, September 15, 2003
The Nation editorial for Sept. 15 Issue - a must read!
- How Globalization Promotes War
- Steven Staples, The Polaris Institute, August 29, 2003
Corporate globalization promotes military spending over social spending, requires police and military protection of corporate interests, undermines citizen peace work, and protects corporate security at the expense of human security.
- A Nation of Assassins
- DOUGLAS VALENTINE, CounterPunch, July 24, 2003
What do you call it when George W. Bush, without provocation and based on false pretenses, sends an army to invade a foreign nation; and then, without any attempt to negotiate a surrender, effect an arrest, or put this nation's leaders on trial and present evidence of their crimes, instead puts multimillion dollar bounties on their heads...?
- Interview: 27-Year CIA Veteran by Will Pitt
- William Rivers Pitt, Truthout, June 26, 2003
Mr. Pitt intervies Ray McGovern, who was a CIA analyst for 27 years, serving seven Presidents. He is currently on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Mr. McGovern talks about how the administration lied to Congress, the American people, and even Colin Powell about WMD evidence. He also talks about why the current closed door Congressional hearings about so-called "intelligence failures" are a sham.
- New World Order: Bullying
- Catharine Cooper, Los Angeles Times, May 09, 2003
Evidence to support his invasion have not been forthcoming, and, as it turns out, the war was not so much about Iraq, as it was to gain a military and economic foothold within the region.
- The Silence about September 11
- William Rivers Pitt, Truth Out, April 21, 2003
Why has the Bush administration refused to allow a genuine inquiry into 9/11? William Rivers Pitt gives us some historical perspective, reaching all the way back to the Carter administration.
- Privatization in Disguise
- Naomi Klein, The Nation, April 10, 2003
Iraqi freedom may come pre-shackled with economic decisions made in boardrooms while the bombs were still falling.
- From Republic to Empire
- Roger Morris, Globe & Mail - Canada, April 14, 2003
Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon were labeled 'imperial presidents,' recalls former White House adviser Roger Morris. But neither could hold a candle to today's George Bush.
- When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History
- Thom Hartmann, Common Dreams News Center, March 16, 2003
With the opening act of a new Pax Americana looming close, Thom Hartmann draws uncanny parallels to the rise of another "empire" in the name of "security" and moral certitude - a warning, and a chilling reminder of our obligations as citizens of the world: to remember the lessons of history, and to act.
- The Case Against US Adventurism in Iraq
- Noam Chomsky, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, March 13, 2003
Even before the administration began beating the war drums against Iraq, there were plenty of warnings that U.S. adventurism would lead to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as well as terror, for deterrence or revenge. Right now, Washington is teaching the world a dangerous lesson: If you want to defend yourself from us, you had better mimic North Korea and pose a credible threat. Otherwise we will demolish you.
- The Origins of the Bush Iraq War Plan
- Jason Leopold, CounterPunch, February 19, 2003
This new information begs the question: what is really driving the Bush Administration's desire to start a war with Iraq if two of Bush's future top defense officials were already planting the seeds for an attack five years ago?
- Depleted Uranium: The Weapon We Gave Iraq
- Scott Taylor, Globe & Mail - Canada, February 17, 2003
Despite increasing evidence linking DU to degenerative health disorders, the British and U.S. militaries steadfastly refuse to suspend their use of such weapons. On Aug. 16, 2002, at the annual UN Human Rights Convention, a motion was tabled to ban the use of depleted-uranium munitions until a full-scale medical survey could be conducted. The only two countries to vote against the motion were Britain and the United States.
- Why U.N. inspectors left Iraq--then and now
- FAIR- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, Extra!, October 01, 2002
What a Difference Four Years Makes.
- Our Job Is a Simple One: Stop Them
- Howard Zinn, The Progressive, December , 2002
We ought to remind our neighbors, remind our friends, remind everybody we can that if we really believe that all people are created equal we cannot go to war.
- US Still Intervening Against Democracy in Venezuela
- Mark Weisbrot, Counter Punch, December 19, 2002
But if history is any guide, overt funding from Washington will turn out to be the tip of the iceberg. This was the case in Haiti, Nicaragua, Chile, and other countries where Washington has sought "regime change" because our leaders didn't agree with the voters' choice at the polls.
- Not Again
- Arundhati Roy, Guardian, September 30, 2002
Thousands of people turned out in London at the weekend to protest against an attack on Iraq. Here, the distinguished writer Arundhati Roy argues that it is the demands of global capitalism that are driving us to war.
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