Category: War

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The New Bush…

Ron Paul has stated that “overall he does not think that the (Obama) policies will change.” He is speaking of Obama’s foreign policy position concerning Iraq and the rest of the Arab world. Ron Paul is not alone in his assessment. The NRO’s James S. Robbins confirms Paul’s prediction by comparing Obama’s recent and first interview with Al-Arabiya with George Bush’s interview with the same network. He concludes with this sobering statement:

Meanwhile those who were expecting the sweeping substantive changes in U.S. foreign and national-security policy that were promised on the campaign trail will have to keep waiting.

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US reconsidering Georgia leader

This is not the first time that the US has prematurely taken sides only to later find out that they were on the wrong side of a war.  Spiegel Online reports that the US gave too much credit to President Saakashvili of Georgia. Though “a friend and ally, (he) could in fact be a gambler — someone who triggered the bloody five-day war and then told the West bold-faced lies.” This of course is nothing new to Justin Raimondo and Patrick Buchanan who foresaw such a scenario. Neo-Conservatives are quick to judge mother Russia, but slow to look at herself:

The attempt to reconstruct the five-day war in August continues to revolve around one key question: Which side was the first to launch military strikes? Information coming from NATO and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) now paints a different picture than the one that prevailed during the first days of the battle for the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali — and is fueling the doubts of Western politicians.

John McCain, seeking to gain political points, wasted no time in calling “my fellow Americans” to embrace the Georgian flag against the evil Russian empire. But once again this has proven to be a presumptous move from the war party who glories in fear. If Western politicians are doubtful about the brief blood bath in the Caucasus, shouldn’t this cause skepticism when America supports a nation over another.

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Raimondo on the Georgia v. Russia war…

The anti-Russian bias of the Western media is really something to behold: “Russia Invades Georgia,” “Russia Attacks Georgia,” and variations thereof have been some of the choice headlines reporting events in the Caucasus, but the reality is not only quite different, but the exact opposite. Sometimes this comes out in the third or fourth paragraph of the reportage, in which it is admitted that the Georgians tried to “retake” the “breakaway province” of South Ossetia. The Georgian bombing campaign and the civilian casualties – if they are mentioned at all – are downplayed and presented as subject to dispute. Read the rest…

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Iraq: America’s Tax Burden

While the US economy continues to suffer, a new report shows that Iraq will generate $86 billion “this year from oil revenues, primarily driven by the high price of oil being paid by Americans and others,” says Rep. Maxine Waters. But instead of using that money to help in the reconstruction of Iraq, Americans are the ones paying for such massive tasks. Iraq has now become the new center for America’s welfare program.

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Górecki Third Symphony: In search of peace

As I prepare for a sermon this coming Lord’s Day, I have searched for music that would express the peace of being overcome by the power of God. Jacob’s wrestling with God is a war for identity and only God can give Jacob a new identity. Haydn’s Missa in Tempore Belli is one answer to this war. At the end, when the chorus ends and the orchestra pauses, the bells commence is their cry for peace and restoration.

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Ron Paul was right (again) on the “Iranian Threat”

(Thanks to Crooks and Liars)
Romney Blasts Paul For Minimizing Iranian “Threat”
By: Nicole Belle on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 at 3:38 PM 
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At the FOX GOP snoozefest…er, debate, interesting moments were few and far between. But this moment does clarify exactly how disinterested the Republican party is on substantive discussion as opposed to mindless fear-mongering.

When Ron Paul points out that the whole trumped up Iranian speedboat threat in the Straits of Hormuz has a whole Gulf of Tonkin smell to it and that we need to be careful before posturing aggressively over a non-existent threat.

And Mitt Romney’s reply?

I think Congresman Paul should not be reading as many of Ahmadinejad’s press releases.

Nice. Why let pesky little things like facts get in the way, right, Mitt? Even though the Navy is backing down and saying the speedboats posed no threat and there’s some question as to the voice on the recording, let’s not stop fearmongering ourselves into a huge conflict with Iran too–all our dealings in the Middle East have worked out so well, haven’t they?

(h/t The Aristocrats)

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Occupationalist John McCain: US Troops in Iraq for a hundred years

I have just coined a new term: occupationalist. This is one who desires to occupy every country in the world for the sake of establishing a presence or an empire overseas indeterminably.

David Corn reports:

After the event ended, I asked McCain about his “hundred years” comment, and he reaffirmed the remark, excitedly declaring that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for “a thousand years” or “a million years,” as far as he was concerned. The key matter, he explained, was whether they were being killed or not: “It’s not American presence; it’s American casualties.” U.S. troops, he continued, are stationed in South Korea, Japan, Europe, Bosnia, and elsewhere as part of a “generally accepted policy of America’s multilateralism.” There’s nothing wrong with Iraq being part of that policy, providing the government in Baghdad does not object.