Obama's Kettle of Hawks By JEREMY SCAHILL
What ultimately ties Obama's team together is their unified support for the classic US foreign policy recipe: the hidden hand of the free market, backed up by the iron fist of US militarism to defend the America First doctrine. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21373.htm === Vote First. Ask Questions Later. By William Blum Is there reason to be happy that the insufferably religious George W. is soon to be history? "I believe that Christ died for my sins and I am redeemed through him. That is a source of strength and sustenance on a daily basis." That was said by someone named Barack Obama.1 The United States turns out religious fanatics like the Japanese turn out cars. Let's pray for an end to this. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21377.htm === How Many Americans Died Because of Bush's Torture Program? By Scott Horton According to a special operations intelligence officer, the answer is a number north of three thousand-not counting the tens of thousands maimed or seriously wounded, the destruction of the nation's reputation as a moral leader, or the damage done to our Constitution. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21372.htm === Kafka Has a Rival The UK Foreign Office Lectures Us on Human Rights By John Pilger John Pilger describes the black irony of an "open day to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" at the Foreign Office, guardian of rapacious British power and policies that invert the meaning of human rights. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21374.htm === Somalia: Another CIA-Backed Coup Blows Up By Mike Whitney Up until a month ago, no one in the Bush administration showed the least bit of interest in the incidents of piracy off the coast of Somalia. Now that's all changed and there's talk of sending in the Navy to patrol the waters off the Horn of Africa and clean up the pirates hideouts. Why the sudden about-face? http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21375.htm Confronting the Terrorist Within By Chris Hedges The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, when viewed from the receiving end, are state-sponsored acts of terrorism. These wars defy every ethical and legal code that seek to determine when a nation can wage war, from Just War Theory to the statutes of international law largely put into place by the United States after World War II. These wars are criminal wars of aggression. C http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21367.htm === Analysis: Defense Policy Under Obama and Gates SIZE OF U.S. MILITARY -- TO INCREASE AS PLANNED By Reuters Obama has backed the Bush administration's program to increase the size of the U.S. military's stretched ground forces. He restated his commitment to a larger military at Monday's news conference. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21361.htm === With Gates, Obama Opts for Empire By Matthew Rothschild He's about running the U.S. empire-with less bravado than Bush-Cheney, but perhaps more efficiently. And he's perfectly willing to use the old hands like Gates, bloody as they are, to get that job done. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21362.htm === The End of the Affair Obama and the antiwar movement By Justin Raimondo Antiwar voters took a chance on Obama, reasoning that anything would be better than four more years of Bushian belligerence, yet now they discover to their chagrin that the dice are loaded. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21365.htm === The Cost of Hegemony is Beyond Reach By Paul Craig Roberts Undeterred by massive budget deficits from wars, a falling economy, and financial bailouts, the US government has managed to start a new cold war with Russia. Last Friday, the Russian military announced that it was developing a new generation of ballistic missiles in response to the US government's decision to deploy ballistic missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21366.htm === Pentagon to Detail Troops to Bolster Domestic Security By Spencer S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson Plan would dedicate 20,000 uniformed troops inside U.S. by 201. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21360.htm === Censorship in America? By Timothy V. Gatto The attacks by missile-bearing unmanned Predators have killed hundreds in Pakistan attending funerals and weddings, yet this hardly gets mentioned in the MSM. 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