Military Cancer. Police Militarization In Ferguson. Military device used on Detroit protest against Water Shutoffs. How the Rest of the World Views the American Military. —Kevin Drum on Thu.
August 29, 2013 10:29 AM PDT Paul Waldman lays out a list of significant US military actions over the past 50 years, and it adds up to 15 separate episodes, ranging from full-scale wars (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) to smaller incursions (Grenada, Haiti, Panama). Military Quietly Grants Itself the Power to Police the Streets Without Local or State Consent. The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law enforcement agencies.
For the past 30 years, police departments throughout the United States have benefitted from the government’s largesse in the form of military weaponry and training, incentives offered in the ongoing “war on drugs.” For the average citizen watching events such as the intense pursuit of the Tsarnaev brothers on television, it would be difficult to discern between fully outfitted police SWAT teams and the military. Hunger Striking at Guantánamo Bay. "Permission to Engage - Witness" [English] Wikileaks 2007 Video of Iraq footage unpicked. When Will We Realize That It Is Murder? Chem-Trail Testing. And You're Scared of Foreign Terrorists? Wake your Ass Up!
U.S. launches super-secret, orbiting drone X-37B. US Drone Tweets Reveal 'Double Tap' Plan. McChrystal: We've Shot 'An Amazing Number' Of Innocent Afghans. Where do 53% of your Tax dollars go? One Video EVERYONE should see. Chronicle of a death foretold. "I am happy to express from this darkness and draw a true picture of the condition in which I exist.
I am moving towards a dark cave and a dark life in the shadow of a dark prison. This is a prison that does not know humanity, and does not know anything except the language of power, oppression and humiliation for whoever enters it. It does not differentiate between a criminal and the innocent. "-Guantanamo inmate Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif in a letter to his lawyer, dated December 26th, 2010 Two weeks ago, the Pentagon quietly released a statement that another Guantanamo detainee had died in custody, the ninth since the prison was opened in 2001.
0.83% vs 99.17% 911 - US GENERAL Warns us ALL - Our Enemies USED TO BE External Enemies - NOT ANY MORE. Washington Post. Gwenyth Todd had worked in a lot of places in Washington where powerful men didn’t hesitate to use sharp elbows. She had been a Middle East expert for the National Security Council in the Clinton administration.
She had worked in the office of Defense Secretary Dick Cheney in the first Bush administration, where neoconservative hawks first began planning to overthrow Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Why The Military Knows Israel Did 9/11. Military Rape: The Invisible War. Aguilar writes: "Every politician who has ever uttered the empty slogan 'Support Our Troops' should be required to see 'The Invisible War,' a heart-wrenching documentary that exposes the epidemic of rape within the US military and its widespread cover-ups.
" By Rose Aguilar, Al Jazeera 04 July 12 very politician who has ever uttered the empty slogan "Support Our Troops" should be required to see The Invisible War, a heart-wrenching documentary that exposes the epidemic of rape within the US military and its widespread cover-ups. They should be required to watch the troops they claim to support courageously talk about what it was like to be brutally raped and assaulted by their "brothers-in-arms".
The numbers are astounding. Politicians and military top brass, who for years have claimed to embrace a "zero tolerance" policy, must be required to explain why sexual predators are still in every branch of the military or, once they get out, walking our streets. Bill Boyarsky: Eisenhower’s Warning Ignored, Presidential Power Has Risen to Sinister Level - Bill Boyarsky's Columns. Eisenhower’s Warning Ignored, Presidential Power Has Risen to Sinister Level Posted on Jun 20, 2012 By Bill Boyarsky By following a warlike path—and getting a free pass from too many progressives—President Barack Obama is making sure that foreign policy will remain in the hands of the military-industrial complex.
Hardly discussed in the presidential campaign is how Obama personally picks targets on a kill list, hugely has increased drone attacks, and wages cyberwarfare against Iran. US Military Weather Warfare Chemtrails - Aerosol Crimes Explained by Massachusetts School of Law. “Militants”: media propaganda. Don't Thank Me for My Service. U.S.
Marine in Zaranj, Nimroz province, December 30, 2011. (Photo: Cpl. Bryan Nygaard / U.S. AMAZING SPEECH BY WAR VETERAN. WikiLeaks cable: U.S. troops murdered Iraqi children, elderly, in raid. Swarming and the Future of Conflict. Swarming is a seemingly amorphous, but deliberately structured, coordinated, strategic way to perform military strikes from all directions.
It employs a sustainable pulsing of force and/or fire that is directed from both close-in and stand-off positions. It will work best — perhaps it will only work — if it is designed mainly around the deployment of myriad, small, dispersed, networked maneuver units. Project for the New American Century. Israeli undercover unit's murder of Palestinian civilian was part of "training exercise"
At the beginning of this month, I blogged about the shooting of three brothers in the West Bank village of Rammoun on 27 March that resulted in the death of one and was conducted by undercover Israeli agents, an act tantamount to perfidy and thus a violation of international humanitarian law.
Yesterday, Ynet reported that these undercover agents were actually performing a military training exercise and that the soldier responsible for killing Rashad Shawakha, 28, had been dismissed. Debating assassinations on “Real Time” Robert Fisk: Madness is not the reason for this massacre - Robert Fisk - Commentators. This was the same nonsense used to describe the murderous US soldiers who ran amok in the Iraqi town of Haditha.
It was the same word used about Israeli soldier Baruch Goldstein who massacred 25 Palestinians in Hebron – something I pointed out in this paper only hours before the staff sergeant became suddenly "deranged" in Kandahar province. "Apparently deranged", "probably deranged", journalists announced, a soldier who "might have suffered some kind of breakdown" (The Guardian), a "rogue US soldier" (Financial Times) whose "rampage" (The New York Times) was "doubtless [sic] perpetrated in an act of madness" (Le Figaro).
Really? Are we supposed to believe this stuff? Surely, if he was entirely deranged, our staff sergeant would have killed 16 of his fellow Americans. 16 Intelligence Agencies Unanimously: NO EVIDENCE for Nuclear Weapons Iran - Wake Up Obamanoids! Paul Craig Roberts on Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Michael Hastings on war journalists - Glenn Greenwald. Rolling Stone‘s Michael Hastings — whose 2010 article on Gen.
Stanley McChrystal ended the Afghanistan War commander’s career by accurately reporting numerous controversial statements made in a series of interviews — embodies the pure journalistic ethos. Some of the most celebrated establishment military reporters in America attacked Hastings for that article on the ground that it violated a sacred trust between Generals and war reporters (The New York Times‘ John Burns), and even baselessly insinuated that he fabricated the quotes and then went on to impugn his patriotism when compared to The Great General (CBS News’ Lara Logan). Even worse, The Washington Post, ABC News and others irresponsibly published totally anonymous military sources claiming with no basis that Hastings violated ground-rule agreements for the interviews. Drones, Asia and Cyber War: Pentagon Shifts Priorities in New Review; Budget Still Exceeds Bush Era. This is a rush transcript.
Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In the lead-up to Tuesday’s primary vote in New Hampshire, Republican candidates participated in two televised debates in less than 24 hours. Several candidates directed their criticism at former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who leads the race. The Republican presidential candidates also took aim at President Obama, including for the new military strategy he unveiled late last week. Armed Chinese Troops in Texas! Rape in the US military: 'I just screamed for them to stop' - video. Snapshots of Washington’s essence. On the Dark Side in Al Doura - A Soldier in the Shadows. Rape of Iraqi Women by US Forces as Weapon of War: Photos and Data Emerge. Indefinite Detention of American Citizens: Coming Soon to Battlefield U.S.A. Ron Paul's famous "What if" speech. The Video The USA Army Doesn't Want You To See (Read Description) Military dogs taking Xanax, receiving therapy, for canine PTSD. The decade’s biggest scam.
The Los Angeles Times examines the staggering sums of money expended on patently absurd domestic “homeland security” projects: $75 billion per year for things such as a Zodiac boat with side-scan sonar to respond to a potential attack on a lake in tiny Keith County, Nebraska, and hundreds of “9-ton BearCat armored vehicles, complete with turret” to guard against things like an attack on DreamWorks in Los Angeles.
Local police forces are now little armies. Why? ASK THIS | October 06, 2011 More and more, in dealing with nonviolent political protesters police across America show up in battlefield dress with intimidating military gear supplied by the Pentagon and Homeland Security. U.S. Special Forces Operating Secretly in 120 Countries. Most Americans are aware that U.S. forces are involved in missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya. Those who pay closer attention to the news may know that American troops are also active in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia.
Remains of US Soldiers Dumped in Landfill, Air Force Admits. Whitlock and Jaffe report: "Asked if it was appropriate or dignified to incinerate troops' body parts and dispose of them in a landfill, Jones declined to answer directly.