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The surge in defense spending

rudkla — 2010-09-21T07:10:00Z

Independent Institute
by Winslow T. Wheeler

09/18/10

According to the analysis of the Project on Defense Alternatives, between 1998 and 2010 Congress appropriated to the Pentagon $2.144 Trillion (with a T) more than was anticipated by the 1999 baseline. Of that amount, $1.113 Trillion was spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $1.031 Trillion was added to base (non-war) Pentagon spending. What did you get for that extra $1 Trillion? Basically, you got a smaller Navy and Air Force and a tiny increase in the size of the Army. As an extra bonus, the hardware those forces use are now older than they were in the Clinton administration in 1998...

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2870

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pentagon
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=defense+spending
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Winslow+T.+Wheeler

Did Tony Blair Endorse Preventive War on Iran?

rudkla — 2010-09-21T06:46:00Z

By Stephen M. Walt

Blair's tacit support for military force in this case is without foundation.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26405.htm

Obama claims military action is an option

U.S. President claims military action is an option but army commanders warn of region destabilization.

http://bit.ly/9m4nrA

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Tony+Blair
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=preventive+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+M.+Walt

Did U.S. Soldiers Create Afghan Killing Club?

rudkla — 2010-09-21T06:44:00Z

Video Report

U.S. soldiers charged with targeting Afghan civilians; Army ignored pleas by soldier's father.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26402.htm

Members of Stryker Combat Brigade in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport

The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it.

http://bit.ly/cuqcX9

From Information Clearing House

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths

CNN Censored Footage of Iraq 'War Crime'

rudkla — 2010-09-21T04:24:00Z

By Daniel Tencer

A former CNN Iraq correspondent suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder says his employers wouldn't run footage he filmed of what he describes as a war crime by US troops.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26400.htm

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=war+crime
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=footage
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=stress+disorder
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Daniel+Tencer

Die Unglücks-Quelle im Golf von Mexiko ist geschlossen, jetzt kommt das lange Nachspiel

rudkla — 2010-09-21T04:20:00Z

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/2/148410

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Ölpest

Für die Isaf-Staaten wird es immer schwieriger, ihren baldigen Abzug als Erfolg verkaufen...

rudkla — 2010-09-21T04:17:00Z

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33338/1.html

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/topics/Iraq+-+Irak+/
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Isaf

War Is Murder

rudkla — 2010-09-21T04:07:00Z

http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski256.html

The New Soviet Union Is America
http://www.lewrockwell.com/wenzel/wenzel27.1.html

The Politics of Resentment
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sowell/sowell21.1.html

Is the US Stimulating Nuclear War?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis206.html

Support Your Local Army of Occupation
http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w170.html

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Imperialism and Imperial Barbarism

By James Petras

The overall picture is grim for the future of militarist imperialism. In Latin America, Africa and especially Asia, China has displaced the US as the principal trading partner in Brazil, South Africa and Southeast Asia. In contrast the US wallows in unwinable ideological wars in marginal countries like Somalia, Yemen and Afghanistan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26403.htm

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War is hell

The Libertarian Enterprise
by AX Perez

09/19/10

Originally said by William T. Sherman, it echoes Robert E. Lees It is good that war is so terrible lest we grow too fond of it. Both men made it clear war is terrible and something to be avoided, a point too many political leaders and persons seeking office seem to miss...

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle588-20100919-05.html

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=imperialism
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Somalia
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Yemen
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/kwiatkowski
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=/wenzel
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=/sowel
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/margolis
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=com/grigg
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=James+Petras
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=A.X.+Perez

The Petraeus Bait And Switch Maneuver

rudkla — 2010-09-21T03:39:00Z

Gareth Porter, Truthout: "In interviews in recent weeks, General David Petraeus has been taking a line on what will happen in mid-2011 that challenges President Barack Obama's intention to begin a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by that date. This new Petraeus line is the culmination of a brazen bait-and-switch maneuver on the war by the most powerful military commander in modern US history. It represents a new stage in the process by which Petraeus, abetted by his allies in the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, has appropriated much of the power over decisions on war policy that rightly belongs to the commander-in-chief."

http://www.truth-out.org/the-petraeus-bait-and-switch-maneuver63396

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Petraeus
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Mullen
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter

Interview With Rep. Dennis Kucinich

rudkla — 2010-09-21T03:34:00Z

Maya Schenwar, Truthout: "Almost nine years into the longest war in US history, at a time when the US spends more on its military budget than the rest of the world combined and endless war seems a frighteningly realistic possibility, I spoke with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), a long-time advocate for peace. Kucinich reminds us that there is another way: that through unity, persistence and a deeply necessary change in mindset, we can move toward a world in which mutual respect and global connections shape foreign policy, and the self-fulfilling prophecy of war loses its tragic momentum. He challenges us to imagine a world in which 'peace is inevitable.'"

http://www.truth-out.org/exclusive-interview-with-rep-dennis-kucinich63376

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Kucinich
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=foreign+policy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=endless+war
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=military+budget
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Maya+Schenwar

ACLU in Court in Challenge to Secrecy Provisions of Contractor Fraud Law

rudkla — 2010-09-21T03:25:00Z

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/20-8

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=contractor
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=ACLU

Halt Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon

rudkla — 2010-09-21T03:21:00Z

Food & Water Watch: National Consumer Organization: Halt Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon Until FDA Conducts Tests on Long-Term Health Effects of Consuming Genetically Engineered (GE) Meat.

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2010/09/20-6

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=genetically+engineered
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Food+&+Water+Watch

Bradley Manning: An American Hero

rudkla — 2010-09-21T03:18:00Z

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/20-1

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bradley+Manning
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Marjorie+Cohn

We Can't Afford This Government

rudkla — 2010-09-20T03:57:00Z

Der unterhaltsame Krieg

rudkla — 2010-09-20T03:52:00Z

Rekruten bleiben aus und der Rückhalt in der Bevölkerung schwindet. Die Bundeswehr versucht, mit Film- und Fernseh-Produktionen gegenzusteuern: "Militainment made in Germany".

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33321/1.html

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Bundeswehr

Hypo Real Estate Manager sollen 2009 Boni von mehr als einer Million kassieren

rudkla — 2010-09-20T03:47:00Z

In der verstaatlichen, angeblichen systemischen Pleitebank dürften Vorstände eigentlich höchstens eine halbe Million verdienen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148407

Warum sind die Managergehälter in den letzten Jahrzehnten so in die Höhe geschossen?

US-Soziologen glauben, dafür einen wichtigen Grund gefunden zu haben, der wenig mit Leistung und freiem Arbeitsmarkt zu tun hat.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/33/33336/1.html

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Hypo+Real+Estate
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=bonus