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Cheerleading War
by Stephen Lendman
When America goes to war or plans one, media scoundrels march in lockstep. Might justifies right. Imperial priorities are suppressed.
Wars of aggression are called liberating ones. Bombs away is called humanitarian intervention. Nations are destroyed to free them. Plunder is called economic development. So is exploitation.
Unchallenged imperial control is called democracy. Code language conceals real motives. Monied interests alone benefit. They choose US leaders. They decide policy. They have final say.
Prince Bandar and Zionist lobby partnering to maneuver Obama into prolonged war with Syria
Franklin Lamb
Tehran
The Bandar-Zionist lobby collaboration, currently the cocktail party talk of many in Washington, is not a case of strange bedfellows given three decades of mutual cooperation which started during Prince Bandar’s long tenure as Saudi ambassador in Washington. Based in Washington, but with a palace out west and up north, Bandar developed almost familial relationships with five presidents and their key advisers. His voice was one of the shrillest urging the United States to invade Iraq in 2003. In the 1980s, Prince Bandar was deeply involved in the Iran-Contra scandal in Nicaragua and it his intelligence agency that first alerted Western allies to the alleged use of sarin gas by the Syrian regime in February. Bandar has reportedly for months been focused exclusively on garnering international support, including arms and training, for Syrian rebel factions in pursuit of the eventual toppling of President Bashar al-Assad.
War on Syria Looms
by Stephen Lendman
Russia's gone all out to prevent it. Best efforts aren't working. Last Wednesday's false flag explains. It's pretext for waging war.
Dmitry Rogozin is Moscow's former NATO envoy. He's currently Deputy Prime Minister.
He said belligerent Western powers treat Muslim countries like a "monkey with a hand grenade." Earlier he criticized "Anglo-Saxon" plans to attack Syria.
NBC and CNBC headlined "US strike against Syria 'as early as Thursday.' " Unnamed senior US officials were cited.
Imperial Madness
by Stephen Lendman
Benjamin Franklin once said there's no such thing as a good war or bad peace. His advice went unheeded.
Big Lies launch wars. One after another follows. Doing so reflects imperial madness. America's a warrior nation. It's addicted to war. It ravages and destroys one country after another.
It does so claiming humanitarian intervention. Mass killing and destruction follow. So do charnel house conditions. No nation in world history caused more bloodshed and human misery than America.
Historian Gabriel Kolko called the 20th century "the bloodiest in all history. More than 170 million people were killed." Most were civilians.
According to Kolko, America bears most responsibility. It does so through imperial interventions. It's the world's largest arms producer and exporter. Mass killing and destruction follow.
NSA Bugs UN Headquarters
by Stephen Lendman
Spying is official US policy. It's conducted at home and abroad. It's lawless. Big Brother watches everyone. Even UN headquarters is vulnerable. More on that below.
Spying on the world body is illegal. Doing so violates the 1946 UN convention. It states:
"The premises of the United Nations shall be inviolable."
"The property and assets of the United Nations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation and any other form of interference, whether by executive, administrative, judicial or legislative action."
The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations states "the official correspondence of the mission shall be inviolable."
Israel Poised to Attack Syria?
by Stephen Lendman
Israel partners with Washington's regional wars. A separate article said America and Britain may attack Syria in days.
Perhaps other NATO partners and Israel will be involved. Hawkish Israeli comments suggest it. On Sunday, Netanyahu said Israel's "finger is on the pulse" of what's ongoing. It need be, it'll move to the trigger.
Shimon Peres called for joint action "to remove all chemical weapons from Syria." International Relations/Intelligence/Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said it's "crystal clear" Assad used chemical weapons last week.
Selling War on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
Waging war requires manufacturing consent. Public opinion's manipulated to do so. Big Lies substitute for full and accurate reporting.
Truth is systematically avoided. Americans get a steady diet of managed news misinformation. On August 20, Al Jazeera America (AJAM) debuted. Qatar's monarchy controls programming.
It's waging war on Syria. AJAM didn't explain. It claims to offer "unbiased, fact-based, in-depth stories of US in international news."
On August 22, it said "Syrian activists (offered) horrific images of dead and dying children from near Damascus." AJAM called it "proof of a chemical-weapons attack by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad." It did so despite no verifiable evidence whatever. It repeated the Big Lie.
Britain's Middle East Spy Station
by Stephen Lendman
It doesn't surprise. Washington operates the same way. It's longstanding imperial policy. It relates to waging war on freedom.
On August 23, The Independent headlined "Exclusive: UK's secret Mid-East internet surveillance is revealed in Edward Snowden leaks."
Did Snowden provide information to The Independent? He categorically denies doing so. Perhaps its "exclusive" stopped short of telling all. More on that below.
"Data gathering is part of a ($1.5 billion) web project still being assembled by GCHQ," said The Independent. It's involved in "intercept(ing) and process(ing) vast quantities of emails, telephone calls and web traffic on behalf of Western intelligence agencies, The Independent has learnt."
The 2005 Bankruptcy Bill: Knowing a Financial Crisis Was Imminent, Banks Lobbied Government to Pass Laws to Preserve Their Wealth
by chycho
Our government representatives would like us to believe that the subprime mortgage crisis (2, 3, 4, 5) could not have been predicted. The truth is, the collapse was expected and authorities were well aware that crimes were being committed.
I. Introduction
It is said that if you want to find the corrupt, follow the money. This catchphrase, however, cannot be used as a preventative measure; it can only be used in retrospect to punish perpetrators of a crime. It does very little to protect us from predators. This is unfortunate when applied to our current crony capitalistic system; a wrong decision in our personal finances can mean the difference between living a life of debt servitude or one of freedom.
In our current centralized economic system, the best way to avoid pitfalls and preserve wealth, improving lifestyle, is to pay close attention to changes in laws and be mindful of their implications. Take, for example, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA):
A rush to judgment is a rush to war
Michael Collins
On Sunday and Monday, representatives of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron claimed that it is "too late" to effectively examine the nature and source of the chemical weapons event near Damascus, Syria last Wednesday (August 21). (Image: Tim Green)
Are these coordinated, self-serving statements by those who want to attack Syrian government without regard to the source of the chemical weapons attack?
The "too late" statements came four and five days after the attack. The clear implication is that the limit for a chemical weapons investigation is four to five days after the event.
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