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Talking Peace, Waging War
by Stephen Lendman
Obama's war on Syria rages. It's taken a horrific toll nationwide. Tens of thousands died. Dozens more do daily.
Millions were displaced. Numbers internally and abroad range up to one-third of Syria's population. Humanitarian crisis conditions exist. Human suffering is extreme.
Peace talks reflect more illusion than reality. On January 22, they're scheduled to begin.
On Sunday and Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with so-called Friends of Syria countries in Paris.
They include America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and UAE.
They're imperial collaborators. They no friends of the great majority of Syrians. On Sunday, they issued a joint statement, saying:
"Assad and his close associates with blood on their hands will have no role in Syria."
Throughout nearly three years of conflict, they've wrongfully blamed him for Western-backed insurgent crimes.
Obama Sabotaging Syrian Peace
by Stephen Lendman
Obama initiated war on Syria. He wants regime change. He wants continued bloodshed, destruction and human suffering to get it. He deplores peace.
He bears full responsibility for nearly three years of conflict. He began it. He wants it continued. He says one thing. He does another. His policies speak for themselves.
On January 22, so-called Geneva II peace talks are scheduled to begin. Mid-2012 Geneva I talks ended in failure. Washington prevented success.
Talks were called a "last ditch effort" to halt violence. Similar rhetoric followed Kofi Annan's one-sided peace plan.
It placed the conflict ending burden on Assad. It did so unfairly. Western backed death squads bear full responsibility.
Eulogizing a Mass Murderer
by Stephen Lendman
On January 11, Ariel Sharon died. He's not missed. A previous article discussed his blood-drenched military and political career.
It did so in depth. It explained his decades of high crimes against peace. They began before Israel's creation. They continued until his debilitating stroke induced coma. It occurred in January 2006.
Sharon was pure evil. He was satanic. He was no saint. A special place in hell awaited him. It now claims him.
His criminal legacy remains. It's indisputable. It's well documented. Eulogizers largely ignored it. They did so shamelessly.
Obama and other world leaders praised him. A previous article quoted them. They ignored his high crimes. They have plenty of their own to answer for. The same place in hell awaits them.
Sharonian Evil Lives
by Stephen Lendman
It rages in Israel. It's worse in Washington. It infests most other Western states. Despots rule most regional ones. They dominate other parts of the world.
State terror harms global billions. Human torment is extreme. Sharonian evil reflects what's ongoing. More on Palestinian suffering below.
On January 13, Haaretz headlined "Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon laid to rest in state funeral."
World dignitaries were there. Showing up honored a mass murderer. Attendees did it disgracefully. They have their own dark crosses to bear.
Nations represented partnered with Sharon's crimes. They support Israel's worst ones. They commit their own.
NAFTA's Deplorable Legacy
by Stephen Lendman
Wall Street Journal columnist Mary O'Grady reinvents history. She does it her way. It's the wrong way. She turns truth on its head.
Her commentaries read like bad fiction. They substitute misinformation for indisputable facts. Responsible editors wouldn't touch her rubbish. Journal editors embrace it.
NAFTA was hugely destructive trade policy. It's opposite of what's needed. More on why below.
Not according to O'Grady. On January 5, she headlined "Nafta at 20: A Model for Trade Policy." It's a model for the wrongheaded kind.
Finnegan begin again - Syria and the cycle of recursive violence
Michael Collins
James Joyce began Finnegans Wake with this passage:
"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's from swerve of shore to bend of bay bring us back by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howrth Castle and Environs."
Those sturdy enough to navigate the hallucinogenic, recursive, rhythmic prose to the very last page (or clever enough to proceed there right away) discover that the opening sentence is a continuation of the last sentence in the novel: "A way a lone a long a last a long the " … "riverun" etc. It's all a loop, where Finn constantly begins again.
We see a multilayered, recursive cycle of beginning again from the point at which we've just ended in the cycles of the tragic assault on Syria and its people.
Fat Man Talking – Governor Christie Sinks
Joel S. Hirschhorn
After having many positive views of New Jersey Governor Christie mainly because he seemed like a better kind of politician, maybe being someone the public could actually trust, I now see him as just another untrustworthy, dishonest politician.
As a political junkie I have followed very closely the whole bridgegate scandal. Today I closely listened to the two-hour press conference Christie held.
Despite all his apologizing, Christie looks absolutely terrible to all those with critical thinking capabilities.
First, though he fired his deputy chief of staff because she lied about her action as shown in an email wherein she triggered the action to close lanes on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge, he did not come close to saying she was also fired because of what she did. He was “saddened” because she lied and was disloyal, and acted stupidly, but not because of what she accomplished. He portrayed himself as a victim, while not expressing authentic guilt over the real victims, those impacted by the traffic gridlock, including school buses and ambulances, not just commuters.
Ariel Sharon's Criminal Legacy
by Stephen Lendman
Gilad Sharon chronicled his father's life. He wrote his biography. It's titled "Sharon: The Life of a Leader." It discusses his history from soldier to general to political leader. According to Gilad, his father "was a much better prime minister" than Netanyahu. He was Sharon's finance minister. He claimed he "gave and gave and gave."
"Palestinians got and got and got, and my question is, what did we get? Nothing and nothing and nothing."
"What the public wants to know is when will it get a prime minister who stops putting wind in the sails of terrorists and begins to demand things in return for concessions."
Gilad calls Netanyahu "subversive." He's "coward(ly)," he added. He left unexplained his father's blood-drenched career. Evil best describes it.
Rich Congress, Poor America
by Stephen Lendman
The Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) calls itself "the nation's premier research group tracking money in US politics and its (corrosive) effect on elections and public policy."
"Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, the organization aims to create a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more transparent and responsive government."
Doing so remains a major uphill struggle. It shows virtually no signs of success. Conditions are worse than ever in modern times. Washington's political establishment is ruthless, corrupt and lawless.
Members infesting it are privileged. Most are very, very rich. Generous congressional benefits supplement their wealth.
Fidel at 87
Stephen Lendman
Last August 13, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz turned 87. He's a legend in his own time. He led Cuba's revolution. He did so for half a century.
Freedom replaced police state rule. US imperial dominance ended. So did mafia boss control. Cuba was transformed into a casino and brothel. No longer since 1959.
Cubans won't tolerate recolonization. They survived America's viciousness. So did Fidel.
He remains committed for world peace. He champions social justice. He deplores imperial lawlessness. He survived against long odds.
Washington wanted him dead. He survived hundreds of attempts to kill him. In July 2006, he underwent major gastrointestinal surgery. Misreporting pronounced him dead or dying.
Following his recovery, George Bush said: "One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away."
In response, Fidel said: "Now I understand why I survived Bush's plans and the plans of other presidents who ordered my assassination. The good Lord protected me."
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