All the US Money from the $5 dollar bill to the 100$ bill depicts 9/11 crashing!

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ArabWomanBlues: God won’t show up ….

Excerpt: Friday, 20 June 2008 A message. I tell you, God is fed up with the whole bloody lot. He/She/It is sick and tired with you lot. [...] God also doesn’t give a damn about your religion, believe it or not. He couldn’t care less…Your crosses, your laws, your veils, your kippas, your statues, your feathers and your masks…You created them for you not for Him. He has no need for them. You do. You are all so self-sufficient, you don’t need anyone. So don’t whine if He doesn’t show up.

http://uncensoredarabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2008/06/message.html

The Israeli peace statement with everyone. An addition to Avnery’s ‘An apology’

Some additions for Avnery’s ‘An Apology’. The idea to do this is really from Critique of Avnery s Apology  by Henry Lowi This I realize would need to be rewritten: To the Lebanese we say: We are releasing all Lebanese prisoners. The shebaa farms you can have. We’d love to buy some of your water. And all Lebanese are welcome to visit Israeel without a visa, yes even Nasrallah. Now we also have a lot of excess cement which you are welcome to have for free for rebuilding, and we’d like to help locate the cluster bombs. Now to Syria: please, here, take all the Golan heights, maybe some of the settlers would like to stay under Syrian jurisdiction, that is up to them. We’d like to buy some of your oil! And Syrians are welcome without a Visa, maybe we can do some student exchanges. Now to Iran, your Nuclear issues are no longer a pivotal concern for Israel. We want to make an unconditional peace with you. And we are frankly exhausted from hating you, and formenting more of it. And yes we’d like to buy some of your oil. And visas will be available online. And that’s it, end of wars. Iran will help America go home from Iraq at least. Rumor was there were some sad faces in DC.

America, will you sink already?!

America, will you sink already?! Waging war on Pakistan’s tribal area. About to start a naval blockade on Iran. Trying to set up a missile system in Lithuania. Wooing Georgia and Ukraine into NATO. Ya you got support at the UN for your resolutions. But don’t you think Russia and China and Iran are aligned? Talking all the time. You have bankrupted your own country. Nor is the UK in good shape. Practiced genocide and torture. The world doesn’t need you. “Washington must learn from its past mistakes or face a valiant nation that is not afraid of ridding the region of their presence once and for all,” said Larijani on Wednesday. The US actions do not make sense, they are simply self defeating. And your allies: UK France Italy Canada Dutch, none of the people support the warring. Which makes for a boss no one likes. Now don’t get me wrong, American people are great. Then the question is: ‘what has gone wrong?’

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In the end the Jewish empire will collapse.

Could the Jews stop the wars & the destruction of the planet? Yes at the drop of a hat they could. The ones at the top have the brains and the power. Perhaps they are worried about their own necks, meaning stopping the wars would be an admission of guilt. This unabashed craving for hegemony, to conquer others will be the undoing. Underneath the faulty hubris must be a messianic call. In the end the Jewish empire will collapse. Because they couldn’t care less about lives. And they couldn’t care less about an individuals liberty. And that includes other Jews and Israelis. So much blood, for what? And all signs from Tel-Aviv and Washington are for ‘more of the same. The Universe will teach the NeoCons that they are humans too. Even if they thought they were chosen. For the time being they will listen to noone, even though it is obvious the entire world (except for chosen mercenaries and the totally corrupted) is opposed to the White House policies.

New US naval blockade on Iran: To be an act of war

The US looks set to pass laws imposing a naval blockade on Iran. I guess this is in retaliation for Teheran’s opposition to the occupation treaty the US wants with Iraq. Tehran has survived this far through being clever, it might well back down (if only temporarily) from Uranium enrichment. Time might create a friendlier Obama presidency or time might increase Iran’s weapon capability. There are Press releases from the Iranian web site presstv suggesting a willingness to negotiate. It would be hard to imagine Tehran putting up with a naval blockade! Each war discovers a new weapon, In Lebanon the anti-tank weapons (albeit 1970’s vintage) and the anti ship missiles. In Iraq the roadside bomb. Maybe with a blockade there will be a non explosive slow missile that just leeches on to a ship, and drills a hole so that it slowly sinks. A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war. H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran. It also “demands” that the President impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.” http://www.globalresearch.ca/ There is also evidence that for every dollars worth of oil imported from the Persian Gulf region the Pentagon takes five dollars out of the Federal budget to ’secure’ the flow of that oil! This is a clear indication that the claim that the U.S. military presence in the Middle East is due to oil consideration is a fraud From “Are They Really Oil Wars?” by Ismael Hossein-zadeh

Ron Paul: Audit Fort Knox: FLASHBACK Nov 07

If he wanted to audit Fort Knox, that means something fishy is going on. I think he has officially withdrawn from the presidential race. But anything is possible, there are 5 and a half months left. And people who rock the boat, disappear, often with heart attacks. I wouldn’t count him out of the running. He seems to have a sense of how far he can go. But Fort Knox being filled with Hershey bars could upset some people. Ron Paul has made the preservation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights a centerpiece in his campaign for the Whitehouse and has said in the past that he would ‘repeal the police state’ referring to the Patriot Act. Paul hammered the Federal Reserve monetary system for creating money out of thin air and said that true inflation was being covered up. He also said to volcanic cheers that he wanted to Audit Fort Knox. Paul linked freedom to prosperity. We can’t afford empire, empire costs money and we are going into debt to finance the war. Paul criticized the cost of ‘maintaining empire’  referring to the U.S. global military presence.

http://suzieqq.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/amidst-cheers-ron-paul-honors-veterans-and-calls-for-audit-of-fort-knoxx-gold/

9/11 truth movement hitting mainstream media

Oh 9/11 won’t you go away? We had a few bad guys at the top, but most of us are loyal and compassionate. Dear truth movement have you to bring the whole system down? Intelligence agencies clean themselves, they don’t go through the courts and the media. Given the popularity of the subject it would appear most people want to know more. Which means most people don’t believe the official version. And when the suspicions first started, most people kept their head low. But now we have Chiefs of Staff, ex government ministers and even an ex Prime Ministervoicing opposition. As to what the correct path should be (for the oligarchy)? Calling off the war on terror will create a little calm. Condoning the transfer of power to non neocons will allow behind the scenes plea bargaining. Even Nixon got a pardon. The entire upper echelon is in a grip of fear, (see Pelosi won’t go for impeachment). You can’t become a public figure without being smeared is some corruption. And anyway their family’s would suffer. So like the Czars chose to listen to Rasputin (who said the people will never rise). The cabal is left to wage war, that is all they know. This policy will likely lead to some social unrest, which might mean the ‘haves’ will become the ‘havenots’. But the whole imperial post 2nd WW strategies have come to an end. Of course there is a reverse argument, that the US will conquer Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Venezuela, Cuba …. Obama on 9/11 “It was the Republicans who helped engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9/11,” he asserted. Extracts from a post on 9/11 & international questioning In a September 2003 article for The Guardian newspaper, Michael Meacher, who served as Tony Blair’s environment minister from May 1997 to June 2003, shocked the establishment by calling the global war on terrorism “bogus.” Even more controversially, he implied that the U.S. government either allowed 9/11 to happen, or played some role in the destruction wrought that day. Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine, who was commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security until 1984, is quoted on the ‘ Patriots Question 9/11 ‘ Web site as saying, “I look at the hole in the Pentagon and I look at the size of an airplane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon. And I said, ‘The plane does not fit in that hole. One [9/11] commission member (Sen. Max Cleland) resigned, saying the White House did not disclose enough information.” On Democracy Now’s radio show in March 2004, Cleland even went as far as to say, “This White House wants to cover it (the facts of 9/11) up.” Ron Paul this week Meanwhile, those who do not fight the war, but fund it, are forced to pay both the immediate costs, as well as seeing their long term purchasing power erode, as the twin pillars of debt and inflation are foisted upon the backs of current taxpayers and future generations. The danger is when the noose appears, war with someone will look more attractive. Are we all to suffer (at least in income) for a few waywards at the top? The Financial Times has just done a piece on 9/11, and so has Switzerlands largest selling daily (Blick). June 18, 2008 Global Research Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11” by Prof. David Ray Griffin This article painstakingly goes through the details of peoples movements and raises some questions. Tim Russert has died too.

Better McClellan than a court: doing Bush a favour

McClellan was the White House spokesman, now he has released a book with some telling tales about Bush. The media are picking up on the revelations that Bush misled the country to war because of the false Intel on Iraq’s WMD program. Now if you want to get a job as a spokesperson for a company, you will need to sign a non disclosure contract. If you want to work at the upper echelons of government, you will need to be cleared by the secret service and abide by any official laws on confidentiality and official government secrets. The secret service also have their unwritten and unseen ways of enforcement. There is also no way to have something published in the West in secret. Don’t you think McClellan’s book was first vetted by the secret service? So why is he publishing the derisory knowledge of Bush? First of all it negates the need for an enquiry into whether Bush made the evidence to fit the policy. Now that it is public knowledge. It is now clear to everyone there is likely to be a call for an investigation into Bush’s Iraq debacle. And doesn’t McClellans revelation defuse what would have been far worse if it were revealed through a court. So it is all designed and measured, as Bush’s sun sets, let’s call it damage limitation.

If the US wins in Iraq, expect more war.

If the US won in Iraq it would mean more wars. It would be the proof that imperialistic wars can work. The US would continue selling it’s wealth to the highest bidder. And the military industrial complex would pursue more profit and adventures. All the contractors like Halliburton, would dictate foreign policy. And furnish the presidents speechwriters. They must assume foreign resources can feed the US population. It seems true the US casualty rate is diminishing. But they are official figures. There are plenty of resistance videos circulating showing attacks that are never reported. Not that I look at them, once is enough. Imagine the big wigs trying to make strategic decisions, when the economic system is tottering. There must be plenty of dissent at the top. There must also be 60 and 70 year old men who have never known any other way to be other than to conquer. In conclusion, the likelihood of the US reaaching a peaceful occupation inIraq seems like zero. Israel still has armed resistance amongst a proportionally much smaller enemy, and that is after 60 years. And Syria, Iran or any other adversary can always up the armed ante.

Summary of last 7 days posts

The power of religion in politics The power of religion is rarely discussed openly, save for gossipy comments of the wealth of the Vatican. Or the wealth of the British throne which is head of the Church of England. Or looking at pictures of Presidents and Prime Ministers with Rabbis. Clearly there is a power there, so any insight into how they think would be useful. What follows is an excerpt of a review of just what life and death meant in the Bible times. How to restart society When business, politics, private life are all rolled into one. Then we have judge jury and prosecutor all rolled into one. When power revolves around a knowledge of people’s private lives, then that is authoritarian. If it is highly effective, then we must ask: ‘what has gone wrong?’. (see post for more) Dear Israel: Change tack! (if anyone is listening) You are blessed with being quick on your feet. When everything is changing, you can alter course in a ‘concerted’ way. Now is the time. Hush hush and damage limitation will no longer work. When the tide is changing due to an unforeseen enemy (the internet). (see post for more) Guardian: Carter hints that Bush might face war crime prosecutions After Bush leaves office there will be a clamour for prosecuting him & his colleagues for war crimes. Also the US will be in the midst of a recession and there will be a cry for justice there. Olmert: Hallucinations to keep post 67 border, Hamas, Olmert says only those hallucinating can think of keeping post 67 territories. (Haaretz later changed the word hallucinating to delusional) It seems everything is up for grabs. (see post for more) wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com weather picture of the day wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com Picture of the day 9/11 Israeli minister offers to lease Golan: Presstv “I propose leasing the Golan from the Syrians for 25 years. If they are serious about peace they have nothing to lose,” Israeli interior minister Meir Sheetrit said on Sunday” Maybe he should be put on the front line. see post for more Being watched (and framed) 24 hours a day The people with the real power keep themselves well out of sight. And until you speak nicely about them, you are watched 24 hours a day. Essentially framed to be involved in some form of criminal or perverse activity everyday. We made the rules and lost the game. Now we find ourselves in a consesus of doom. Everyone is anticipating an end to the era we are in. Those in power might fret about calls for justice, but they are still in power, every minute of every day right now. The whole shabang is creeking, weather, resourses and wars. Increasingly debates on internet forums focus on the Industrialists, on the multinationals. The speculators (read: financiers) are singled out as responsible for rising food and oil costs. Well none of the above are going to relinquish… Gold, the best guarantee against inflation. see post for picture and text DU More veterans die after they come home than in war http://www.naturalnews.com/023274.html Depleted Uranium Shells Used by U.S. Military Worse Than Nuclear Weapons Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by: David Gutierrez Since the first Gulf War, the rate of birth defects and childhood cancer in Iraq has increased by seven times. More than 35 percent (251,000) of U.S. Gulf War veterans are dead or on permanent medical disability, compared with [...] Israel couldn’t leave settlers in Golan in a peace agreement. Israel couldn’t leave settlers in Golan in a peace agreement. They would report back that living under Arab rule has its advantages. This would be anathema to the Israeli establishment. For this reason any withdrawal will be staged over years, and generous compensation will be given. Any settlers allowed to remain would be cherry picked for [...] The Liberal economy, money as religion The free west, sex for sale, drugs for sale, money is the religion. And everyone can be made to play the game, very simply, by honing in on a person’s weakness or prejudice. It is possible to drive a person crazy. After all when money is the only legal tender, anything goes. All under the illusion of being liberal. Ron Paul, Che Guevara, & more doctors as revolutionaries Maybe being a Doctor, apart from an obvious desire to help others, also gives one the self confidence to oppose the mediocre mainstream, to be a pioneer. ~Ron Paul~ Before Congress May 22, 2007 nderstanding the magnificent rewards of a free society makes us unbashful in its promotion, fully realizing that maximum wealth is created and the greatest chance for peace comes from a society respectful of individual liberty. ” [ ... ] Nationalise the oil industry, make Sovereign funds Western sovereign funds needed. Even if the oil industry were nationalised. The state could continue to invest overseas. No country refuses this, not Burma nor Iran. With a nationalised oil industry, there would be less calls for war, we wouldn’t be dependent so much on the vanity of private shareholders. The wealth would come to the Government. And the western Governments could operate their sovereign funds, just like the Sheiks do. A dissident for Israel? This is the attention We have a dissident, he is concerned about the Palestinians. He says not in his name. Where does he live? And who are his family? Where does his family work? (see post for more) Israel deports Jewish activists 2004 and 2005 Jamie Spector, 32, a social worker with the San Francisco Unified School District, has been held in detention at Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv since she landed Saturday Kate Raphael Bender was arrested Dec. 14 during a protest against Israel’s controversial security barrier at the village of Bil’in, near Ramallah in the West Bank. She has spent the last month in a detention center awaiting a hearing and preparing her appeal against deportation. (see post for more) An Israeli is an Israeli, ‘mission accomplished’ No matter what happens from now on, the Israeli character has been established. Whether the diaspora supports it or not, whether Israel loses allies or not. Israel deports a Jew Finkelstein is known as one of the most prominent academic critics of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Individual’s rights eroding It seems we are in a time of vacuum and inertia. No real direction. But a good sprinkling of fear and erosion of rights. Corruption here there and everywhere We will fizzle from corruption, and then lose the values we are proud of like womens rights, and a host of other western freedoms. As we all know, the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger and bigger. Do the Jews cheat the Jews? Judaism without political and economic power must be amazing. Now we are at the zenith of Judaic power, I just wonder if Jews themselves are feeling a divide, as if they are not a part of the ruling elite. And that decisions being taken are not in their best interests.A feeling that a secretive group of people would happily dupe another Jew into a false sense of identity, by appealing to a base nationalistic instinct. There is a human craving ‘to belong’. Maybe it needs to be recognised as exactly… Food quiz: 10 questions (and answers) Food quiz: 10 questions (and answers) … Marx, end of capitalism, and on Jewishness And I have also been thinking our capitalist system seems and feels Jewish, then I discovered Marx had written an essay ‘on the Jewish question’, what follows are two extracts, the first from an Israeli website, the second extract from Wikipedia. Do the extracts relate to capitalism? At least a little they do. Israel without America Frankly it means no world war. As long as there was an alliance between the Anglo Saxons: The US, Australia, the UK. It meant war after war. The relics of the Bush administration as in Condi Rice still bemoan when peaceful agreements are reached, like the one in Lebanon now. Unfortunately, the Israelis think only the right can make peace, So all eyes are on a successor to Olmert, and people will think the Likud types are the answer.They say Begin made the peace with Egypt, well Avnery points out Egypt had… Americans help European Post World War 1 Jews NYT 1920 New York Times May 7, 1920, p. 11 Is this North Korea or the free west? Vanunu got sentenced to solitary confinement. I have read there are noticeable effects on his speech and behaviour from all the time he spent incarcerated alone. Also I think I read he is going to be able to go to Norway. Well anyway the point of this post is with modern surveillance it is not always necessary [...] Golan Heights to go back to Syria from Israel Would Israel be clever enough to take a diminished Middle East role? To be just another small nation in the Middle East. Or will it accept nothing less than an economic hegemony. Trade is the cement for peace agreements, we all know Israel would like oil flowing from Iraq. In the Camp David agreements with Egypt, Israel secured guarantees for Egyptian oil. Harrasing the politically incorrect. Being undesirable: Having undesirable politics, leads to being watched 24 hours a day, and any and all relationships broken and corrupted. The local police are always available to join in. The human is a social animal. So ultimately the victim obligingly enters into conversation with whomever is receptive. However this receptive third party is surely involved in some underhand activities, or is known for some form of perversion. It is not for nothing that dark times … (more in post)

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DU More veterans die after they come home than in war

http://www.naturalnews.com/023274.html Depleted Uranium Shells Used by U.S. Military Worse Than Nuclear Weapons Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by: David Gutierrez Since the first Gulf War, the rate of birth defects and childhood cancer in Iraq has increased by seven times. More than 35 percent (251,000) of U.S. Gulf War veterans are dead or on permanent medical disability, compared with only 400 who were killed during the conflict. Link found through iraq-war

Depleted Uranium, all hush hush

I wonder if Israel has made any official inquiry into the effects of depleted uranium?

How much of the depleted uranium particles float over and into Israel?

If your govt scientist told you , your offspring were likely to suffer genetic defects from the use of depleted uranium in Iraq etc. Would you protest?

So far, it is all a big hush up, doesn’t suit the profiteers.

Like the Gulf War syndrome, all hushed up.

At least you could ask for an official enquiry or a savvy journalist to look into it.

What’s the plan Sam? War crimes:

There have been several attempts at indictments*. They are not going to go away. And the longer the warring goes on, the more likely the charges will stick.
The secret people in charge are in no mood to change tack. They are hell bent on more and more war. Isn’t there a whole class of henchman, who are implementing the orders? Can’t they be as foolish as me and other Bloggers? Can’t they say enough is enough? Even for logistical reasons. The Muslims have become more of a fighting force, and the trend will continue.
Society seems full of secret groupings. Bankers, Industrialists, intelligence Agencies. I guess they don’t want to break ranks.
But with an economy in nosedive, isn’t it time to make the peace.
I think they wouldn’t mine losing Iraq and Afghanistan. They just couldn’t bear to see other people (Russia, China, Muslims) peacefully profiting from the resources.
In the meantime if you are not in the loop of supporting our hierarchy, then shortage of money is likely. But that will just breed more clamour for justice and retribution.
And where could those charged with war crimes run to?

*Just one example of indictments (for Washington DC only): http://livefrankly.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/bush-officials-charged-with-war-crimes

New Yorker: Incinerator Crematorium at Abu Gharab

Annals of War
Exposure
The woman behind the camera at Abu Ghraib.
by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris March 24, 2008
Extract
….. “We had some kind of incinerator at the end of our building,” Specialist Megan Ambuhl said. “It was this huge circular thing. We just didn’t know what was incinerated in there. It could have been people, for all we knew, bodies.” Sergeant Davis was not in doubt. “It had bones in it,” he said, and he called it the crematorium. “But hey, you’re at war,” he said. “Suck it up or drive on.” [...]
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www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/03/24/080324fa_fact_gourevitch

Veteran testimony to Congress, Excerpt GlobalResearch

Testimony of Iraq War Veteran to the US Congress by Former Army Sergeant Kristofer Shawn Goldsmith

Global Research, May 17, 2008

Upon my arrival at Fort Stewart I began to hear rumors of free-fire orders which were given to the men of 3-15 IN during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which undoubtedly resulted in the killings of thousands of innocent civilians and planted the first seeds of Anti-American sentiment among the people of Iraq. These free fire orders were described by the Soldiers who had been deployed during the invasion as coming from their commanders who told them “kill everything that moves” which included all civilians.

Read full article here:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=GOL20080517&articleId=9012

We are getting poor for the Iraq war

We are getting poor for the Iraq war
Inflation has arrived and is coming big time. So many trillions are owed by the banks that it would be more correct to call them zillions.
There have been major meetings in the past; like Bretton Woods for example. Where an entire financial system was redesigned. We need something of that magnitude.
There isn’t one benefit of the Iraqi war to visualize. Not that if there were one, it could be justified. But still to add insult to injury: just sky high oil prices going even higher. Yes war contractors have benefited. Well for those of us not that way inclined, life is getting harder. Less money coming in and prices going up, and the forecast is far worse.
Almost all inflation figures are already breaking records. Although there are some semantical spin games to rearrange the figures, and even those look bad. And what are our lords and chiefs doing, nothing, just more of the same.
For inflation figures, see The Mogambo Guru: www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE17Dj01.html

chronicling war crime indictements: Livefrankly

Washington targeting training camps in Iran

Washington targeting training camps in Iran
The places where insurgents and terrorists etc. get trained. It sounds like a cowardly way to further the war aims. It also sounds extremely stupid. Given the vulnerability of the US forces who are in the Gulf region. Considering the alternatives, well there really are not any, targeting more than the training camps with more missiles thus getting a guaranteed retaliation against Israel. Using weapons of mass destruction, most countries possess these, and surely they would be used in retaliation. Or waging war on Iran in a sensible manner would require an army of many many millions of trained personnel, which is totally unfeasible. So it is a lose lose story.
What can the West do? Its going under, to some degree on the financial front, it is sinking. And there will be increasing calls for justice, for punishment for those that lied.
We need a Gorbachov (just to repeat myself) someone to dismantle it all.
Nobody can save the economic might of the US. The train is in motion. If the bloodshed increases, then so will the calls for justice. Isn’t it all ironic, that bush is so close to iran right now, if he just zipped over there now, everything could be sorted. When Nixon went to China, it took the world by shock. China was the Pariah state.

Will Israel let Syria go in Lebanon?

Will Israel let Syria go in Lebanon?

And in Israel, they say they do not want a war. Yet they don’t speak out about the Iraqi conquest. The two are totally connected. The power behind the continuation of the conquest, is the same power that would be happy if there is a civil war in Lebanon, that would be happy if Syria intervened, and would then be happy to attack Syria.
The military and Oil industries depend upon conflict.
If Iran were to assist Syria in such a conflict, then certainly the US will attack Iran. This must all be common knowledge to the intelligence communities on all sides.
Would anyone assist Iran? Unlikely, but the candidates are Pakistan, Russia, China and least likely Turkey.
Syria’s best hope would be having sophisticated missiles from Iran. And thereby disabling the Israeli airfields.
Hassan Nasrallah is giving a speech now. Everyone will be listening. The likelihood of a conflict in Lebanon is increasingly likely. And it is unlikely not to spread.
To stop an Israeli Syrian war, it is necessary to oppose, Bush, Rice and all NeoCons, it is necessary to oppose the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Iran, war is not an option.

Iran’s retaliation
Most pundits refer to Iran’s ability to activate sleepers and secret groups worldwide.
There might be some truth in this. But they wouldn’t waste their time with incendiary devices.
The real threat from Iran is high tech. ICBM’s it has from the Ukraine. It also has sophisticated electronic jamming equipment. And presumably 100’s of thousands of missiles. Iran claims to have radar evading missiles.
The Shiites don’t seem to lie, using Hassan Nasrallah as an example.
Apart from their own satellite or two, we can assume they have access to Russian and/or Chinese surveillance.
It is hard to understand how Iran could be subdued. If WMD’s were used, we can assume Iran’s response is set for ‘automatic’.
Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela all are getting stronger due to the war on terror. They are playing the capitalist game, not mixing politics with the economy. Although they are keeping the lions share of their resources.
The wars are not only costly, they are wasting human resources that could be used in an otherwise productive way.
Successful empires co-opted foreigners, they didn’t terrorize them. The whole strategy in Iraq has long been said to resemble Israel’s strategy in the territories. Fence them in, enslave them.
The brutishness of the neocons is public knowledge. Guantanamo and Abu Gharab say it all. But there is also an hidden hand, one that is preaching racial/idealogical superiority. And it is
increasingly obvious that it is a failed policy. No one in the corporate media (or in the main body politic) is challenging this.
The democratic results play into the hands of Iran, and the persuasiveness of the Mullahs rhetoric is superior to the NeoCons.

Iraq - the mistakes

The Iraq war could have been won.
If there had been more troops.
If there had not been an internet.
If the Baathists would have been left in power.
If the people were not taken as human shields.
If there had not been torture.
If there hadn’t been indiscriminate bombing.
If mercenaries and contractors weren’t used.
If the clans were allowed to run themselves.
If noone said, ‘bring em on’
If you hadn’t forgot why you went there.
Which was to then go for Iran.
There were so many lies, no one knew what they were there for.

Avnery: the futility of war

The Military Option By Uri Avnery

http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/avnery/1209249140/

Avnery’s latest weekly article.
He summons so much evidence on the futility of war, pointing to countries that failed (UK, France & more) and countries who achieved in the absence of war. Germany, Japan, how Israel’s 73 war was unnecessary as Sadat had offered peace a year earlier.
His insights are beautiful:

“The 1967 war was intended at the beginning to break the siege on Israel. But in the course of the fighting, the war of defense became a war of conquest which drove Israel into a vertigo of intoxication from which it has not yet quite recovered.”

Anyway he lambastes the Generals and politicians at all times, for their stupidity and their egos.

While explaining the charade of Bush’s Iraq war, he still labels it an ‘oil war’, no mention of Israel.
As he was describing post World War II wars, surprisingly he does not attribute the Soviet collapse to the war in Afghanistan, nor does he predict the US collapse due to the current wars.

But he makes a clear message that peace is more profitable. He takes some shots at Kissinger and Bush, perhaps in the hope that their current hawkish influence can be deflated.

Avneri finishes with this comment:

ALBERT EINSTEIN considered it a symptom of madness to repeat again and again doing something that has already failed and to expect a different result every time.

Avnery is an old timer, and perhaps he senses that war is a real possibility, and the Generals and Politicians involved are fools with big egos.

Dear Israel, its Goodbye America time

Doesn’t matter, Obama, Clinton or McCain

Vietnam ended with the intelligentsia; the people on the streets came at the end.

It was the intellectuals, the professors and the students

Now it is the internet.

Food Inflation war dead, false intelligence plummeting dollar oil prices

Don’t be angry with me for saying what everyone can feel.

There is far worse and more explicit stuff circulating.

Now is the time to consider the divorce details

You want it to go to court?

Scupper the ship?

Remove more of your superiors.

Somehow separating religion from the states affairs (aka Meretz) might be a good idea, but that is for the future, now is the time to contend with the aftermath of the Likud and the Neo cons, who cared so very very much.

With foresight, there is a lot to gain, if only to prevent an even greater loss.

Considering assets and good will in Europe, the Gulf and Asia, Why jeopardise those.

Americans aren’t in fact that supplicant, and given their short history, there is a loose cannon element.

How to let go, is the biggest question?

And if you are driven to take the American Jews with you, this could well be a mistake; most of them are probably more American than jewish.