Category Archives: foreign policy

Destroying the Village: Then and Now

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quotes of the Day: Japanfocus.org Vietnam War:  “We had to destroy the village in order to save it.” –Quote reportedly attributed to an American military officer by journalist Peter Arnett. ICJ Project  Climate Change:  “We had to destroy the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate, environment, foreign policy, history, military, Quotations, war | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Oops

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
Posted in Afghanistan, cartoon, crime, law enforcement, military, political cartoon | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

MASSACRE DESTINY

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Ultimate Logic of a Society Built on Mass Murder By  Glen Ford/ Black Agenda Radio / December 18, 2012   “Mass murder is at the core of the American national religion.”  As a native-born American, I grew up watching cowboy and Indian … Continue reading →

Posted in foreign policy, history, military, philosophy, race, Terrorism, war | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Killing With a Joystick

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Good luck finding this story in the American corporate media…….. Dreams in Infrared The Woes of an American Drone Operator By Nicola Abé/ Spiegel Online International/ December 14, 2012 A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, foreign policy, Iraq, military, Pakistan, Terrorism, war | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THOSE PESKY KID TERRORISTS

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The U.S. Military Approves Bombing Children By Robert Dreyfuss/ The Nation/ December 4, 2012 In October, I blogged about an incident in Afghanistan in which three small children were killed in a US airstrike. In that one small incident, which drew little … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, foreign policy, military, Terrorism, war | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

WHAT BRADLEY MANNING’S FATE TELLS US ABOUT AMERICA

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Bradley Manning: A Window Into the American Soul By Paul Craig Roberts/Institute for Political Economy/ December 3, 2012 Liberty consists of government being ruled by law and citizens having control over law. This was the way our founding fathers set … Continue reading →

Posted in Afghanistan, civil liberties, foreign policy, government, Iraq, Iraq war, law, media, military, politics, war | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s Secret Advisors Identified

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day: “You look at the decisions it made especially in the last two years in going through the revolutions in Northern Africa and across the Middle East and to the Far East, and the only way … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, foreign policy, government, politics, Quotations | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Evil Empire

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
Posted in foreign policy, Iran, military, Terrorism, war | Tagged | 6 Comments

The Great American Killing Machine

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Journalist Jeremy Scahill condemns the killing of  16-year–old Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, an American citizen assassinated in a C.I.A. drone strike in Yemen last year, as well as   other targeted assassinations under President Obama.  Scahill also points out  the increased prosecutions … Continue reading →

Posted in civil liberties, Justice, law, media, military, Uncategorized, war, Yemen | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

DOES THE CONSTITUTION STILL MATTER?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta: Lawsuit Challenging Targeted Killings ACLU/ October 24, 2012 The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights(CCR) have filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s targeted killing of three U.S. citizens in drone strikes far from … Continue reading →

Posted in civil liberties, crime, foreign policy, Justice, law, law enforcement, military, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment