america-hijacked.com Anyone who has ever served in the military would confirm that to become a general in the armed forces of the United States requires highly developed political skills. One must be politically astute to guide large military forces while at the same time answering to largely ignorant constituencies in Congress, the White House, and [...]

By Gerd Appenzeller Indiscretions like those currently from WikiLeaks and the newspapers that reprinted portions of the text therefore have but one goal in mind: to make the truth known. Translated By Ron Argentati Edited by Gheanna Emelia Germany – der Tagesspiegel – Original Article (German) From Vietnam to Afghanistan: You can’t wage war against [...]

House of Representatives resolution 1553, introduced by Congressional Republicans, and currently working its way through the system will endorse an Israeli attack on Iran, which would be going to war by proxy as the US would almost immediately be drawn into the conflict when Tehran retaliates.  The resolution provides explicit US backing for Israel to bomb Iran, [...]

Chas Freeman –  July 20, 2010 Is Israel a strategic asset or liability for the United States? Interesting question.  We must thank the Nixon Center for asking it.  In my view, there are many reasons for Americans to wish the Jewish state well.  Under current circumstances, strategic advantage for the United States is not one [...]

My Catbird Seat — Richard Falk Humanity and Humanity, is the first of a series of poems written and narrated by Richard Falk Richard Falk, author of Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World, delivers a profound message that needs to be heard. He evokes and reminds us of the fundamental [...]

Special to My Catbird Seat Defenders of Israel right or wrong continue to assert that the absence of peace is all the fault of the Palestinians. In one sense they are right. When the Palestine file was closed by Israel’s victory (ethnic cleansing and all) on the battlefield in 1948, the Palestinians were supposed to [...]

For: My Catbird Seat Humanity and Humanity, is the first of a series of poems written and narrated by Richard Falk Richard Falk, author of Human Rights Horizons: The Pursuit of Justice in a Globalizing World, delivers a profound message that needs to be heard. He evokes and reminds us of the fundamental principles of [...]

Mondoweiss I missed this. After the Israelis came out with their lame investigation saying that they would indict several officers and soldiers in four cases arising from the Gaza conflict of ’08-’09, a fairminded South African columnist, Allister Sparks, published an important piece a few days ago, calling on South African rabbis to apologize to [...]