Many of the world’s top economists and financial experts have said that the too big to fail banks are destroying the world economy, that they must be broken up in order to restore stability, and that small banks can easily pick up the slack and make al…
Posts Tagged ‘Saddam’
How to Persuade Stubborn People
November 17th, 2010 |
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As anyone who has tried to educate people with facts knows, it is very difficult to persuade stubborn people.New research sheds some light on this frustrating dynamic.As NPR noted in July:New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change thei…
Dick Cheney’s Oily Dream
September 5th, 2010 |
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is currently saying that Dick Cheney’s vision of policy towards the Middle East after 9/11 was to re-draw the map:Vice-President Dick Cheney’s vision of completely redrawing the map of the Middle East following…
The True Meaning of the Ground Zero Mosque Controversy
August 18th, 2010 |
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The Founding Fathers believed in freedom of religion, and tolerance of all religions. The Constitution enshrines freedom of religion.As such, anyone who tries to ban Islam as evil is anti-American.As Greg Palast argues, if we ban mosques because some M…
A Guide To Evil Dictator Facial Hair
July 5th, 2010 |
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Dictators need facial hair. The way an ordinary person needs consistent sustenance, dictators must proclaim their superiority on their face, with hair.
Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
March 10th, 2010 |
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Congress voted down a resolution to pull out of Afghanistan today.”Conventional wisdom” among many Americans – and congress members – is that we need to be in Afghanistan to protect our national security.Is it true?A Little HistoryBefore we discuss whe…
More Evidence that the Fed Sent Money to Iraq
February 25th, 2010 |
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Yesterday, I quoted an economist with the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee for eleven years who assisted with oversight of the Federal Reserve to show that there might be some basis for Ron Paul’s questions to Ben Bernanke abo…
Ridicule of Conspiracy Theories Focuses On Diffusing Criticism of the Powerful
February 10th, 2010 |
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The label “conspiracy theory” is commonly used to try to discredit criticism of the powerful in government or business.For example, just this week – after Tony Blair was confronted by the Iraq Inquiry with evidence that he had used lies to sell the Ira…
Australian wheat exporter faces class action suit over corrupt payments to Saddam Hussein
February 10th, 2010 |
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Australia’s leading wheat exporter is facing a class-action lawsuit by nearly 1,000 shareholders who are demanding compensation for the millions of dollars they claim they lost through the company’s kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s regime. The trial against the Australian Wheat Board began
Blair: No regrets for removing Saddam
January 30th, 2010 |
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair said Friday he had no regrets about removing Saddam Hussein after delivering a robust defence of the 2003 invasion of Iraq at a public inquiry into the war. Rounding off his day-long evidence session, Blair said he accepted “responsibility but not a
Blair spin-doctor defends Iraq build-up
January 12th, 2010 |
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Tony Blair’s ex-spokesman Alastair Campbell has said he “defends every single word” of the 2002 dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Mr Campbell told the UK’s Iraq war inquiry the dossier could have been “clearer” but did not “misrepresent” the threat from Saddam’s weapons.
Supreme Court Ruling Means Torture May Return
December 14th, 2009 |
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The Supreme Court has just ruled that four Guantanamo prisoners cannot sue the government for torture. The Center for Constitutional Rights notes:It is an awful day for the rule of law and common decency when the Supreme Court lets stand such an inhuma…
Blair: Removal of Saddam Hussein “right”
December 12th, 2009 |
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It would have been right to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein even without evidence that he had weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair has said. The former prime minister said it was the “notion” of Saddam as a threat to the region which tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Can Nobel Prize Winner Obama At LEAST Stop the Torture?
December 11th, 2009 |
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On Thursday, President Obama said: We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend.Presumably, complying with American and international law are some of the ideals that we fight to defend.Torture is a violation of both inte…
Top Military Commander Says Getting Bin Laden is Key to Defeating Al Qaeda. Why Now, When the Government Has Ignored Bin Laden for the Past 8 Years?
December 8th, 2009 |
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The top military commander in Afghanistan – Stanley McChrystal – says that getting Bin Laden is the key to defeating Al Qaeda.Getting Bin Laden sounds fine to me. But apparently the Bush administration couldn’t have cared less about him.The oldest – …
Little Known Facts About Afghanistan and Bin Laden
December 5th, 2009 |
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Evidence which has come out over the last couple of years makes it clear that top Bush administration officials knew that Saddam didn’t have weapons of mass destruction and knew that Saddam had no connection with 9/11.It is now reasonably obvious that …
The War Against Muslim Extremists is Wholly Unnecessary for Our National Security
November 30th, 2009 |
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In response to my essays documenting that war is harmful to the American economy and produces a huge carbon footprint, some commentators have argued that the Afghanistan and Iraq wars are necessary to combat Muslim extremists.Even putting aside the fac…
Everyone Knew that Iraq Didn’t Have WMDs
November 26th, 2009 |
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Everyone knew the WMD claims were fake.For example, Tony Blair – the British Prime Minister – knew that Saddam possessed no WMDs. If America’s closest ally Britain knew, then the White House knew as well.And the number 2 Democrat in the Senate -wh…
Instead of Fixing the U.S. Economy or Creating Jobs for AMERICANS, Obama Will Spend The Money in Afghanistan and Iraq
November 24th, 2009 |
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America is in the most severe unemployment crisis since – and perhaps including – the Great Depression.And yet Obama, like Bush, has done virtually nothing to create more jobs. Instead, they both gave trillions to the biggest banks (who are not loaning…