Friday, August 30, 2013

When It Comes to State Violence, Too Much Is Never Enough

http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/08/30/when-it-comes-to-state-violence-too-much-is-never-enough/
Obama does "hesitate to use force"–is that his problem? Since 2009, US drone strikes have killed more than 2000 people in Pakistan, including 240 civilians, 62 of them children. Since Obama took office, they've killed more than 400 in Yemen; drone deaths in Somalia are harder to quantify.
Obama roughly tripled the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, from 33,000 to 98,000 (Think Progress, 6/22/11). In 2011, he sent naval and air forces into battle to overthrow the government of Libya's Moammar Gaddafi. In Iraq, Obama tried and failed to keep tens of thousands of troops in the country beyond the withdrawal deadline negotiated by the Bush administration (New York Times, 10/22/11).

Thursday, August 08, 2013

Oliver Stone’s Son Says 9/11 Was an ‘Inside Job,’ Hezbollah Aren’t Terrorists, Israel Is a ‘Crusader State’

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/08/08/oliver-stones-son-says-911-was-an-inside-job-hezbollah-arent-terrorists-israel-is-a-crusader-state/


 Now the 28-year old actor and director is voicing his opinions on the Quran (“a very sensible book”), 9/11 (“an inside job”), Hezbollah (“don’t consider them to be terrorists”) and Iran (a “very civilized people”).