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The Long History of Lies about Iran

Antiwar.com | There was a flood of articles and analyses on the tenth anniversary of invasion of Iraq on March 19, most of which focused on the lies, exaggerations, and half-truths that the War Party...

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North Korea claims to have ‘smaller, lighter’ nuclear weapons

LA Times | In what is becoming a daily ritual, North Korea has threatened the United States, saying it is prepared to strike with “smaller, lighter and diversified” nuclear weapons. The statement from...

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Washington Post Pushes for Syrian War

Consortium News | The neoconservative Washington Post wants people to forget about how badly it and other Iraq War boosters got pretty much everything wrong about that disaster. Amnesia is especially...

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Surviving “Collateral Murder”: Solder relives infamous WikiLeaks video

YouTube | Friday marks the third anniversary of the release of the Collateral Murder video. In it, viewers witness an Apache Helicopter raining down fire on Iraqi civilians, killing all but two. We've...

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Ron Paul: Bradley Manning More Deserving of Nobel Peace Prize than Obama

US News | Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is accused of providing an enormous stash of classified government documents to WikiLeaks for publication, deserves a Nobel Peace Prize more than President...

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The War On Terror Is Over. America Lost.

James Corbett | It has often been observed that the war on terror is unwinnable. After all, how could a war on an abstract noun ever have its “Mission Accomplished” moment? It is, according to this...

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Hundreds of Drone Pilots Training in New Mexico Desert to Meet Booming...

Reuters (via Sydney Morning Herald) | The tide of war may be receding, as President Barack Obama is fond of saying, but US military demand for unmanned drones and their remote pilots is growing.

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Bush’s Legacy Ought to be on Trial (Instead of on Display)

Jodie Evans and Charles Davis | George W. Bush presided over an international network of torture chambers and, with the help of a compliant Congress and press, launched a war of aggression that killed...

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EU Lifts Oil Embargo on Syria – Buys Directly from Al Qaeda

Land Destroyer | It was recently reported that the European Union would be lifting its oil embargo on Syria, in an effort to help fund what it calls "rebels" operating there. In the Associated Press...

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John McCain: War Hero or Something Less?

Philip Giraldi | Two time Medal of Honor recipient Marine Major General Smedley Butler once said “war is a racket.” He might have added that while enriching the few it victimizes and degrades everyone...

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Iraq Collapse Shows Bankruptcy of Interventionism

Ron Paul | May was Iraq’s deadliest month in nearly five years, with more than 1,000 dead – both civilians and security personnel -- in a rash of bombings, shootings and other violence. As we read...

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TOR Radio: June 8, 2013 – Daniel McAdams: How Perpetual War Abroad Leads to...

TOR Radio | Download TOR Radio: June 8, 2013 | Guest: Daniel McAdams | We discuss the national security state, the NSA surveillance, and how our country's foreign policy in the warfare state helps to...

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Washington Is Driving The World To The Final War

Paul Craig Roberts | “V For Vendetta,” a film that portrays evil in a futuristic England as a proxy for the evil that exists today in America, ends with the defeat of evil. But this is a movie in...

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Has Washington’s Arrogance Undone Its Empire?

Paul Craig Roberts | No one likes a bully, and Washington’s NATO puppets have been bullied for six decades. British prime ministers, German chancellors, and French presidents have to salute and say...

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New Egyptian War: Americans Lose, Again

Ron Paul | Why is it that all sides in this Egyptian civil war seem so angry with the United States? Because the United States has at one point or another supported each side, which means also that at...

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On Egypt, Paralysis and Entangling Alliances

John Glaser | Robert Merry at The National Interest laments President Obama’s wishy-washy stance on the events in Egypt. Following the second overthrow of the government in as many years, “one might...

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The Two Faux Democracies Threaten Life On Earth

Paul Craig Roberts | Amitai Etzioni has raised an important question: “Who authorized preparations for war with China?”...

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Bradley Manning Revealed Crimes Far Worse Than the Ones He Supposedly Committed

John Glaser | WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning has been acquitted of the most serious charge against him, that of aiding the enemy. But the 20-something other charges, including espionage, have stuck...

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Committing War Crimes is a Duty; Reporting Them is a Felony

Will Grigg | Bradley Manning is the only combat veteran of the Iraq war whose service is worth honoring. Like hundreds of thousands of servicemen, Manning carried out unlawful orders to participate in...

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Truman, A-Bombs, and the Killing of Innocents

Sheldon Richman | Appallingly, history has been kind to Truman, and people who profess a variety of political views claim to admire the “plucky” plain-speaking guy from Independence, Mo. As I see it,...

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