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POPS"Jus Ad Bellum" - Seven Myths That Sustain War Jus Ad Bellum - the argument of a “just war” - is among the most specious and dangerous rationalizations that can be made to justify actions since it also authorizes any nation or group to use war to pursue and justify its actions.
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POPSHasan's Army Presentation--Is the U.S. at War with Islam?
The central issue. His entire presentation is at the "launch photo gallery" link. While the Wash Post spins this as an oddity it is clear he was invited and able to do this as a Psychiatrist, who are supposed to "get inside the minds" of the troubled soldiers. He identified closely with what he was describing as a psychiatrist and personal sympathizer. After all it is clear to many that the "war on terror" is ironically a Democratic Jihad on Islamic countries to roll them into the imperialistic "new world order" where non-conforming nations are branded "rogue" and "threats" (however minuscule) to the entire world. "Making the world safe (through war) for Democracy" has been the U.S. and British modus operandi since WWI. The agenda for militant democracy ,and for Global Government, has been out of the bag for almost a century. Note his final page (p. 50) and the Recommendation to release Muslim U.S. soldiers if they wish as conscientious objectors.
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POPSUS Troops Risk All for Safety of Chinese and USA imperialism? At first blush, the story sounds win-win: China "invests" in Afghanistan, hires out of work Afghans, helps stabilize economy. US troops make it safe for Chinese "private" company to exploit mineral resources. Exploit is the right word. Two thirds of the economies in the developing world are still structured by past imperialistic dictates to supply North America, Europe, and Japan with raw materials to make products for themselves and to sell worldwide are greater profit. So Afghan copper profits will go to Chinese banks and when copper runs out, what do Afghans have? In a number of African nations who have sold such rights to Chinese, they did not get the jobs either; the Chinese brought in Chinese workers. Imperialism 21st century style is no kinder than it was in 18th century.
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POPSIsrael steal Palestinian homes Once again, Israel proves that they're the imperialistic aggressors in the situation. This shows that they have no interest in peace with Palestinians; they mean to just impose their will on the Palestinians by force.
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POPSThe American Way of War
(3) Explain the invasion to the American public in simple moral terms suitable for middle-school children at an evangelical summer camp: We are bombing cities to bring the gift of democracy and American values, or to defeat some vague but frightening evil, perhaps lurking under the bed, or to get rid of a bad dictator no longer of service to us, or to bring freedom and prosperity to any survivors. (This doesn’t work in Europe, which is honestly imperialistic.) The public can then feel a sense of unappreciated virtue when the primitives resist. Sententious moralism should always trump reason. (4) A misunderstanding of military reality helps. Besides, comprehension would only lead to depression. As Napoleon said, or may have, in war the moral is to the material as three is to one, which implies that unpleasant facts should be played down in favor of cultivating a cheerful attitude. Most especially, it should not be noted that a few tens of thousands of determined, probably genetically
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POPSLost in (Non-)Translation Until Israel realizes that THEY are the unconscionable aggressors in this formula, they'll never achieve peace. The biggest hurdle to Middle East Peace isn't Al Qaida, or Hamas, or Iran; it's Israel's own aggressive, imperialistic, apartheid policies. Time to grow up and be big boys, Israel
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POPSIsreali Propaganda Cartoon There's a certain irony that someone from a nation that's actively stealing land from other people should hint that their victims have imperialistic intentions. Projecting much, buddy?
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POPSDaniel Barenboim - A Jewish Person I admire In case any of you thought that I was anti-Semitic... I could never be anti Semitic because the Arabs are a Semitic race and I admire the Arab Civilization. I spring from the Christian Tradition, which is a Semitic Religion. I could never be anti-Jewish because the Jews are people and I try to respect people. However,I am not obliged to admire any State and I am afraid that I do not admire the State of Israel.
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POPSRoot Causes of Goose Anger Right now America’s relationship with other species couldn’t be worse. Like most Americans, often when I’m hiking I find myself apologizing to woodland creatures for the actions of our illegitimate government. And like the rest of the world, I’m hopeful that once President Obama takes office, things will change, and that we will end our imperialistic attempts at hegemony over the rest of the planet. After all, if he can sit down with Iran and Hezbollah, he can sit down with the Geese.
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POPS Poland Signs On! Glorious News! So much for the idea that Russia could intimidate and cower Eastern Europe with this show of criminal violance. The bravery of the proud and mighty people of Poland shines through. Bravo Poles! You will not regret your decision.
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POPS"You Furnish the Pictures and I'll Furnish the War"
Both repeatedly called for armed intervention, then later, all-out war. The atrocities General Weyler committed in Cuba were massively hyped and sensationalized in the US newspapers, then engaged in a practice known as "yellow journalism". The two kingpins of the press at the time were William R. Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, who were embroiled in a vicious circulation war, in which Hearst even "stole" Pulitzer's most popular writers by convincing them to defect through promises of money and positions. Hearst's major publication was the New York Journal and Pulitzer's publication was the New York World. In order to grow their circulations, both men were willing to go so far as to make up stories. The Spanish-American War was not the height of Hearst's power. Afterwards, he continued to grow his media empire for several decades, and even successfully ran for a seat in Congress. Hearst was the rough basis for the wealthy journalist-baron in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
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POPSGOP Beware: General Barack Obama Plans to Invade Finally, a Democratic candidate willing to go on the offensive, one willing to do more than merely defend the traditional blue states. This is great strategy: 1) Put the GOP on the defensive; 2) Appeal to the pocketbook; 3) Let McCain indulge his military imperialistic fantasies as his central campaign theme; which will only frighten the American people; 3) Meanwhile Obama will define himself AND McCain. And they said Obama doesn't have the instincts to be Commander and Chief! LOL!!!
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POPSEmpire versus democracy “A country can be democratic or it can be imperialistic, but it cannot be both." UC San Diego Professor Emeritus Chalmers Johnson, Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic .
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POPSFrench President a MOSSAD Asset--worked for Israeli Intel The French president is a Bush and neocon ally lately quoted for being willing to act against Iran militarily. France usually is against imperialistic actions and dictatorships. Now we know why, he is a MOSSAD Israeli asset thus a friend to the neoconservatives who have hijacked America's government.
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POPSLibya & Vietnam Elected toUN Security Council
QUOTE - The times they are a'changin' - END QUOTE This AMAZING news sounds like the last nail being pounded into the coffin of the UN giving approval for the USA starting wars, especially the most recent War in Iraq based on deliberately fabricated lies presented to the UN by then Sec. of State Collin Powell, or the War in Vietnam, also based on a fabrication of the US being assaulted in the Gulf of Tonkin and absurd propaganda --- reprinted in this very newclip -- about "fighting communism." If the USA was really inrtested in "fighting communism," we wouldn't be buying tons and tons of Chinese goods or sinking deeper and deeper into debt to Communist China. Since it should be illustrative to today's war news it's worth pointing out that to the Vietnamese the American War was about Nationalism and Independence. They were fighting a colonial and imperialistic power that was seeking to dominate and divide their country. Sound familiar? It's the same Old Story today.
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POPS The Dumbing Down Of The American Mind Part 1 Consequently, as a result of so many things having gone wrong in our nation, our mind, the way that we as Americans think, has become so terribly dumbed-down that we are on the verge of losing nearly everything we have attained over the many years since we became a nation. I have no doubt that pride always cometh before the fall, and given such an arrogant degree of ignorance that has seemingly befallen so many in our country, it is high time that we, as a nation, come to our senses before it is too late or the imperialistic desires of the Bush-Cheney administration will utilize every bit of "our collective dumbness" to take our country to a place that we dare not go... that of a long-standing imperial desire to conquer the world with the unfortunate likelihood of ending up in a world war... something that no sane human being should want regardless of how dumb they just might be!
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POPSIslam, Turkey, and Why We Should Be Worried...
By "Centers of Evil" General Buyukanit is referring to the likely future president of his country, as well as the majority of their parliament. Now I know that calling a President evil has become kinda banal lately for most Americans, but I think this guy sounds like he means business. (Although what 'evil' means to a secularist is up for grabs, I guess!) What will the US do? On the one hand we might fall into the old pattern of supporting a military coup over an inconvenient democratic election. (We've done it before... a lot!) This would just re-confirm for the rest of the world their belief that America is anti-democratic and imperialistic. It would send a disastrous message to the Afghans and Iraqis, forever damaging our ability to convince them that we are not invaders. What is more, it would confirm for many that the US is anti-Islamic. But on the other hand, does anyone have the political stones to embrace and protect an Islamic Democracy?
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POPSimperialism Strangely, the U.S. reign over the oil rich Middle East country of Iraq fits the definition of imperialism. Our alliance with Britain in the status quo seems natural considering Britain's imperialistic past. The U.S. made a "pre-emptive" strike on Iraq without finding Weapons of Mass Destruction so what is the purpose for such measures if the original reason turned out to be false? You be the judge.
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