t r u t h o u t | Ronald Reagan's Torture

t r u t h o u t | Ronald Reagan's Torture

Shared via AddThis

Still No. 1

Despite Slump, U.S. Role as Top Arms Supplier Grows

"The United States was the leader not only in arms sales worldwide, but also in sales to nations in the developing world, signing $29.6 billion in weapons agreements with these nations, or 70.1 percent of all such deals. ... The top buyers in the developing world in 2008 were the United Arab Emirates, which signed $9.7 billion in arms deals; Saudi Arabia, which signed $8.7 billion in weapons agreements; and Morocco, with $5.4 billion in arms purchases."

US Fury as Israel Defies Settlement Freeze Call

"The new plan drawn up by Mr Netanyahu... proposes that Israel would agree to a freeze of settlement building for up to nine months, excluding 2,500 housing units that are already under construction, and settlement projects in East Jerusalem."

t r u t h o u t | Obama's September Choice: Charge or Trim?

t r u t h o u t | Obama's September Choice: Charge or Trim?
    "Americans conflate the recovery plan, which is actually putting people to work, with the Wall Street bailout which rewards the very people who drove us off the cliff. They aren't angry at "big government" in the abstract (They love Social Security and Medicare, two of the largest big government social programs). They are angry at a big government that spends their money to save Wall Street and not Main Street. Obama pays and will pay a continuing price for the decision to subsidize the banks and not reorganize them, to bail them out without firing those who led us into the mess."


Shared via AddThis

US wants 20,000 more troops to fight Taliban

"The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan will ask for 20,000 more international troops as part of his new strategic plan for the alliance's war against a resurgent Taliban, The Independent has learned."

Ike Warns of the Radical Right

John Pillager on Obama and Empire

A great lecture.