John Kerry sells a war that Americans aren't buying

Published on OpEdNews OEN, by Medea Benjamin, Sept 5, 2013.

It was September 19, 2002, and US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was scheduled to address the Senate Armed Services Committee about why it was necessary to invade a country that never attacked us: Iraq.

I was so concerned about the pending war that I flew to Washington DC from my home in San Francisco. It was the first congressional hearing I had ever witnessed.  Continuer la lecture de « John Kerry sells a war that Americans aren't buying »

G20 Syria divide

The leaders of World’s largest nations speak out against US-led strike, on RT, Sept 6, 2013: As leaders of countries making up half of the world’s population firmly opposed military action against Syria without a UN mandate, the US kept pushing for a strike, claiming that many countries represented at the G20 summit were “comfortable” with it … (full text with short statement of each BRICS-leader, with photo * and graph **).   Continuer la lecture de « G20 Syria divide »

Making the world safe for banksters: Syria in the crosshairs

Published on Intrepid Report, by Ellen Brown, J.D., September 6, 2013.

Iraq and Libya have been taken out, and Iran has been heavily boycotted. Syria is now in the cross-hairs. Why? Here is one overlooked scenario …
In an August 2013 article, titled “Larry Summers and the Secret ‘End-game’ Memo,” Greg Palast posted evidence of a secret late-1990s plan devised by Wall Street and U.S. Treasury officials to open banking to the lucrative derivatives business. To pull this off required the relaxation of banking regulations not just in the US but globally. The vehicle to be used was the Financial Services Agreement of the World Trade Organization.  Continuer la lecture de « Making the world safe for banksters: Syria in the crosshairs »

How the U.S. Left is Failing Over Syria

Published on Worker’s Action, by Shamus Cooke, Sept 1, 2013.

It’s now painfully clear that Obama’s war on Syria is a replay of Bush’s march to war in Iraq, both built on lies. Zero evidence has been put forth that proves the Syrian government used chemical weapons. On the contrary, evidence has been recorded that suggests the U.S.-backed Syrian rebels are responsible for the attack.

If Obama wages an aggressive attack on Syria — especially without UN authorization — he’ll be committing a major international crime that will, by any standard, make him a war criminal, just like Bush before him.   Continuer la lecture de « How the U.S. Left is Failing Over Syria »