Who is this guy Pepe Escobar? He writes for Asia Times Online and has a decidedly different view of Obama’s wars. He says the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over pipeline routes and control of the distribution of oil in central Asia, not terrorism. Is he a conspiracy nut? You can decide for yourself. Here is a sample video. Find more of his thought provoking material here.
There is no First Amendment in Iran
…….military prosecutors alleged that prison guards tortured to death at least three student protesters in July, contradicting months of denials by top leaders. The reversal is one of the biggest blows to Tehran’s credibility since government protests first erupted six months ago.
Read the rest at WSJ online.
It is the eight year anniversary of the War In Afghanistan. It is the three week anniversary of General McChrystal’s request to the President for 40,000 more troops. While Obama met with members of Congress to deliberate his strategy US troops suffered their worst losses for the year.
Senator and Candidate For President Obama said Afghanistan was the [...]
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepared to crush any military threat from another country.
The display of force comes days after the U.S. and its allies warned Iran over a newly revealed nuclear facility it was secretly constructing.
Gen. Hossein Salami, head of the [...]
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sailed to a second four-year presidential term with a huge margin of victory amid allegations of widespread fraud and a strident challenge of the Iranian vote results by his main challenger, and protesters scuffled with police in riot gear throughout Tehran in what many described as the most serious clashes in the capital [...]
Here is an excerpt of a column by Pat Buchanan about the moral equivalencies of torture.
After opening the door to a truth commission to investigate torture by the CIA of al-Qaida subjects, and leaving the door open to prosecution of higher-ups, President Obama walked the cat back.
He is now opposed to a truth commission. That [...]
You think AIG has lavish get togethers? Wait till you hear what Jack Cafferty of CNN reveals about what Congress spent living it up at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
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Pepe Escobar seems to have what a lot of our politicians lack, COMMON SENSE!