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After Iraq: Manual of ?Chicago Doctrine? is opened in Pakistan
2008-06-08 10:00:00 Be warned that all the painstaking efforts that Mr. Pervez Musharraf took to groom and nurture his country- Pakistan to embrace the ‘Enlighten Moderation’ in democracy may be ditched all together. As per plan a fully groomed and democratized country has since been handed over to the Politician by President Pervez Musharraf in a plate ...
Interview: ?Standard Operating Procedure? Director Errol Morris Discusses E
2008-05-07 07:39:00 CHICAGO ? Here is the legendary documentarian Errol Morris on the infamous 2003 photographs taken at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, which are the subject of his new film entitled ?Standard Operating Procedure?: There was another bad thing about the photographs. They led into a kind of weird dogmatism: ?Oh, I know what is in that photograph. I understand what is in that photograph. [Sic] you. It means this or no it doesn?t it means that. Whatever.? You can?t just do that. Investigation is therapy. You have to investigate. You have to make an effort to find out (not once and for all) but you have to ? to the best of your abilities ? ascertain what was going on. Director Errol Morris on the set of ?Standard Operating Procedure?.Photo credit: Nubar Alexanian | © 2007 Max Ave Productions | Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics This latest film is an intense and sorrowful examination of the morality behind these infamous digital pictures. Most of them depict American soldiers conducting ...
Pres Bush and Company Reportedly Made at Least 935 Lies About Iraq
2008-01-24 03:54:00 From the Center for Public Integrity False Pretenses: By Charles Lewis and Mark Reading-Smith Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security ...
By: What's Going On
The 935 lies of George W. Bush (and friends)
2008-01-23 18:33:00 That Bush and his inner circle of neocon zealots lied and cooked the books to get us into a war we never should have fought is not news, of course. But to see the number of lies told and analyzed in such a fashion as Lewis and Reading-Smith have done beggars the imagination–the sheer amount of bullshit spewed by this cabal is astonishing. Consider: President Bush, for example, made 232 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and another 28 false statements about Iraq’s links to Al Qaeda. Secretary of State Powell had the second-highest total in the two-year period, with 244 false statements about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and 10 about Iraq’s links to Al Qaeda. Rumsfeld and Fleischer each made 109 false statements, followed by Wolfowitz (with 85), Rice (with 56), Cheney (with 48), and McClellan (with 14). The study also holds the media culpable for their role in cheerleading the march to war without even the slightest desire to dig deep...
Donald Rumsfeld and the Credit Crisis?
2008-01-05 00:25:00 The Unknown As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we ...
Donald Rumsfeld: "I Got Your Yellowcake Right Here."
2007-12-08 11:37:00 BISMARCK, ND…12/08/07 7:15am EST…Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld appeared this morning on the popular television show “Good Morning Bismarck.†Rumsfeld, a last minute replacement for “Tiny Thelma’s Tin Can Band,†was challenged by host Anita Biscuit about misinformation promulgated in the lead up to the Iraq War. Stated Rumsfeld, “If I have to plant it myself, we’re still gonna find yellowcake.†Asked to “Say more about that stuff,†Rumsfeld stated, “I can do better than that.†Holding up a rumpled paper bag, Rumsfeld stated, “Saddam’s yellowcake is in here, in my…umm, briefcase.†Asked by Biscuit if he brought “enough yellowcake for everyone,†Rumsfeld responded “Well, okay, but this stuff aint easy to find."
By: Press Mess Blog
Has the administration been quietly overthrown?
2007-12-05 21:46:00 The Agonist - always a great place for thoughtful analysis - has an interesting piece suggesting that Dubya and The Dick may have lost control over their own machine. If so, it’s good news. A number of political observers have taken note of a momentous event in the U.S. government ? a counter-coup that overthrew the Dick Cheney/neocon cabal that has been running U.S. foreign policy (if not the entire U.S. government). Juan Cole has cited Admiral William Fallon, head of Centcom, and Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as two key players who stymied efforts earlier this year by Dick Cheney to accelerate the military build-up off the coast of Iran. Andrew Sullivan in a blog entry called The System is Working credits Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for restoring some sanity to the Defense Department, though he also notes that without the Democratic victory in the 2006 elections Bush would never have been forced to jettison Rumsfeld. Read the rest here.
Europe?s New Donald Rumsfeld
2007-11-16 05:32:00 State Duma elections in December are almost certain to cement the power of forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin. That outcome is likely to confirm Russia’s emergence as the most divisive issue in the European Union since Donald Rumsfeld split the continent into “old” and “new” Europe. In the 1990s, EU members found it easy ...
By: 1913 Intel
On Visit to France, Donald Rumsfeld Hit with Lawsuit for Ordering, Authoriz
2007-10-26 17:32:00 DN! The complaint was filed with the Paris prosecutor?s office as Rumsfeld arrived in France for a visit. This is the fifth time Rumsfeld has been charged with direct involvement in torture since 9/11. We speak with two attorneys with the plaintiffs — Center for Constitutional Rights president Michael Ratner and Jeanne Sulzer of the International ...
By: Current Era Blog
DONALD RUMSFELD CHARGED WITH TORTURE DURING TRIP TO FRANCE
2007-10-26 16:12:00 CenterForConstitutionalRights October 26, 2007, Paris, France ? Today, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) along with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), and the French League for Human Rights filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the ?Court of First Instance? (Tribunal de Grande Instance) ...
By: Current Era Blog
Donald Rumsfeld Charged with Torture During Trip to France
2007-10-26 13:51:00 Sometimes I really love my host country. Will George Bush come to France? What will happen to him upon arrival? Inquiring minds want to know. From World News: Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before ...
By: France travel
Donald Rumsfeld "Personally Involved" in Guantanamo Abuse
2007-10-25 01:31:00 In a new book titled Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond,two ACLU investigators reveal their findings on a year-long search into 100,000 government documents turned over to them by the Bush Administration regarding Guantanamo Bay.Highlights from Raw Story:"[T]he documents show unambiguously that the administration has adopted some of the methods of the most tyrannical regimes," write Jameel Jaffer and Amrit Singh. "Documents from Guantanamo describe prisoners shackled in excruciating 'stress positions,' held in freezing-cold cells, forcibly stripped, hooded, terrorized with military dogs, and deprived of human contact for months." ...Drawing almost exclusively from the documents, the authors say there is a stark contrast between the public statements of President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the policies those and others in the administration were advocating behind the scenes. ...The ACLU also found th...
donald rumsfeld comes out against the iphone
2007-08-26 17:35:00 Former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld puts iPhone on his famous hate listArmed with a Dell laptop with a cell phone glued to its back, the former Secretary of Defense showed the world just how useless the iPhone is. "It's really just a device that will enable young people like Sean Penn to send pictures of their fannies to other young folks who never worked a real day in their lives," Rumsfeld exclaimed to people trapped in line with him at his local Home Depot (Rumsfeld was apparently buying supplies for a hobby tiger tank he is building in his back yard.) "And another thing," Rumsfeld continued, "that music they play in the commercials is the same tune my grandfather played on his Guitar fiddle when we were luring in the hogs for slaughter!" Rummy then stopped to do a one-armed push up to show people he meant business. Rumsfeld first became politically active in the '50s when the movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" came out. "That Irish propaganda movie got Kennedy elec...
By: BLACK DOG PRESS
donald rumsfeld comes out against the iphone
2007-08-21 23:16:00 Former secretary of state Rumsfeld puts iphone on his famous hate listArmed with a dell laptop with cell phone glued on its' back, the former Secretary of Defense showed the world just how useless the i-phone is. "It's really just a device that will let young people like, Sean Penn, be able to send pictures of their fannies to other young folks who never worked a real day in their lives." Rumsfeld exclaimed to people trapped in line with him at his local Home Depot. (Rumsfeld was apparently buying supplies for a hobby tiger tank he is building in his back yard) "and another thing" Rumsfeld continued, that music they play in the commercials is the same tune my grandfather played on his guitar fiddle when we were lulling in the hogs for slaughter!" Rummy then stopped to do a one armed push-up to show people he meant business. Rumsfeld first became politically active in the 50's when the movie "Darby O'Gill and the Little People", came out. &qu...
By: BLACK DOG PRESS
This Is Gonna Piss Off Some Republican
2007-08-15 19:12:00 See now, if Bush had been more prompt with this news, there probably wouldn't be a Senator Webb, Senator Tester, Congressman Courtney, Congressman Loebsack, Congressman Hall, Congressman Rodriguez, and maybe not even a Congresswoman Shea-Porter.I, for one, am not complaining, but if I was a Republican, I'd be livid.
By: Nicks Notes
Where have all of the intelligent soldiers gone?
2007-06-23 06:27:00 The short answer is Donald Rumsfeld fired them all. Here, from the "Truth to Power" folks at McClatchy is what's left.Pace: Don't judge success in Iraq by level of violence WASHINGTON ? Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the success of the U.S. troop surge in Iraq should be measured not by whether violence is reduced, but by whether Iraqis feel better about their nation's future.Now I don't know about you but somehow that sounds really stupid to me. If you were living in the living hell that is reality in Iraq could you feel better about your nation's future if the violence continued unabated? Pace sounds about as moronic as his old boss - he's just not as good with words. The Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld legacy will be a US military that will take at least a generation to rebuild.
A Legacy Of Dangerous Incompetence
2007-06-19 18:05:00 The legacy of George W. Bush will be incompetence at all levels of his administration. Even many on the right now admit that Donald Rumsfeld will go down as one of the most incompetent "leaders' of the DOD ever. Condolezza Rice was one of the most incompetent National Security Advisers and was allowed to advance and become the most incompetent Secretary of State. Vice President Dick Cheney is not so much incompetent as he is insane. The result of all of this of course is an incredibly dangerous situation in the Middle East. But of course it doesn't stop there.The Price of Blind Loyalty For months now we've talked about how the scandal at the Justice Department would have a terrible impact upon the government's ability to adequately and accurately enforce and ensure the rule of law. Now we are beginning to see precisely how this is happening. No longer can anyone claim that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales' lack of leadership and candor hasn't hurt his troops "on the ground...
Here is a recent e-mail I wanted to share...
John...
2007-04-24 20:27:00 Here is a recent e-mail I wanted to share...JohnS,Let?s connect some dots?From your latest post:?Michael Meiers, author of "Was Jonestown a CIA Medical Experiment?" stated: "The Jonestown experiment was conceived by Dr. Layton, staffed by Dr. Layton and financed by Dr. Layton. It was as much his project as it was Jim Jones's." Layton was head of the Army's Chemical Warfare Division.?Who was Dr. Layton?Dr. Layton was married to the daughter of Hugo Phillip, a German banker and stockbroker representing the likes of Siemens & Halske, the makers of cyanide for the Final Solution, and I.G. Farben, the manufacturer of a lethal nerve gas put to the same purpose. Dr. Layton, a Quaker, developed a form of purified uranium used to set off the Manhattan Project's first self-sustaining chain reaction at the University of Chicago in 1942 by his wife's German-born Uncle, Dr. James Franck. At Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, Dr. Layton concentrated his efforts, as did I.G. Farben, on the develop...
Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld Radio Ad 4
2007-03-30 19:11:00 We at Shelley The Republican are exploring the best way to start a Draft Rumsfeld campaign. As such, over the next few weeks we will be testing various ads. We welcome your constructive feedback. Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld: Trust
Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld Radio Ad 3
2007-03-29 18:56:00 We at Shelley The Republican are exploring the best way to start a Draft Rumsfeld campaign. As such, over the next few weeks we will be testing various ads. We welcome your constructive feedback. Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld: Respect
Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld Radio Ad 2
2007-03-28 18:00:00 We at Shelley The Republican are exploring the best way to start a Draft Rumsfeld campaign. As such, over the next few weeks we will be testing various ads. We welcome your constructive feedback. Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld: Wisdom
Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld Radio Ad 1
2007-03-27 20:01:00 We at Shelley The Republican are exploring the best way to start a Draft Rumsfeld campaign. As such, over the next few weeks we will be testing various ads. We welcome your constructive feedback. Briefly Patriotic - Elect Donald Rumsfeld: Experience
Donald Rumsfeld Quits After Election
2006-12-08 09:45:01 Well the Democrats took both the House and Senate. Rumsfeld steps down the day after. So last week when Bush said he wasn't was a big lie. He said he did it to cover up that he was. Well now he admits being a liar. Bush has been one lie right after another. What if Republicans would of stayed in control then would he of stepped down? This is a good thing as the new replacement is more on sustainment than liberty. He has to be approved by the Democrats though and this should be fun. Bush is not going to have people rolling over and doing what he says now, so this should be fun. Democrats should now put together a plan for Iraq, its one thing to preach change but lets get it moving. People are so tired of Iraq and things need to change. So many people are dieing for no reason right now.
"Donald Rumsfeld, Israel?s Shabas Goy" by Stojgniev O?Donnel
2006-12-06 15:08:02 This will be the final installment of O'Donnell's works on this blog. I feel that O'Donnell just goes too far in criticizing Jews, and veers into anti-Semitism too much. That's not necessary. It's feasible to criticize Jews or any other group without degenerating like that. It's also part of a new policy on this blog - no anti-Semitism.See the article on Wendy Campbell for more. God forbid, the world and the Jews themselves, have seen enough of this frequently criminally inhumane anti-Jewish racist crap. Those of my readers who are convinced that I am an anti-Semite myself - I have nothing to say to you, as defense against such a charge levelled by such persons is typically futile anyway. Anyway, on to the piece. As usual, my comments are in bold:Anyone who has read the works of academic Kevin MacDonald understands that the Jews have a great talent, honed and uninterrupted over many centuries, for manipulating the policies and opinions of great and powerful nations.[RL: I am n...
By: Robert Lindsay
Call To Jihad
2006-11-19 23:25:00 Syria Satellite TV, Damascus, Syria - 11/14/2006 - <ANCHOR:> Outgoing US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, regardless of where and when they were committed. <REPORTER:>One who is not familiar with the hawk may try to roast it. Let me rephrase the saying. Anyone who is acting like a ...
An Open Letter to Donald Rumsfeld
2006-10-13 05:05:00 I wrote this back in April but I never could the oversize gummy bears I was going to use to illustrate it. So if you could just imagine oversized gummi bears with gummi guts and armed with cocktail swords you'll be on par with my (and I use this term very loosely) "vision". Dear Secretary Rumsfeld, I recently read your article in the Washington post and I can say that I for one always had you pegged as a pragmatist rather than an eternal optimist. I am of course discounting the possibilities that you are A: a pragmatist who is completely delusional. B: actually have no clue as to what is happening in Iraq other than what certain aides, advisors, and defense contractors tell you which would make you a total tool. And I?m fairly certain you aren?t a total tool. Recently there have been numerous calls for your resignation due to what many believe to be mismanagement of the war in Iraq. I am, however, not among those. I too believe that you have grossly mishandled the war in Iraq...
By: Dyre Portents
An Open Letter to Donald Rumsfeld
2006-10-03 06:56:00 I wrote this back in April but I never could the oversize gummy bears I was going to use to illustrate it. So if you could just imagine oversized gummi bears with gummi guts and armed with cocktail swords you'll be on par with my (and I use this term very loosely) "vision". Dear Secretary Rumsfeld, I recently read your article in the Washington post and I can say that I for one always had you pegged as a pragmatist rather than an eternal optimist. I am of course discounting the possibilities that you are A: a pragmatist who is completely delusional. B: actually have no clue as to what is happening in Iraq other than what certain aides, advisors, and defense contractors tell you which would make you a total tool. And I’m fairly certain you aren’t a total tool. Recently there have been numerous calls for your resignation due to what many believe to be mismanagement of the war in Iraq. I am, however, not among those. I too believe that you have grossly mishandled the war in ...
By: Dyre Portents
Donald Rumsfeld Speaks
2006-08-31 18:06:00 Tuesday, August 29th, Rumsfeld made a short speech to the American Legion. His speech was uninteresting, except for a few points he made regarding issues in the world today. Although there are indeed violent, exceedingly criminal elements in government who seek to overthrow the U.S. Constitution, Rumsfeld is probably not one of them. ...
By: The Pine Needle
Donald Rumsfeld on the New Media War
2006-02-18 03:30:00 "I believe with every bone in my body that free people, exposed to sufficient information, will, over time, find their way to right decisions." Photo by Don Pollard, courtesy of the Council on Foreign Relations. Today I attended a meeting of the Council on Foreign Relations on East 68th Street, New York. Donald Rumsfeld addressed the Members of the Council, providing a fascinating insight into the Federal Government's war on the violent extremists that terrorise our modern world. "And in this war, some of the most critical battles may not be in the mountains of Afghanistan or the streets of Iraq, but in newsrooms -- in places like New York, London, Cairo, and elsewhere." read more
By: RendsWorld
Donald Rumsfeld impidio una operación para descabezar a Al Qaeda
0000-00-00 00:00:00   Sin embargo, y pese a las cuantiosas bajas de efectivos del Pentágono, asà como de pobladores civiles y miembros de la resistencia en territorio afgano e iraquÃ, el Ejército nunca cumplió su principal objetivo. El ex secretario de Defensa estadounidense Donald Rumsfelf abortó a última hora una misión para atrapar a lÃderes del grupo islámico Al Qaeda en 2005, informó este fin de semana el diario The New York Times. Soldados norteamericanos debÃan descabezar a la organización durante una reunión de sus dirigentes en áreas tribales de Paquistán, pero Rumsfeld canceló la operación porque la consideró muy riesgosa para sus efectivos y las relaciones con la nación centroasiática. Estados Unidos invadió Afganistán en 2001 con el pretexto de atrapar al lÃder de Al Qaeda Osama bin Laden y destruir al régimen talibán. Washington también utiliza ese argumento para justificar la presencia de sus tropas en Iraq. leer más
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