[They] were not fighting this perpetual war for victory, they were fighting to keep a state of emergency always present as the surest guarantee of authoritarianism. — George Orwell, 1984 by Jeff […]
The stimulus bill, Iraq and "fiscal responsibility"
Obama was in town yesterday to sign his stimulus bill. This victory, the first great moment of the Obama administration, was a hard-fought one earned in the face of fierce opposition from […]
Tom Ricks and the American Caesar's Ghost
by Jeff Huber We are witnessing what a military takeover of a superpower looks like in the new American century.David Pertraeus became the most dangerous American general since Douglas MacArthur when George […]
Tom Ricks and the Neocons
Parts I, II and III of the “Ministry of Truth and Peace” series discussed how Pentagon propaganda operations represent the confluence of Big Oil, Big War, Big Bucks, Big Brother and […]
Ministry of Truth and Peace (Part II)
Part I described how the Pentagon’s use of retired military media analysts to funnel propaganda through the mainstream media fit into a larger operation aimed at rewriting history as it happened. by […]
Revenge of the Surge
by Jeff Huber We got through Christmas without having NORAD accidently blow Santa out of the sky, but don’t let your guard down yet. While visions of sugarplums danced in our heads, […]
Shoes thrown at Bush had a message written on bottoms
Aha. This explains a lot. Wonder why the mainstream press never reports this stuff?
The Tailor of Mumbai
by Jeff Huber My December 10 article “Our Man in Bananastan” discussed how the hasty conclusion that Pakistani militants were behind the terror attack in India sounded like the bogus intelligence described […]
Iran ate my Caliphate
by Jeff Huber Last week, at a meeting of his country’s ruling party, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Iran of “trying to devour the Arab states.” Don’t worry, Hosni. Iran won’t eat […]
AP trivializes Iraqi death toll, amplifies censorship
From the aftermath of the 2003 “shock and awe” bombing campaign all the way through Thanksgiving Day 2008, major US news outlets have nearly uniformly blacked out or downplayed reports of the Iraqi death toll. But a recent Associated Press article reveals the depths to which these outlets are still willing to delve to censor this information.
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