Salem-News.com Afghanistan articles Page 54

Avi Shlaim on the Neoconservative Middle East War Agenda

“One of the main arguments for regime change in Baghdad was to put an end to Iraqi support for Palestinian militants..." - Avi Shlaim

(ROANOKE, In.) - A friend, Phil Collier, an avid student of and sometime writer on Middle East affairs (and a National Master in chess), recently informed me that Avi Shlaim's recent book, Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations, had one chapter, “Palestine and Iraq,” that presents a thesis almost identical to what I have written in The Transparent Cabal.

This naturally encouraged me to obtain the book, and Collier’s description turns out to be correct.

Afghan Girl Reportedly Raped, Killed by US Troops

The incident comes as violence in Afghanistan has spiked to record highs since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

(TEHRAN / Press TV) - US forces in five Toyota Hiace vans are said to have transferred a teenage girl along with several other Afghan women and girls to a military base in the province.

The Frailty of the Afghan War

The U.S. is on the wrong road, and it should do an about-turn and walk back to the right road...

(SEATTLE) - As C.S. Lewis says, "We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."

Monsters Among Us (Videos)

To Live or Die for a Real America...

(CINCINNATI) - I talked with one of my good friends last night. He was in Vietnam in the 1960s, as was I. He spent much of his life working in intelligence, not a safe and warm occupation during the cold war, when there may have been honor in the word “intelligence.”

Combat Infantry Badge: The Most Dangerous Decoration

The Combat Infantryman should have some special recognition because it was he who did the fighting, killing, wounding and dying.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Few people who are not Combat Infantrymen know or understand the significance of this most honorable badge. Many of those who earned and wore it above all other decorations often wish they didn’t have it.

As for it, I’m as proud of it as I am of my two doctor's degrees. The Combat Infantry badge C.I.B. is by far the most dangerous decoration. Many of you do not have the slightest idea what I’m talking about.

The US National Image and its Contradictions

Lawrence Davidson analyzes the reasons behind the widening gulf between the US national self-image as “the world’s prime purveyor of good government, stability and progress” and the reality of imperial power, hypocrisy and double standards.

(LONDON) - Benjamin Disraeli once labeled Britain’s government "an organized hypocrisy". That was in circa 1845.

Things have not changed much and by now hypocrisy might well be seen as a common sin of democratic government.

Osama Bin Dead Awhile

I know this is old news to most of you, but I think it’s important to reiterate this fact.

(CINCINNATI) - The next time the CIA comes up with another Osama bin Laden videotape, you might want to compare their images of the alleged al-Qaeda leader to the photograph I’ve provided here. If he looks any healthier than that, then you’re probably looking at an imposter.

Yeah, Osama has definitely seen better days. But give the guy a break, huh? You wouldn’t look much better if you’d been dead for nine years.

A Holiday Message from Veterans Today

Veterans Today exists to end the unnecessary cycles of war.

(CINCINNATI) - The holidays are a time to remember what things are all about, why we are who we are, why we fight wars and why so many have sacrificed so much. It isn’t a time for blame, for envy, for recriminations.

Gov. Jesse Ventura Proves There was a Cover-Up Over 9/11

Former VP Cheney accused of engineering Pentagon attack; Rumsfeld cited as possible accomplice.

(CINCINNATI) - Confirmed sources in the Nigerian government tell us, in order to keep former Vice President Cheney out of prison for crimes involving Nigeria, $500,000,000 in bribes have been promised, negotiated by former President George H.W. Bush.

Now, only days later, Cheney faces possible charges, so many charges they can only be imagined, for planning the Pentagon attack on 9/11.

Zionism`s `Anti-Semitism` Ploy is a Dangerous Game

Making the world fear and hate Jews is a dreadfully wrong policy.

(CINCINNATI) - When the rabbi advising Prime Minister Netanyahu goes on television claiming “goyim,” all non-Jews, only are allowed to stay alive as beasts of burden, serving Jews who are ordained by g-d to “bask in luxury” from the work of others, it isn’t an accident.