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Cheney to Ukraine: US supports your security

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:04:29 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: How much tension is this hypocritical, armageddonist is going to have a war, to keep he and GW in office, if it means a world war. Putin has to answer this and Dick passes the problem on. Why has he not been impeached?

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

KIEV, Ukraine - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged U.S. support for Ukraine following last month's war between neighboring Russia and Georgia.

Cheney says in remarks Friday that Ukrainians should be able to live "without the threat of tyranny, economic blackmail and military invasion or intimidation." He says the United States has a "deep and abiding interest" in Ukraine's security.

Cheney spoke after meeting with President Viktor Yushchenko. Cheney's visit to Ukraine and two other ex-Soviet republics signaled that the United States will continue cultivating close ties in the region.

That's even after Russia showed it was willing to use military force against countries along its border.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

Tags: ww3, coming, to, a, town, like, yours

Venezuela and Russia - Joint Caribbean military execises

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:17:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Several Russian ships and 1,000 soldiers will take part in joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea later this year, exercises likely to increase diplomatic tensions with Washington, a pro-government newspaper reported on Saturday.

War, Inc.

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:22:00 GMT

clipped by: lap322

Clip Source: www.evtv1.com

Blackwater Army In Iraq

Most people do not know that under George Bush a private, mercenary army has been created to carry out foreign policy objectives. This private army is called Blackwater and bills themselves the "federal express" of the military. A must see!

How Many 'Military Sites' Does The U.S. Have Abroad?

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:00:49 GMT

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Clip Source: warnewsupdates.blogspot.com

WNU Editor: Not counting Iraq and Afghanistan. Or the secret ones. The correct answer would be 761

According to the Pentagon's 2008 "Base Structure Report," its annual unclassified inventory of the real estate it owns or leases around the world, the United States maintains 761 active military "sites" in foreign countries. (That's the Defense Department's preferred term, rather than "bases," although bases are what they are.) Counting domestic military bases and those on US territories, the total is 5,429.

Records show McCain was NO Hero

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:46:29 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Here's some readin for all you hero worshippers to chew on. See the truth about this war criminal for once. Even as he was bein shot down he made sure he delivered his bombs on the people of Vietnam ...and got a medal for it. urrrrg.

Clip Source: www.pensitoreview.com

Do internet news sites and blogs go over the top in questioning John McCain’s
military record? It seems that more and more groups are questioning whether or
not his record is worthy of the praise he’s receiving:

McCain’s military record is fair game The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides

FACT SHEET: Military record of John Sidney McCain III

McCain’s Military Record Shows He Is Unfit To Be President

McCain’s Secret, Questionable Record

Flummoxed By Vietnam Vet, McCain Falsely Claims He ‘Received Every Awars…

McCain’s military record

Is McCain’s War Record Fair Game?

Does John McCain’s Military Record Really Qualify Him to Be President?

McCain’s Spotty Military Record Is Declared Off the Table - And Obama Appears to Accede

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Analysis: Privilege and Arrogance, McCain's Annapolis Years

John McCain's Military Record

Legacy of an illegal war

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:05:33 GMT

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Clip Source: www.tomdispatch.com

The Past Destroyed: Five Years Later

On April 11, 12, 13, and 14, 2003, the United States Army and United States Marine Corps disgraced themselves and the country they represent in Baghdad, Iraq's capital city. Having invaded Iraq and accepted the status of a military occupying power, they sat in their tanks and Humvees, watching as unarmed civilians looted the Iraqi National Museum and burned down the Iraqi National Library and Archives as well as the Library of Korans of the Ministry of Religious Endowments. Their behavior was in violation of their orders, international law, and the civilized values of the United States. Far from apologizing for these atrocities or attempting to make amends, the United States government has in the past five years added insult to injury.

Tags: usa, military, war, iraq, history

Republicans Use Fake Troops for RNC Video

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:48:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of the actors, Perry Denton of Chicago, IL also confirmed that he was hired on a day-rate as an actor for the shoot and told CBS News he was surprised to learn the footage was shown at the convention.

Clip Source: www.vetvoice.com

by: Brandon Friedman

Thu Sep 04, 2008

For its "Pledge of Allegiance video" on Tuesday night, the Republican National Convention used stock footage of a staged military funeral, along with actors dressed as soldiers and sailors. CBS has the story:

It was a video that was supposed to elicit soaring patriotism and real emotions about the Pledge of Allegiance. But to do that, it used fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.

CBS News found that the footage of the 'funeral' and soldiers is what is called 'stock' footage. The soldiers were actors and the funeral scene was from a one-day film shoot, produced in June. No real soldiers were used during production.

The footage, sold by stock-film house Getty Images was produced by a commercial filmmaker in Chicago. Both Getty and the production company, Mr. Big Films, confirmed that the footage was shot on spec and sold to the Republican National Committee.

Tags: fake

McCain's Military Record Shows He Is Unfit To Be President

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:35:06 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Listen to the audio--very telling

Clip Source: www.forandagainst.com

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McCain claims that he was tortured while in custody. There were no other American witnesses to this torture and some former POWs doubt that it happened at all. In fact, McCain himself admitted in a 1973 interview with the magazine US News and World Report that he volunteered to give military information in return for medical treatment, even before being subjected to any torture.

Bear in mind that McCain’s medals were awarded for resisting torture. Yet where was the resistance? Perhaps it is this gulf between the perception and the reality of John McCain that explains why so many Vietnam veterans’ groups openly despise him.

However much pity we might feel for a prisoner of war subjected to such intense pressures, the record is clear : McCain was no war hero. He was, rather, a coward, an incompetent, a collaborator and a traitor.

Davros

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:28:49 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Clip Source: www.davrosrises.com

Davros is a megalomaniac who believes that through his creations, the Daleks, he can become the supreme being and ruler of the universe. He is a brilliant scientist who has demonstrated mastery of robotics, metallurgy, chemistry, artificial intelligence, cloning, genetic engineering, biology, military tactics, and apparently, cybernetics.

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God's Will Is The Pipeline-

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:03:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Creationism, war and pipelines are the Will of God

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Palin's Church May Have Shaped Controversial Worldview

Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much smaller task: addressing the graduating class of commission students at her one-time church, Wasilla Assembly of God.

Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.

"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."

$30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state. "I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that," she said.

Americas Imperial Bases In Numbers

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:52:39 GMT

clipped by: klippety
clipper's remarks: Rom, England and at the front the US with Imperial Glamor and Military Might. Not Russia, not China, no America is the Imperial Power

Clip Source: www.informationclearinghouse.info

Going on an Imperial Bender

How the U.S. Garrisons the Planet and Doesn't Even Notice

04/09/08 "TomDispatch" -- - Here it is, as simply as I can put it: In the course of any year, there must be relatively few countries on this planet on which U.S. soldiers do not set foot, whether with guns blazing, humanitarian aid in hand, or just for a friendly visit. In startling numbers of countries, our soldiers not only arrive, but stay interminably, if not indefinitely. Sometimes they live on military bases built to the tune of billions of dollars that amount to sizeable American towns (with accompanying amenities), sometimes on stripped down forward operating bases that may not even have showers. When those troops don't stay, often American equipment does -- carefully stored for further use at tiny "cooperative security locations," known informally as "lily pads" (from which U.S. troops, like so many frogs, could assumedly leap quickly into a region in crisis).

761 active military "sites

US to strike Iran in coming weeks

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:22:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.jpost.com

The Dutch intelligence service, the AIVD, has called off an operation aimed at infiltrating and sabotaging Iran's weapons industry due to an assessment that a US attack on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program is imminent, according to a report in the country's De Telegraaf newspaper on Friday.

The report claimed that the Dutch operation had been "extremely successful," and had been stopped because the US military was planning to hit targets that were "connected with the Dutch espionage action."

The impending air-strike on Iran was to be carried out by unmanned aircraft "within weeks," the report claimed, quoting "well placed" sources.

According to the report, whether the United States and Western countries succeed in thwarting the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions diplomatically, through sanctions, or whether a US strike on Iran is eventually decided upon, Jerusalem has begun preparing for a separate, independent military strike.

Tags: nwo, iran, oil, zionism

US Military Deaths, Just a Number

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:54:48 GMT

clipped by: Imnclady
clipper's remarks: Only, declined, the casualties first suffered, since, the latest, at least 4,153, since....2003

These words used in the article seem to detach themselves from the fact that "our " brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, husbands, and friends are being killed in a war with Iraq.

It makes me think that people may be viewing this as just " war " and maybe compared to " the Vietnam War " and not as " the war on terrorism " or " the fight for freedom."

Maybe " that " is why people protest this war, not against the soldiers that are led there, but " the Politics behind it ".

I may be wrong and you may not care what I think, but I hope " I still have the freedom ", to say it.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

2 US soldiers killed in Baghdad roadside bomb

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two American soldiers patrolling eastern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said, announcing the first combat deaths in the capital in a week.

With security vastly improved in Baghdad since the U.S. troop buildup last year, the number of American soldiers killed on the streets of the Iraqi capital has declined sharply.

The casualties were the first suffered by the American military in the capital since Aug. 28 when a soldier was killed in a roadside bombing. Another soldier died Tuesday in Baghdad of non-hostile causes, the military said.

The latest deaths brought to at least 4,153 the number of U.S. military members who have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Tags: iraq, deaths, military, usa, american, war on terror, news, reference

Ecuador Giving U.S. Air Base the Boot

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:34:21 GMT

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Clip Source: www.democraticunderground.com

Prevailing Nationalism, Investment From Elsewhere Make American Presence Obsolete

MANTA, Ecuador -- When U.S. officers stationed in this humid coastal city give reasons they should continue their decade-old airborne surveillance mission, they talk not only about fighting drug runners on the open seas but about the $71 million they've spent to renovate and maintain the city's airport, and the $6.5 million they inject each year into the local economy.

But the government of Ecuador has decided, and Washington has apparently agreed, that one of the most important foreign outposts in the United States' war on drugs will close. The 450 U.S. Air Force personnel and contractors stationed at a military base that shares the airport's runway will be leaving next year.

"This is a problem for us of sovereignty," Larrea said. "It's as if we had a base in New York. This would be incomprehensible for North Americans."

No substitute for winning

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:03:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.allamericanblogger.com

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Tags: iraq, us, military