The UN Security Council responded by passing a Chapter Seven resolution – the world body’s equivalent of a declaration of war – authorizing the deployment of a multinational military brigade to disarm and “neutralize” rebel groups in Congo.
If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. - Thomas Jefferson
I don’t know in what context Jefferson stated this, but the facts gleaned by modern day au
Every schoolboy used to know that at the height of the empire, almost a quarter of the atlas was colored pink, showing the extent of British rule. But that oft recited fact dramatically understates the remarkable global reach achieved by this country
Are the imperialists in Washington doing their job well of advancing their dominance over the world? If the overall aim of Washington is to rule the world, are they doing their job well? Are they achieving that objective efficiently and effectively?
In the early years of China's rise to economic and military prowess, the guiding principle for its government was Deng Xiaoping's maxim: "Hide Your Strength, Bide Your Time."
Now, more than three decades after paramount leader Deng launched his re
According to the “Base Structure Report”, an annual report of the Department of Defense, in the year 2002 we had 725 bases in other people’s countries. The base world is secret. 40 percent of the defense budget is black. No congressman can see it. Al
“You walk into a whole squad of ANA [Afghan National Army] smoking hashish. They don’t understand that the use of drugs, it effects the way that they accomplish their mission”...“Soldiers come out without helmets...missing a lot of gear.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will soon visit the northern district of Kurdistan, aiming to sign a deal with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani regarding the future of the Peshmerga, the Kurdish militia. According to the deal, the Baghdad gover
The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people
No agreement with a foreign nation can confer power on the Congress or any other branch of government, which is free from the restraints of the Constitution.
Despite President Barack Obama's pledge to withdraw US troops from the war-torn country, the US is planning to award contracts to protect US installations at a cost to taxpayers that could near $1 billion. In fact, the Multi-National-Force-Iraq
What defines the situation today is a growing realization across all Eurasia from Beijing to Moscow, from Alma Ata to Ankara that the pillar of the postwar order, the United States has become an increasingly incalculable partner and force in world economic and political affairs. Some even within the US speak of a terminal decline in American influence over the coming decades, with terms such as ‘imperial overstretch.' It's essential to understand the extent and nature of the current economic and financial crisis of the Dollar System if we are to make any serious calculation of the future.
Mining and energy company interests continue to eradicate native culture in the Americas. Rocks, sticks, spears and machetes confront tear gas, helicopters, automatic weapons and tanks.
The Obama administration signaled it was seeking a way to interdict, possibly with China’s help, North Korean sea and air shipments suspected of carrying weapons or nuclear technology.
In the Summit, the United States was attacked. It muted Obama into a deep disquieting silence. U.S. was not defended. Instead, Obama “acknowledged” U.S. debauchery in Central America that caused so much misery as “errors”.
He also laughs at Obama supporters who thought Obama was anti-war, mocks "the blogosphere" for trying to end the Afghan war, admits the need for a new 9/11 investigation, implies that Afghanistan isn't a "narco state", and muc
President of Mexico Felipe Calderón gave the Queen of England a Maque tray from Michoacan. The Queen gave Calderón a collector’s edition of George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Calderón received the book as he bowed and scraped at Bu
"My, what ignorance; the real obstacle to development in Latin America has been the empire that you today preside over," said Chavez, who is a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy.
On January 16, 1893, over 160 American marines landed in peaceful Honolulu armed with Gatling guns, Howitzer cannons, double cartridge belts filled with ammunition, carbines and other instruments of war. The protest by Hawaii's Queen that such la
More than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected for the first time on Tuesday the continuing occupation of their country. The US media ignored the story. (But not Freedoms Phoenix)
A former warlord who for a time had been on the CIA payroll was sworn in Friday as mayor of Mogadishu and announced a plan to pacify this turbulent African capital within 3 months by requiring resident to turn in their guns.
A former warlord who for a time had been on the CIA payroll was sworn in Friday as mayor of Mogadishu and announced a plan to pacify this turbulent African capital within 3 months by requiring resident to turn in their guns.