"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Iran Feels the Chill in US Cold War Tactics
Submitted by Melinda Secor on Thu, 2007-08-02 16:00
" Washington has dispatched its frontroom team, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, to the Middle East , ostensibly to give the peace process a big push. In reality, they are acting as shrewd arms merchants, while at the same time talking of the struggle for people for freedom against oppression. Someone please order Joseph Heller's Catch 22 as mandatory flight reading for them."
0
Your rating: None
- Login to post comments
User Login
Search This Site
Recent comments
-
Straight out of the communist playbook, as per Saul Alinsky...4 weeks 5 days ago
-
It's certainly a step in the right direction.12 weeks 5 days ago
-
They may be in control of someone else. But they are NOT in...13 weeks 2 days ago
-
More prescient than one would have realized after the experi...13 weeks 3 days ago
-
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=6333537 weeks 2 days ago
-
“Madness is something rare in individuals — but...41 weeks 2 days ago
-
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's some kind...41 weeks 2 days ago
-
And they're just the ones that got caught.41 weeks 2 days ago
-
The fruits of Marxism: Complete and total insanity.1 year 3 days ago
-
Fortunately, he now has the money and the influence to not n...1 year 18 weeks ago
more