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"The 'common
good' of a collective – a race, a
class, a state – was the
claim and justification of every tyranny ever established over man. Every
major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.
Has any act of selfishness ever equaled the carnage perpetuated by the
disciples of altruism? The most dreadful butchers were the most sincere. They
believed in the perfect society reached through the guillotine and the firing
squad. Nobody questioned their right to murder since they were murdering for
an altruistic purpose. It was accepted that man be sacrificed for other
men." ~Ayn Rand~ (Speaking through the character Howard Roark - The hero in The Fountainhead) |
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US death toll in Iraq passes 3500
Sunday: 2 GIs, 66 Iraqis Killed;
63 Wounded
Monday: Explosion
Rocks Baghdad City Center, 4 Killed DC Notes: Disability claims from Iraq, Afghanistan vets top
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Why is Iraq in Chaos?
NO END IN SIGHT
Learn the Truth!
7/27/07
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Army
Offering $20,000 Bonus For 'Quick' Recruits
Bonus Goes To Those Willing To Ship Out Within Month WLWT.COM July 27,
2007-07-30 (Excerpt) The
$20,000 bonus is in addition to previous offers already in place. The
Army has had trouble meeting recruiting goals, especially in southwest Ohio,
in the past few months as the Middle East conflicts continue. Soldiers
have often complained about the traditionally low pay as well. Foley said some
recruits could tally bonuses up to $40,000 during this period with
enlistments of four years or more. |
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Martial Law is Now a Real Threat Declaring
the U.S. a Battlefield “If ordered to turn their guns and
bayonets on their fellow Americans, would our "heroes" in uniform follow
their consciences, and their oaths to "uphold and defend" the
Constitution of the United States? Or would they follow the orders of their
Commander in Chief?” By
Dave Lindorff Counterpunch.org July
27, 2007 (Excerpt) The looming collapse of the US
military in Iraq, of which a number of generals and former generals,
including former Chief of Staff Colin Powell, have warned, is happening none
too soon, as it my be the best hope for preventing military rule here
at home. From the looks of things, the
Bush/Cheney regime has been working assiduously to pave the way for a
declaration of military rule, such that at this point it really lacks only
the pretext to trigger a suspension of Constitutional government. They have
done this with the active support of Democrats in Congress, though most of
the heavy lifting was done by the last, Republican-led Congress. |
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Iraqi leader tells Bush: Get General
Petraeus out
The Telegraph –
London, UK 7.29.07 (Excerpt) Relations between the top United States
general in Iraq and Nouri al-Maliki, the country's prime minister, are so bad
that the Iraqi leader made a direct appeal for his removal to President
George W Bush. Although
the call was rejected, aides to both men admit that Mr Maliki and Gen
David Petraeus engage in frequent stand-up shouting matches,
differing particularly over the US general's moves to arm Sunni tribesmen to
fight al-Qa'eda. One Iraqi source said Mr Maliki used a video conference with Mr Bush to call for the general's signature strategy to be scrapped. "He told Bush that if Petraeus continues, he would arm Shia militias," said the official. "Bush told Maliki to calm down." |
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Iraq Team
Captain Calls for US to Leave the Country International
Herald Tribune July
29, 2007 (Excerpt) "I want America to go
out," he said. "Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but
out. I wish the American people didn't invade Iraq and hopefully it will be
over soon." |
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George Bush’s Latest ‘Escapade’ By Robert
Novak Humanevents.com July 30,
2007 (Excerpt) ·
WASHINGTON
-- The morass in Iraq and deepening difficulties in Afghanistan have not
deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous and questionable
new secret operation. At a high level, U.S. officials are working with
their Turkish counterparts on a joint military operation to suppress Kurdish
guerrillas and capture their leaders. Through covert activity, their goal is
to forestall Turkey from invading Iraq. ·
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PUTTING OUT FIRE WITH GASOLINE! Washington’s Disastrous, Interventionist, “Mideast” Foreign Policy” Washington’s Self-Serving ‘Congressional’ Israel Lobby seeks $30.4 billions in U.S. Taxpayers’ Debt-Financed military
aid to bolster the Israeli
Apartheid-Regime over the next decade, “a significant
increase over what Israel has received in the past 10 years.”  Supplemental “Aid” For Israel: US
Taxpayers to fund “defense” systems for Israel Ynetnews.com July 27, 2007 Israel
Voices ‘Satisfaction’ with U.S. Taxpayer Financed Aid Increase Defensenews.com July 29, 2007 
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As Rice and Gates Travel to
Middle East, Air of Futility Pervades ·
US State Department Funding Blair as
Mideast Envoy |
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Foreign Policy Is Central in 2008
Presidential Races By
Doyle McManus (Excerpt) Not every foreign policy issue is as polarizing as Iraq. There
are even signs of potential bipartisan consensus on other issues: reinvigorating
traditional alliances, rebuilding a war-weary Army and Marine Corps,
preventing nuclear proliferation, and maintaining aid to Africa, to name
some. But Iraq is the issue many voters say
will determine their choice in the presidential election; the rest have
barely rated a mention in the campaign so far. |
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Republican Youtube Debate Show By Michael Kraft Charlotte
Conservative News (Excerpt) With the Charleston, SC Democratic debate behind
us, hundreds of video questions pour into Youtube in preparation for the
Republican turn at the wheel handling user questions. The problem
is, the candidates don’t seem excited, or even interested in the gimmicky
format scheduled for September 17th. So far only
Sen. John McCain and Rep.
Ron Paul have agreed to participate in the debate, hosted by the
Republican Party of Florida in St. Petersburg, CNN and Youtube. Ron Paul is
widely popular on the internet so this is no surprise, and McCain is dying
fast in the polls and likely desperate for any bone he can get. “Aside from those two
candidates, we haven’t heard from anyone else,” said Sam
Feist of CNN, who is sponsoring the debate with the popular video site
YouTube. Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, who are the current frontrunners and “big fish” both have very busy YouTube channels, but neither seem all too interested in the debate as it stands. |
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