This year marks the 70th anniversary of Lt. Commander Arthur McCollum’s secret memorandum to FDR on how to provoke a war with Japan. His “recommendations for action” would guarantee Japan’s retaliation, forcing the U.S. into war with Japan, Germany and Italy. The provocations would entail military posturing and an embargo, choking Japan’s supply of raw [...]
As you may know, the danger to U.S. forces in Iraq should the U.S. and/or Israel bomb Iran is a subject covered many times on Antiwar Radio with experts ranging from Patrick Cockburn to William S. Lind, Scott Ritter, Wayne White, Philip Giraldi and others for the last few years. Well, it looks like this [...]
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Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week Quick Links H. Con. Res. 362 S. Res. 580 Newsletter Take Action Donate Introduced less than a month ago, Resolution 362, also known as the Iran War Resolution, could be passed by the House as early as next week. The bill is the chief legislative priority of [...]
by August Wagele This week Congress will vote on a resolution (Senate RES. 580, House RES. 362) ramping up the pressure on Iran, bringing us one step closer to attacking them and sending the American economy plummeting into the abyss. These grave threats against Iran are the culmination of 29 years of the American War [...]
U.S. Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran – report Here’s the new Seymor Hersh piece for the New Yorker: [A] lesson was learned in the [speedboat] incident: The public had supported the idea of retaliation, and was even asking why the U.S. didn’t do more. The former official said that, a few weeks later, a meeting [...]
“We don’t want to fight addicts; we want to fight addiction. We need to manage addiction.” Which, I guess, makes us… Barbarians?
Link. U.S. officials say it comes just as the Israelis are mounting a full court press to get the Bush administration to strike Iran’s nuclear complex. CBS consultant Michael Oren says Israel doesn’t want to wait for a new administration. “The Israelis have been assured by the Bush administration that the Bush administration will not [...]
Writes Geoffrey V. Gray, via Eric Garris. Looks like it’s almost time for that Persian Gulf of Tonkin incident.
But you and I remember that it was Bush and Cheney who installed the Supreme Islamic Council of Abdul Aziz al Hakim and the Iranian revolutionary guard and has been supporting them all along. Well, in case you haven’t been able to learn that up until now… Here’s some Gareth Porter for you. Also, Iranian [...]
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