Tag Archives: George W. Bush

[Video] Protests at Bush Library Dedication

Editor’s Note:  A brief video of protestors chanting Bush is a War Criminal clash with police is posted on the WAMMToday Facebook page.  Click on the direct link here. Dallas police remind expected Bush Library dedication protesters of restrictions By Scott Goldstein sgoldstein@dallasnews.com 11:23 am on April 24, 2013 | Permalink Vietnam veteran Bruce Berry [from Minnesota] headed to […]

Howard Zinn, The Power of Refusal

Mission Unaccomplished> Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History

Mission Unaccomplished Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History “By 2009, of course, it should all have been so obvious. We were no longer inside the neocon dream of unrivaled global superpowerdom, just mired in what happened to it. We were a chicken factory in the desert […]

David Swanson> Drowning on Wall Street and Ending World War II

Drowning on Wall Street and Ending World War II  The Marshall Plan was a plan for domination — smarter and more skillful domination than some other attempts — but still domination.  U.S. capitalist control was the highest purpose.  By David Swanson (about the author)     OpEdNews Op Eds 10/30/2012  Imagine if George W. Bush had stood on the smoking ruins […]

Part I> Blumenthal> The right to resist is universal: A farewell to Al Akhbar and Assad’s apologists

The right to resist is universal: A farewell to Al Akhbar and Assad’s apologists By Max Blumenthal    6.20.12    Max Blumenthal.com Editor’s Note: This posting represents one perspective in the international debate and propaganda war taking place in regard to Syria. A response to Mr. Blumenthal by Sharmine Narwani is posted as Part II.  WAMM’s postion […]

Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner?

Fascist America: Have We Finally Turned The Corner? By Sara Robinson     May 1, 2012      AlterNet The author offers one of her periodic assessments of America’s potential to go fascist. And the news is better than it’s been in years. Photo Credit: JoelInSouthernCA America has never been without fascist wannabes. Research by Political Research Associates […]

Noam Chomsky> “Losing” the World: American Decline in Perspective

“Losing” the World: American Decline in Perspective Tuesday 14 February 2012  Noam Chomsky   TomDispatch via truthout.org  (Photo: abbyladybug) Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.  Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead.  Right now, […]

Nick Turse> The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries?

The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries? The Bush administration had special operations forces in 60 countries. Today, that number is 75—and it’s rising. Nick Turse | Mon Sep. 19, 2011 12:28 PM PDT   Mother Jones This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. US Army soldiers conduct a patrol through […]

Nation of Change> Ethnic Media Takes a Sober Look at U.S. Intervention in Iraq

Ethnic Media Takes a Sober Look at U.S. Intervention in Iraq  New America Media/News Analysis   Thursday 22 December 2011   Nation of Change    In the wake of the end of the Iraq war, U.S. ethnic media are taking a sober look at the last nine years of American military intervention in Iraq, and […]

What Country Do We Want to Keep?> former Natl. Security Agency official Thomas Drake

What Country Do We Want to Keep? November 27, 2011   Consortium News On Nov. 21, former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake was honored for his courage in blowing the whistle on the U.S. government’s abuse of its secrecy powers. In his acceptance speech, Drake explained the larger and more frightening context – the […]

About that Iraq withdrawal> Glenn Greenwald

About that Iraq withdrawal BY GLENN GREENWALD  FRIDAY, OCT 21, 2011   Salon.com  (Credit: Reuters)  (updated below – Update II – Update III [Sat.]) President Obama announced today that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year, and this announcement is being seized upon exactly the way you would predict: by the Right […]

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