Imperial USA

PBS Newshour Panel, Plus Comments

The Neoconservative conquest of the Middle East is becoming an al Qaeda conquest
The citizens of the United States still do not know why their government destroyed Iraq. “National Security” will prevent them from ever knowing. “National Security” is the cloak behind which hides the crimes of the US government.

The most militarily aggressive American president in history is considered a wimp by the neoconized American media!

Empire over life: That has always been Washington’s guiding principle
Did you know that 85 to 90 percent of war’s casualties are non-combatant civilians? That is the conclusion reached by a nine-person research team in the June 2014 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The deaths of soldiers who are fighting the war are a small part of the human and economic cost. Clearly, wars do not protect the lives of civilians. The notion that soldiers are dying for us is false. Non-combatants are the main victims of war.

New York Times Comes out of the Closet – Doing the CIA’s Bidding
Last week Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey would officially request the extradition of US-based Mullah Fethullah Gulen- a Turkish preacher in Pennsylvania with a $20+ billion network, whose followers have been accused of trying to eliminate PM Erdogan’s government.

The best interests of Turkey lie with Turkey and its people- the empire and its imperial interests notwithstanding.

The Sheer Joy of Imperial Hubris & One-Way Equations