- John Pilger examines the curtailing of democracy in Western nations across the world.
- A fascinating Vanity Fair feature on the troubles inside the New York Times, pre, during and post Judith Miller.
- In his explosive new book, James Risen reveals the incompetence of the CIA and its startling failures towards Iran:
"...Just as President Bush and his aides were making the case in 2004 and 2005 that Iran was moving rapidly to develop nuclear weapons, the American intelligence community found itself unable to provide the evidence to back up the administration's public arguments. On the heels of the CIA's failure to provide accurate pre-war intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, the agency was once again clueless in the Middle East."
- NSW Young Labor wants to implement compulsory national service. I've long argued that conscription is the most effective way to end rising militarism within Australia. Support for imperial wars would virtually disappear. I therefore support the move.
- The 2005 Small Arms Survey reveals, once again, that small and light weapons contribute the greatest amount of trauma in times of war.
- A fascinating Vanity Fair feature on the troubles inside the New York Times, pre, during and post Judith Miller.
- In his explosive new book, James Risen reveals the incompetence of the CIA and its startling failures towards Iran:
"...Just as President Bush and his aides were making the case in 2004 and 2005 that Iran was moving rapidly to develop nuclear weapons, the American intelligence community found itself unable to provide the evidence to back up the administration's public arguments. On the heels of the CIA's failure to provide accurate pre-war intelligence on Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, the agency was once again clueless in the Middle East."
- NSW Young Labor wants to implement compulsory national service. I've long argued that conscription is the most effective way to end rising militarism within Australia. Support for imperial wars would virtually disappear. I therefore support the move.
- The 2005 Small Arms Survey reveals, once again, that small and light weapons contribute the greatest amount of trauma in times of war.
6 Comments:
Interesting idea re conscription. Haven't really thought about it before...
National service - it shows how out of touch budding Laborites are. They may not have heard of "work for the dole".
The military is getting rapidly more complex (including the infantry). The last thing they want are short term under-trained recruits who don't want to be there. Its a little known fact that the Army didn't want national service during the Vietnaam era - it was the politicians (eg Fraser) who pushed it as a "Good Thing".
CIA shenanigan's - so much money and "talent" (Prame) but so much amateurism. Iran better be digging its nuclear bunkers real deep cos Dubya's looking for a Iraq withdrawal distraction.
Yes, let us have politicians who can only think about how the decisions they make affect them, only.
So if we elect nothing but rich bachelors who have nothing but their own hedonistic pleasure to worry about, we will only have to complain about tax dollars going to pay for sex kittens.
We have the belief of a small minded misfit who thinks all politicians think with their dick.
And then there is the rest of us, wallowing through the addamo of day to day life, thinking about the big picture.
Little addamo, little picture. That's all you see. You miss the forest because you fixate on the tree moss, not even seeing the tree.
What you call it has nothing to do with reality. That is the reason for your poor choice in words.
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