Kucinich: Afghanistan is Also War Against the American People Through Tax Theft (Video)

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum on “On the Record” at FOX News discussing the prolonged Afghan occupation, which will be announced by President Barack Obama tonight. Mr. Kucinich does a good job of smashing down the ‘those on the left-those on the right’ stupid-people rhetoric – 27 Nov 09 (6:28):

Robert Fisk on Stones and Semantics in the Occupied Territories (Video)

Today, at Strike the Root, I posted an article by Jonathan Cook at The Electronic Intifada of an Israeli judge’s “historic ruling… when he decided that an Arab teenager needed ‘protection’ from the justice system and ordered that he not be convicted despite being found guilty of throwing stones at a police car during a protest against Israel’s attack last winter on Gaza”. Judge Yuval Shadmi wrote in the verdict: “I will say that the state is not authorized to caress with one hand the Jewish ‘ideological’ felons, and flog with its other hand the Arab ‘ideological’ felons.” Robert Fisk, in a recent lecture, discussed the propaganda efforts in the West that refute the e-mails I’ve received from those outraged by the judge’s ruling (2:13):

Wonderland, Where’d Ya Go?

Sayyid and I are swamped with work and finals preparations for Masters’ classes operating under the trimester format. The next week to ten days will not have as many posts as usual due our law school finals following these, finishing up group studies at The Council and finding new projects to pay the bills after these studies.

That said, today there will be added content from the both of us and Sayyid will be editing a lot of drafts to be posted throughout the weekend.

Also, I’m guest editing Strike The Root on Friday, so check that out.

Thank you so much for your readership, subscriptions and donations. We greatly appreciate them and will show it even more by expanding the media on the site going into the new year.

‘Taliban’ Using U.S. Weapons ‘Fallen Behind’

“Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage showing the Taliban in Afghanistan displaying what appears to be U.S. weapons. The fighters say they seized the arms cache from two U.S. outposts in eastern Nuristan province. Days after the alleged assault, the U.S. military pulled out its troops from the area,” Jonah Hull reports (1:50):

RARE LAW GOSSIP: How Many Times Did She Say ‘All By Myself’? (Video)

Carrie ‘Opposite Marriage’ Prejean: (a) ‘wrote’ a book; (b) for which Sean Hannity ‘wrote’ a foreword; and (c) “I was all by myself”? Form your own conclusions—and please send them to TMZ. I won’t reply to responses—like I don’t to anti-Semites and chickenhawks.

Nowhere near the, regularly heavily, substantial LAW post, but lolololololol (7:36):

Pak President on Refugees: ‘Fault Lays’ With Them, ‘Suffering Could Serve Useful Purpose’

Seymour Hersh’s most recent article features a sick peek into the mind of a relatively honest president and explores the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

Gold Hits Record High as India Dumps Dollars

India’s run on the U.S. dollar to buy 200 tonnes of gold from the 403.3 set to be sold by the International Monetary Fund set the precious metal to an all-time high value of $1,081+, meaning the  inflated dollar has crashed to an all-time low as the U.N. reports a drop in U.S. wages.

Homeland Security Sees Deplorable N.Y.C. Immigrant Jail as ‘A Good Model’

The Varick Street Detention Center has an ‘immigrant jail’ holding 250 people kidnapped by the government—100 of whom, held without charges, have petitioned they endure grossly inhuman conditions and slave labor—shines a  brighter light on the illegitimacy of immigration law.

‘Mafialike’ C.I.A. Asset: Hamid Wali Noriega

The New York Times reports the opium-profiteering brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on the C.I.A. payroll.

When Only Abolition is Just, Reform is Naïve

Looking into the derivatives crisis and major players that manufactured the economic crisis, anything short of killing the ‘Creature from Jekyll Island’ would be unjust.

Oil Tycoon: U.S. Firms ‘Entitled’ to Iraq Oil

T. Boone Pickens lashes out at British Petroleum and the China National Petroleum  Corporation granted contracts for auctioned off Iraqi oil fields. (h/t: Democracy Now!)

Brzezinski on Afghanistan

Zbigniew Brzezinski—former national security adviser, co-founder of the Trialteral Commission and (which might come to a frequent reader’s surprise) one of the scholars I’ve avidly studied most on geopolitics—discusses the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan (4:20):

U.S. to ‘Continue Standing By Israel’ War Crimes ‘as Loyal Friend’

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. vowed to continue fighting the Goldstone Report which condemned Israel’s war crimes in the Gaza Massacre.

U.S.-Backed Faction ‘Claims Responsibility’ for Attack in Iran, Killing Dozens

Jundallah has claimed responsibility for attacking a “unity gathering between Sunni and Shia tribal leaders”. The rising death toll was last reported at 49.

Officials: 80,000 Additional Troops Sought for Afghan Occupation

General Stanley McChrystal proposed a “low risk” option to the White House calling for an additional 80,000 troops in Afghanistan.

Cliff Notes on Just War Theory

Scrutinizing the legitimacy of authority is a basic foundation of any discourse on whether or not war is justified.

Escalated Afghanistan Occupation ‘Buys Some Time’

David Ignatius at The Washington Post, claims the U.S. has a “responsibility” to use its military to simply “buy some time” for Kabul’s effort to forge relations with the Taliban. What he calls “Mission Impossible” is chronicled in Dexter Filkins’ feature at The New York Times Magazine, “Stanley McChrystal’s Long War.”

Report: ‘Substantial Increase’ in U.S. Troops Toward Afghanistan Expected Soon

London’s Daily Telegraph reports: U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has approved 500 more troops to Afghanistan with the assurance that the Obama Administration will soon approve another Afghan Surge.

Despite War of Aggression, Clinton Vows Continued Support for Georgia

The E.U. report released October 1 concluded Georgia’s aggressive “shelling” of South Ossetia with the full backing of the Bush Administration was what prompted Russian response that led to the Five Day War in August 2008. The Obama Administration will continue enabling the tyrannical regime of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

Gold Hits Another Record-High, Dollar Hits New Low

This morning, gold hit a new high nearing $1,070/oz. showing the  U.S. dollar ‘reaching a breaking point’ as it hits another new 14-month low.

McChrystal Seeks Over 60,000 More Troops for Afghanistan

A U.S. official familiar with Gen. McChrystal’s confidential troop request submitted to the White House confirms that it exceeds 60,000.

Nobel Committee: War is Peace

Mr. Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting just about everything but peace.

Global Finance Oligarchs Gather in Turkey, Police Gas and Hose Protesters

Police in Istanbul, Turkey fired tear gas and broke out the hose on anti-globalization protesters of the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) meetings.

U.S. Claim Iran’s Qom Plant ‘Breaks Rules’ Lacks Validity

On top of the Obama Administration’s escalated nuclear weapons production and pledge to continue providing cover for Israel’s nuclear arsenal, the Administration’s assertion that “Iran is breaking rules all nations must follow” does not stand up to scrutiny.

Applebaum’s Soft n’ Cuddly Proxy War With Iran

Anne Applebaum makes the case for a U.S. taxpayer-funded “human rights campaign that battles Iran from within”.