Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon’s rhetoric into actual policy (7:04):
Posts Tagged ‘Israel’
Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any Time Soon (Video)
Posted: 30 September 2010 by Little Alex in Af-Pak War, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, Boeing, drones, extrajudicial assassination, Israel, Ivan Eland, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, military welfare, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Robert Gates, War on Terror, war spending
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Report: Bulldozers Do Work in West Bank Hours After ‘Settlement Freeze’ Expires
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Sayyid in Palestine-IsraelTags: arms trading, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Likudniks, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, settlement expansion, West Bank, Yesha Council, Zionism
Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Hypothetical Israel-Iran War
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, IAEA, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NPT, Scott Horton, US, Warfare and Conflict
Were Iran to retaliate to a hypothetical military strike by Israel, Americans oppose U.S. military involvement.
Daily Briefing—21st Sept 2010
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abdu Rahman, ACLU, Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Andy Worthington, antiwar activism, arms trading, Brazil, C.J. Chivers, Carol Rosenberg, China, Chris Hedges, Dahr Jamail, Death Penalty, domestic surveillance, domestic terrorism, drones, electoral politics, Eric Garris, false flag operation, FBI, Federal Reserve, fiat money, FOREX, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Great Recesseion, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Kyrgyzstan, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, NAM, Noah Shachtman, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Paul O'Mahoney, Peace Now, Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, privacy rights, racism, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, Stephen Walt, Sweden, Tom Engelhardt, UAE, Wall Street, war games, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank, William Fisher
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Evening Briefing—16th Sept 2010
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: AEA, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Arab League, China, civil liberties, criminal justice system, Daniel Luban, DPRK, Futenma, Gaza, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, home foreclosures, IAEA, IMF, IRA, Iran, Israel, Japan, military aid, military industrial complex, NATO, North Korea, NPT, Pakistan, poverty, settlement expansion, Somalia, Syria, terrorism, UN, USDCNY, Venezuela, Warfare and Conflict, William Fisher
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Report: $2.75bn U.S. Fighter Jet Welfare to Israel Approved While One in Seven Americans Live in Poverty
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Sayyid in National News, Palestine-IsraelTags: Barak Ravid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, IAF, Israel, Middle East, military aid, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, poverty, US
Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Amnesty International, Andy Worthington, Anwar al-Awlaki, AQAP, Ayman al-Zawahiri, bailout, Blackwater, Boeing, BP, copyright, drones, drug war, extrajudicial assassination, Gareth Porter, GE, general strike, global economic crisis, GOP, Greece, Gulf oil spill, India, intellectual property, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, JSOC, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, Khmer Rouge, Lehman Brothers, Matthew Cassel, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Myanmar, national debt, night raids, Pervez Musharraf, TARP, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, WTO, Xe, Yemen
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Daily Briefing—14th Sept 2010
Posted: 14 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghan elections, Afghanistan, Arab League, B'Tselem, black sites, Bush Administration, China, CIA, Civil Rights Movement, Cuba, FOREX, France, gold, illegal immigration, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, Kabul Bank, NPT, Poland, renminbi, Sarah Shourd, torture, USDCNY, USDJPY, yen
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Report: ‘Largest Military Deal Ever’ Between U.S.-Saudis Could Reach $90bn
Posted: 13 September 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: arms race, arms trading, Boeing, corporatism, Iran, Israel, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, military industrial complex, missile defense, Obama Administration, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, THAAD, unemployment, United Arab Emirates, US Congress
The Saudi royal family is reportedly being helped by the Obama Administration to push a $90bn deal with big players in the military-industrial complex for arms and military technology upgrades through political approval in Washington.
Daily Briefing—8th Sept 2010
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, airport body scanners, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Aleksander Kwasniewski, AMISOM, banking, black sites, Blake Hounshell, BP, Bush tax cuts, Charles Hugh Smith, China, CIA, cognitive science, counterterrorism, credit unions, Deepwater Horizon, DR Congo, drones, drug war, experimental philosophy, extrajudicial assassination, for-profit universities, France, free press, Gareth Porter, general strike, gold, Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hillary Clinton, IDF, IFEX, India, Iran, Iraq War, ISAF, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Joe Biden, Kabul Bank, Kandahar Surge, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, land grabbing, Lebanon, Liz Pulliam Weston, Macondo oil spill, Mahmood Karzai, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, Mullah Omar, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philosophy, Poland, PTSD, Robert Fisk, Rwanda, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Stephen Walt, student loans, Sudan, suicide bombings, Taiwan, Taliban, Transocean, TSA, Uganda, UN, Yemen
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Daily Briefing—6th Sept 2010
Posted: 6 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Alcoholic beverage control states, ANSF, Avigdor Lieberman, DPRK, drones, drug war, election fraud, EU, general strike, housing crisis, ICC, IMF, India, infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, Kabul Bank, Kashmir, Kenya, marijuana, Mexico, Mexico City, Middle East, NATO, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, NWFP, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Russ Wellen, settlement expansion, South Africa, suicide bombing, Taliabn, Taliban, UIDAI, US, Warfare and Conflict
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Likud Lobbies for Settlement Expansion Consent From U.S. as Netanyahu-Abbas ‘Ceremonial Peace Talks’ Begin
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Little Alex in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Alan Dershowitz, Ali Abunimah, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Danny Dayan, international law, Israel, Likud, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Middle East peace process, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, settlement expansion, two-state solution, United States, US, West Bank, Zionism
Likudniks’ rejection of conceding its occupation of Palestine confirms reports in the Israeli media that this week’s meetings between regional authorities are “ceremonial and not substantive”.
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