*John Perkins

The Secret History of the American Empire

This interview with John Perkins took place in 2007 but much of what
he said then pertains today. He was the author of "The Hidden History of American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption."

John Perkins is founder of "Dream Change" and the Pacha
Mama Alliance, NPOs devoted to creating a stable, sustainable
and peaceful world.

John Perkins Official Web Site

*American backed terrorist?

                                               Abdol Malek Rigi


Jundallah is a militant Moslem organisation based in the Balochistanregion in Pakistan, and it is said to be run by the CIA and its friends.

On 23 February 2010 Iran arrested Jundallah's leader Abdol Malek Rigi, a 'terrorist backed by the USA UK and Israel', after police boarded a civilian flight
Reportedly, Pakistan helped Iran nab the Jundallah chief


Read the entire article at: 
Iran catches American backed terrorist? - (Feb 24, 2010)

                          Allegedly, the USA wants to break up Pakistan and Iran along ethnic lines

*Iraqi cash

              
Waxman $12 Billion in cash lost in Iraq - (July 2, 2009)                           


Between April 2003 and June 2004, $12 billion in U.S. currency—much of it belonging to the Iraqi people—was shipped from the Federal Reserve to Baghdad, where it was dispensed by the Coalition Provisional Authority. Some of the cash went to pay for projects and keep ministries afloat, but, incredibly, at least $9 billion has gone missing, unaccounted for, in a frenzy of mismanagement and greed. Following a trail that leads from a safe in one of Saddam's palaces to a house near San Diego, to a P.O. box in the Bahamas, the authors discover just how little anyone cared about how the money was handled. 

Read the entire article at: 

Billions over Baghdad - (Oct 2007)


Ron Paul, Bernanke Testimony - (Feb 24, 2010)

From yesterday's exchange between Ron Paul and Ben Bernanke:

Ron Paul: ...a lot of cash was passed through - and a lot of people suppose it was passed through the Federal Reserve - when there was a provisional government [in Iraq] after the 2003 invasion. That money was not appropriated by the Congress as required by law...

Ben Bernanke: Congressman, these specific allegations you've made are absolutely bizarre, and I have no knowledge of anything remotely like what you just described.

Let's ask Henry Waxman (July 2009)

Henry Waxman: In a 13 month period from May 2003 to June 2004,the Federal Reserve sent nearly $12 billion in cash, mainly in $100 bills from the United States to Iraq. To do that, the Federal Reserve Bank in New York had to pack 281 million individual bills ... onto wooden pallets to be shipped to Iraq. The cash weighed more than 363 tons and was loaded onto C-130 cargo planes to be flown into Baghdad...

*Stop the insanity

Stop the insanity


"When I look around me I see very strange and dangerous things happening. Not only the war which we all know about, but many other things which we seem to forget about or not even care about in our everyday lives. Whether it is the way we treat each other, the violence, discrimination, the implementation of Orwells 1984, the way we treat the planet, money that seems to be more important to us than the value of a human life, our consuming rage, shallowness, etc. Let alone that which happens behind the curtains, the lies about 9/11, the government ignoring your privacy and constitutional rights, the way we Europeans get a EU-president we did not even elect (what happened to democracy here?) or want in the first place, insurance companies and banks that invest our money in the weapon industies, and the billions of dollars that are invested in the war while all that money could have been used to feed all the people on earth (which would also be a better offensive against terrorism than giving them more reasons to hate us). This is mass madness. This is insanity." 

*US would kill own citizens?

 We know that the US “leadership” and corporate media are lying for war with Iran with their two principle reasons:

 

1. Anyone who spends five minutes can verify that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad never threatened to attack or destroy Israel.
2. Iran has never diverted nuclear material from legal and peaceful use; verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in all their reports and testified by their agency directors.
3. We also know that all the reasons given to go to war with Iraq were not only false, but known as false at the time they were told.
    
   This is huge. It's legal treason against the United States.
   
   
   Read the entire article at: 
   US wouldn't kill our own citizens, blame Iran, and start a war! Oh? FBI allowed '93 WTC bombing - (Feb 22, 2010)

*MORE "collateral damage"

                           Altaf Qadri/AP


This was just a quick mention on tonight's TV news... ANOTHER incident this past Sunday of a "mistaken" airstrike  that "accidentally" killed as many as 27 innocent Afghan civilians. The airstrike was targeting 3 mini buses "supposily" filled with "suspected" insurgents. General Stanley McChrystal personally apologized for the incident. This was the third such incident in Afghanistan since the American offensive in the Marjah district. 


Americans.. please remind the world WHY you think you're in Afghanistan. It CAN'T be to capture what's his name...Osama bin Laden. It CAN'T be to capture al-Qaeda members... They're long gone. It CAN'T be to overpower the Taliban.... the corrupt puppet President Karzai wants to be "friends" with the Taliban and include them in his corrupt government. It CAN'T be some feel good, pat on the back reason like to spread "freedom and democracy".... If that's so important, then why not target Saudi Arabia.. where most of the 9/11 terrorists were from, where leaders commit human rights abuses on a daily basis?


Helmand Province has ALWAYS been strategically important for reasons NOT reported on the American nightly news... 
By the way, how's the Trans-Afghan Pipeline building coming along?  


Afghanistan war challenge: civilian deaths from NATO airstrike - (Feb 22, 2010)

*Israel instigating wars

                      War photo


In his recent testimony to the UK Committee investigating the Iraq war, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that Israeli officials influenced and participated in the decision by the US and UK governments to attack Iraq in 2003.
Read the entire article at: 
Tony Blair: Israeli officials were part of decision to invade Iraq - (Feb 20, 2010)


My thoughts: Just like Israel played a part instigating the start of the Iraq war, Israel is now doing the same thing on Iran.

*Dalai Lama "provocation"?

                                Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama confessed to receive CIA funds in their revolutionary attempts to split from China. As US and Israel lying rhetoric for war with Iran escalate and are echoed by US corporate media, as Iran is considered a main source of oil for China, as WW3 is a real threat given that WW2 sprung from a series of smaller occupations cumulating with a false flag attack on Poland and WW1 sprung from a single political assassination in a context of competing empires, the “chess masters” behind the scenes of politics might have more in mind than a simple visit between President Obama and an exiled religious feudal-system divine monarch (and here).   

 

If war will be initiated, a false flag attack to kill Americans and blamed on Iran is a likely scenario with documented historical use and high-level government discussion of its application.

Read the entire article at: 

Are Dalai Lama visits with US, UK, France a "provocation" for China's staged role in WW3 - (Feb 21, 2010)

*Truthers are penalized

                           Army General Stanley A. McChrystal

According to sources quoted today by McClatchy newspapers, two field commanders warned Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal repeatedly about a worthless Afghanistan outpost that was too costly to defend.

The field commanders are now facing penalties after two high-level military investigations.

Read the entire story at: Field commanders who tried to warn McChrystal penalized - (Feb 21, 2010)

My thoughts: These field commanders were proved correct.. and yet they are facing penalties? Waraholics and those who goose step with the waraholics can't admit when they are WRONG. 

*Asian energy Security Grid

Remember all the BS propaganda thrown around in the American MSM right before the war in Iraq? The same thing is happening now with Iran. Recently MSM headlines blared out "IAEA report: Iran may be developing atom bomb." Since then numerous blogs, internet sources and independent reporters have disclosed this "twisting of the truth" and words from the UN's IAEA as propaganda. 
IAEA letter fuels CNN alarmism over Iran - (Feb 18, 2010)
New IAEA chief uses last week's "Technical Violation" to raise fears of Iran's nuclear program - (Feb 19, 2010)



Chossudovsk: US will start WW3 by attacking Iran - (Feb 19, 2010)


My thoughts: Future war with Iran has nothing to do with future nuclear weapons and bombs. It's  all about power, money and oil or gas. It's about the Asian Energy Security Grid (AESG). Members of this grid are: Iran, China, Russia and India. Pakistan wants to be a member of the grid. It may already be. The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, also known as the "peace pipeline" is already in the AESG works. Many analysis view the war on Iran is in essence as a war of the US against Asia. 
Read more about the AESG: Pepe Escobar: blue Gold, turkmen bashes, and Asian grids - (May 12, 2009)A

*Military can refuse orders

                  US military searching for Taliban photo: US Dept of Defense

The US war emperors have no clothes. Iran never threatened to destroy Israel. Iran is in full compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including their use of nuclear medicine with isotopes. It was the US who initiated the UN Charter that limits war to the narrowest use of self-defense only, almost identical in law to the limits for you or me as individuals.

When will leadership emerge from the US military and/or US government to speak these truths that are objective facts for anyone and everyone to verify?

US military is trained to refuse unlawful orders for War Crimes, but not trained in the broader context of recognizing and refusing an unlawful war. It’s time for our military to stand for their declaration of brotherhood and halt further slaughter and misery, to honor their Oath of Enlistment to the US Constitution; to recognize as the late Pat Tillman: “These wars are so fu*king illegal,” and to end them now.

To read the entire article: Obama Press Secretary threatens US attack of Iran. US Military: when will YOU expose these war lies? - (Feb 18, 2010)

*Waraholic fear mongering

                  Iranian children - who may be caught up in the cross fires of war 


Waraholics and the MSM continue to issue out more and more fear mongering over Iran. 


On Tuesday White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said: "I wouldn't rule out any options, including the military option, for dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions."

He said Iran's rejection of every attempt by the Obama administration for diplomatic engagement is proof that its nuclear program is "not of the means and type that they have tried to convince others that's it's for."


Gibbs accused Iran of repeatedly refusing administration offers of diplomatic negotiations, declaring this was proof that the Iranian nuclear program is not for civilian purposes.

In fact, Iran and the United States did take part in diplomatic negotiations in October, resulting in the draft enrichment deal. Iran also offered additional talks in November and December related to the deal, but were rebuffed and condemned by officials for the proposed talks.

Far from refusing to make agreements with the West related to its nuclear program, Iran actually accepted the draft enrichment deal earlier this month, as repeatedly demanded by the Obama Administration. The acceptance too was roundly condemned by Western officials, though mysteriously many have continued to demand that Iran accept the deal for weeks since the acceptance was already made. Read the entire article at: White House won't rule out attacking Iran - (Feb 16, 2010)

Iran wants to be able to enrich uranium to 20%. During the celebration of the 32st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Ahmadinejah announced that the first consignment of 20 percent enriched uranium was produced and was put at the disposal of the scientists. 


Iran decided to produce nuclear fuel to a level of 20 percent after the West and the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency failed to provide 20 percent enriched fuel to run Tehran’s research reactor that produces medical isotopes.


About 850,000 patients in Iran are in need of medical isotopes.


Iran began the process of enriching uranium to the needed level at the Natanz enrichment facility on Tuesday in the presence of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.


Ahmadinejad insisted that Iran had no intention of building nuclear weapons.


As a signatory to the NPT, Iran has right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes. 


Read the entire article at: Ahmadinejad: first package of uranium enriched to 20% made - (Feb 10, 2010)


My thoughts: The fact that Iran can enrich uranium to 20% is not a threat. This level is necessary to produce medical isotopes. To produce nuclear WMD, it would be necessary to enrich uranium at 95%. The UN inspectors are always welcome to enter the country and keep the level of enrichment under their watchful eyes. Let them do their jobs.


Iran is a signatory of the non-proliferation agreement (unlike Israel). So far there is no proof that Iran has built or intends to build a nuclear WMD.


The lust for war in Iran may have NOTHING to do with these nuclear plants. The US is angry with Iran for switching it's oil revenue money from the US dollar to the EURO and for building it's own oil bourse. It's also angry over Iran's pipeline ("Peace Pipeline") being built through Iran into Pakistan which will be an economic threat to the profits from the American backed Trans-Aghan Pipeline now being built through Afghanistan.


Coalition, NATO and American troops are in Afghanistan serving as security guards for the Trans-Aghan Pipeline... a pipeline owned by whom? Who exactly will gain ($$$) from this pipeline? Certainly not the troops sent there to kill and be killed.. thinking they're there to "protect freedom and democracy."

*Friend or FOE?

          Taliban photo: Rocky Mountain News


When it comes to relations between the US and the Taliban, it's always been a series of flip, flop, flipping  friends and foes game. Despite obvious Taliban atrocities against the Afghanistan people, especially the women, Texan oil men (with the backing of the American government) were wineing and dining the Taliban in Sugarland Texas in 1997. The Texan oil men (including Enron) were hoping to gain the approval from the Taliban  for a pipeline to be built across Afghanistan.(Trans-Afghan Pipeline) 
(Taliban are FRIENDS): 
Taliban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline - (Dec 4, 1997)



9/11 came along and all fingers pointed to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as the financier and planer of the attacks. Supposedly he was being harbored by the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic group. Despite the fact  the Taliban requested evidence against OBL and offered to hand OLB over to a neutral country, Bush decided instead to immediately wage a bloody war against all Afghanistan people. Al-Qaeda, foot loose and fancy free, ran to the hills and beyond. To the Americans, al-Qaeda became out of sight, out of mind. Osama bin Laden  who? 


(Taliban are foes)
Despite no evidence that the Taliban played a part in 9/11, the American military focus then became the Taliban. Early 2002 we started hearing how peachy keen things were going with the war. 
Bush: “Our first objective in the first theater against the war against terror has been achieved: The Taliban are out of business.” [2/4/02]
(No more Taliban!)
 Bush took his eye off the ball - (Jun 30, 2005)



(Taliban are friends AND foes)
But the Taliban never disappeared. They opened offices in Kabul and started secretly meeting with American intelligence. Nevertheless the American public cheered whenever Taliban forces were killed or captured. 
Taliban in secret talks with US, Afghanistan - (June 19, 2009)


(Karzai: "I want to be your friend")
After puppet President Karzai's corrupt election he nevertheless offers the Taliban a place in his corrupt government.  
Karzai: I can work with Taliban for peace - (Dec 3, 2009)
Karzai continues to push for peace talks - (Feb 2, 2010)


(Taliban: "I want to be your friend")
On Dec 2009 the Taliban offered to give "legal guarantees" that they will not allow Afghanistan to be used for attacks on other countries. The US refused this offer. Instead the Obama Administration decides to send thousands more American troops to Afghanistan to wage a military surge.
US silent on Taliban's al-Qaeda offer - (Dec 17, 2009)


(Friends AND foe)
Are coalition, NATO, American troops being sent to kill and be killed by "enemies" supported by "international donors", primarily the United States? Is the US to a large extent financing their own enemy?“Everyone knows this is going on,” said one U.S. Embassy official, speaking privately.
Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don't want to know - (Aug 13, 2009)


(Friend OR foe?)
The Afghan authorities confirmed on Tuesday reports that the Taliban’s second-in-command, Mullah Baradar, has been arrested in Pakistan. But while the West considers the capture of such a ‘big fish’ a strategic victory, our correspondent points out that he was also the key to a possible diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Mullah Baradar: friend or foe? - (Feb 16, 2010)


General information of the Taliban, Friend or foe:
Taliban history/timeline/Afghanistan
Taliban's website - Voice of Jihad  

*"Shoot him in the head"

Glenn Beck on POW - "Shoot him in the head"- (Feb 16, 2010)

*Conspiracy theorists?

                                                         It's a conspiracy!

The recent Medina debacle on Glenn Beck’s overrated show highlights the obvious hypocrisy of the Beltway Right-wing when it comes to conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories that question government action are shunned while ones that endorse all-out war are to be embraced and repeated.

I have one simple question though for anyone free-thinking enough not to immediately follow whatever the voice on the radio tells them. What “conspiracy theorists” are more dangerous and deserve to be shunned by public opinion?

The ones trumpeted by people like Alex Jones whose goal is to have the 9/11 attack investigations to be reopened?

Or the ones feverishly hawked by the likes of Sarah Palin, Bill O’Reilly, Newt Gingrich, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh that call for the American military to begin attacking Iran? The aforementioned talking heads of the mainstream conservative movement are the same voices who were mindless, unquestioning cheerleaders for Bush’s tragic, costly and unconstitutional war with Iraq (with the exception of Palin who was quiet on Iraq until shortly after McCain picked her for his running mate).

These people, who literally have blood on their hands, are now telling us that we should look with disgust on anyone who questions the official account of 9/11?

I don’t know about you but I strongly believe the guy wearing a baseball cap that says “inside job” isn’t a threat to anyone. On the other hand, the self-appointed leaders of the conservative movement, who have already gotten countless people killed and seriously maimed with their “conspiracy theories” while screeching for more war are the dangerous ones.

Read the entire article at: Who are the dangerous conspiracy theorists? - (Feb 16, 2010)

*Natural disaster?

Dozens of homes and farms inundated by flood waters in Gaza - (UPI/Ismael Mohamad)


A Palestinian man checks dead sheep in a flooded area in the central Gaza Strip following heavy rains on January 19, 2010. The rising waters flooded some 40 homes in Wadi Gaza, a farming area south of Gaza City mostly inhabited by Bedouins. 


Recently it's been reported that this flood in Gaza was inundated by a "NATURAL disaster." But it was reported earlier that the flooding was the result of Israel opening the flood gates of one of it's dams in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip. Take a look at the earlier report: Was this flood caused by a "natural disaster" or was it intentionally caused? 


The Israeli authorities opened the dam's floodgates without any prior warning or coordination with local authorities in Gaza, stunning the residents of the area, the Press TV correspondent in Gaza reported late on Monday.

There has been heavy rain in the region over the past 24 hours. It seems the Israeli authorities could not handle the huge amount of rainwater and decided to open the floodgates without prior warning.

Because Gaza is located in a low-lying area and the elevation decreases on the way to the Mediterranean Sea, water gushed into the area, flooding two Palestinian villages and displacing a hundred Gazan families.

The locals say Israel intentionally caused the floods, the Press TV correspondent said.

The waters from the dam, called the Valley of Gaza, flooded houses in Johr al-Deek village, which is southeast of Gaza City, and Nusirat in the eastern part of the territory, where the Al-Nusirat refugee camp is also located. 


Read the entire article at: 
Gaza flooded after Israel opens dam gates - (Jan 18, 2010)





Israel opens Dam, floods Gaza - (Jan 19, 2010)