Category: Opinions and Debates

Georgia versus Russia

Fanning the Flames of Another War in the Caucasus? By Eric Walberg, Counterpunch, March 5-6, 2010 With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world expected a new era of peace and disarmament. But what happened? Instead of diminishing, US…

Setting the stage for World War

U.S. Tightens Missile Shield Encirclement Of China And Russia by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, March 4, 2010 So far this year the United States has succeeded in inflaming tensions with China and indefinitely holding up a new strategic arms reduction…

America’s remote-controlled killing fields

Towards America’s Electronic, Troop-less Wars Future U.S Wars will involve Massive Use of Drones A RQ-1 Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron lands at Tallil Air Base, Iraq on Jan. 20, 2004. (UPI Photo/Suzanne M. Jenkins/AFIE) by Prof. Marc…

Haiti and the Aid Racket

By Ashley Smith, Counterpunch, Feb. 24, 2010 It’s now more than a month since the earthquake that laid waste to Port-au-Prince, killing more than 200,000 people and thrusting millions of people into the most desperate conditions. But according to the…

No Olympic Truce in Marjah

By the Canadian Peace Alliance, Feb. 19, 2010 While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence. The official…

Obama’s Record War Budget

Will Obama’s Record War Budget Lead to a US Victory in Afghanistan? Don’t Bet On it? by Jack A. Smith, Global Research, February 14, 2010 President Barack Obama has increased the Pentagon’s perennially-bloated annual spending spree to its greatest magnitude…

Wars sending U.S. into ruin

By Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun, Feb. 5, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama calls the $3.8-trillion US budget he just sent to Congress a major step in restoring America’s economic health. In fact, it’s another potent fix given to a sick…

9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement

On September 13, 2009, Dr. Graeme MacQueen, a retired professor of religious studies from McMaster University, presented a speech entitled 9/11 Truth: the Challenge to the Peace Movement, at the conference, “We Demand Transparency! For Peace, Truth, and a New…