Category: Opinions and Debates

U.S.-China Military Tensions Grow

by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Jan. 20, 2010 Even though the U.S. military budget is almost ten times that of China’s (with a population more than four times as large) and Washington plans a record $708 billion defense budget for…

Gaza – The Cost of War

By Al Jazeera English, Jan. 20, 2010 The Cost of War examines the longer term legacy of Israel’s war on Gaza. By following characters associated with buildings that were targeted in the war, the film explores the humanitarian and economic…

Haiti, hell and hypocrisy

by Paul S. Graham I cringe when I hear folks like Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon use the word “solidarity” in the same breath as “Haiti.” I’m all for solidarity with the Haitian people, but when it is expressed by…

Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux

by Cynthia McKinney, Global Research, Jan. 19, 2010 President Obama’s response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical…

Haiti: The Back Story

Our role in Haiti’s plight If we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it By Peter Hallward, guardian.co.uk, Jan. 13, 2010 Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive…

Flight 253: Anatomy of a Cover-Up

by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Jan. 11, 2010 New revelations about the failed Christmas Day attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 continue to emerge as does evidence of a systematic cover-up. With the White House in crisis mode since the…

Genocide in Gaza?

When Does It Become Genocide? By Nadia Hijab, Counterpunch, Jan. 5, 2010 During a visit to Ramallah a year ago while the Israeli bombardment of Gaza was underway, I shared my fears with a close Palestinian friend. “It may sound…

Profiling for a safer Canada

By Paul S. Graham, January 9, 2010 Opponents of profiling are missing the point. Profiling makes a lot of sense. The main problem is that we are profiling the wrong kinds of people. Instead of watching out for people who…