Published in The Moscow Times, July 8, 2005.
On July 1, the former presidential physician of George H.W. Bush wrote a guest column for the Washington Post. Two days later, the attorney general appointed by George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad. These seemingly unrelated events are not only inextricably linked; together they form a portrait of a nation gone
Jesus’ General does some righteous research on the culturally clashing responses to the London bombing. An excerpt:
"Its time for the President and PM Blair to come to the realisation that its time to save American and British lives and return our troops to their homes.THEN NUKE THE FREAKIN AREA…MAKE IT A PARKING LOT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS! WIPE THE EARTH CLEAN OF THESE COWARDS!"–leagalbgl, Little Green Footballs.
"Those responsible for London attacks are criminals who do not represent Islam or even truly understand (its message)" –Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Mohammad Sayyed Tantawi, powerful Sunni cleric.
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I was in London’s Heathrow Airport this morning when the bombs went off in the city, many miles away. Unlike America’s CNN-saturated airports, Heathrow has no ubiquitous media presence looming inescapably at every turn. The first inkling we had of the slow-rolling attack was the announcement that the underground service from the airport to the city had been suspended “due to a power failure.” Then came snatches of overheard conversations of people on their cell phones: “bus blown apart,” “bombs in the tube,” “I told them to
Chris Floyd is an award-winning American journalist, and author of the book, Empire Burlesque: High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Regime. For more than 11 years he wrote the featured political column, Global Eye, for The Moscow Times and the St. Petersburg Times in Russia. He also served as UK correspondent for Truthout.org, and was an editorial writer for three years for The Bergen Record. His work appears regularly CounterPunch, The Baltimore Chronicle and in translation in the Italian paper, Il Manifesto, and has also been published in such venues as The Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, Columbia
(Original version published Sept. 20, 2002 in the Moscow Times. This is the expanded version from the book, Empire Burlesque.)
Not since Mein Kampf has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed, years ahead of the blow.
Adolf
Hitler clearly spelled out his plans to destroy the Jews and launch
wars of conquest to secure German domination of world affairs in his
1925 book, long before he ever assumed power. Despite the zig-zags of
rhetoric he later employed, the various PR spins and temporary
justifications offered
Once more, George Monbiot delivers the goods on the horrific farce of "Live 8" and the "Make Poverty History" movement. Monbiot reveals what almost every single mainstream article about these efforts conceals: that Bush and Blair are "outsourcing" their "benevolent" programs for Africa to some of the most rapacious corporations in the world. They are making a vicious mockery of the generous impulses of millions of young people, marketing themselves as concerned and compassionate leaders while hiding the draconian conditions of near-colonial exploitation they are imposing on
They seek him here, they seek him there;
Those Bushies seek him everywhere.
Is he in heaven, or Malawi,
That damned elusive al-Zarqawi?
The Zarqawi Phenomenon, by Dahr Jamail, on TomDispatch.