Israel housing expansion announcement spoils U.S. “peace” talks

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Friday March 12, 2010 · 12:38 PM PST

2010/03/12 · 12:38

Original article is posted at worldcantwait.org

reprinted with author's permission

VP Joe Biden visited the Middle East this week to encourage the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian "peace" talks. But the kind of peace envisioned by the U.S. imperialists is one of continued Israeli domination of Palestinian land and of the Palestinian people under U.S. auspices.

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Friday January 15, 2010 · 8:45 AM PST

2010/01/15 · 08:45

NOT Suppression and Further Domination!

The world’s eyes are riveted on scenes of horror in Haiti. The world’s hearts are straining. People everywhere are trying to support the Haitian people in any way they can. Meanwhile, the clock ticks very urgently, as people literally die beneath the rubble and perish on the streets as well for lack of medical care, water, food, and shelter.

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Wednesday December 09, 2009 · 10:38 AM PST

2009/12/09 · 10:38

Obama's War Speech: The Questions It Raises... And The Answer That Must Be Given (Original appears at rwor.org. Article reprinted with author's permission.)

By Larry Everest

On Tuesday, December 1, at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, President Barack Obama announced that he would send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. He also called for 10,000 more NATO troops, which pushes the total U.S.-led forces to nearly 150,000, and he announced plans to step up the war on a number of fronts including (without being specific) in Pakistan. Obama has now tripled the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan since he took office.

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Friday October 23, 2009 · 7:52 AM PDT

2009/10/23 · 07:52

By Kenneth J. Theisen

The original of this article is located at: worldcantwait.org

On October 20, 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed to a November 7th run-off presidential election after almost a third of the votes he received in an earlier August 20th vote were deemed to be fraudulent by election investigators with the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission. Karzai did not do this willingly, but under pressure from the U.S. and its allies he had very little choice. But did the U.S. apply this pressure because its leaders have suddenly come to feel that the people of a country should choose its own rulers in fair elections? Or did the U.S. act to achieve its imperialist goals in Afghanistan that were jeopardized by such an obviously fraudulent election?

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Wednesday October 21, 2009 · 12:04 PM PDT

2009/10/21 · 12:04

This article is by Larry Everest and reprinted with his permission. The original appears at: http://revcom.us/...

October 7 marked the eighth year of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, making it one of the longest wars in U.S. history, and the end is nowhere in sight. Instead, today the imperialists are facing mounting difficulties and staring into the abyss of possible defeat.

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 1:11 PM PDT

2009/10/19 · 13:11

Statement by Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party, USA

October 22nd, 2009is the National Day of Protest to STOP Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. It is the day to begin to stand up and resist the outrage of police brutality and police murder. FIGHT BACK! WEAR BLACK!

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Friday October 09, 2009 · 11:39 AM PDT

2009/10/09 · 11:39

By Kenneth J. Theisen

Original article is posted online at worldcantwait.org.

When I woke up this morning I received an email from a friend telling me that U.S. President Barack Obama was chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. I had to think a moment to make sure it was not April 1st. I have been around awhile so I am not easily shocked, but this did shock me at first. I have been writing about Obama for a few years and have followed his career in politics and could not imagine why he had been chosen. But as I was more fully awake it made perfect sense to me, given some of the past winners of the Prize.

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Tuesday September 29, 2009 · 1:07 PM PDT

2009/09/29 · 13:07

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 8:39 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 08:39

by Kenneth J. Theisen (original article appears at worldcantwait.org)

The U.S. is currently involved in "hot" wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as part of its war of terror. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan involve hundreds of thousands of U.S. and allied forces. The one in Pakistan so far has involved frequent U.S. missile strikes, a relative few U.S. "special ops" troops, U.S. military trainers, and Pakistani forces, either trained, bribed, or both, to fight on behalf of U.S. imperialism. In these various war fronts, millions of people are suffering as a direct result of U.S. actions.

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Tuesday September 08, 2009 · 12:59 PM PDT

2009/09/08 · 12:59

By Kenneth J. Theisen (original at worldcantwait.org)

In May of this year, the Obama administration fired General David McKiernan as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. In announcing the decision, Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated he was seeking "fresh thinking" and "fresh eyes" on Afghanistan. McKiernan was replaced by General Stanley McChrystal. His selection marked the continued ascendancy of officers who have advocated the use of counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan. General David Petraeus, the head of Central Command, was another such officer. He implemented COIN strategy in Iraq. Petraeus is McChrystal’s commander. Gates praised McChrystal for his "unique skill set in counterinsurgency."

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 1:40 PM PDT

2009/09/03 · 13:40

The original article appears at worldcantwait.org and is by Kenneth J. Theisen

The Los Angeles Times reported on September 2nd that the Pentagon is planning on replacing up to 14,000 U.S. "support" troops in Afghanistan with "combat" troops (see http://www.latimes.com/... The Times reports the support units will be replaced by
"trigger-pullers," according to Department of Defense (DOD) officials.

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Wednesday September 02, 2009 · 8:49 AM PDT

2009/09/02 · 08:49

Original appears at worldcantwait.org

By Kenneth J. Theisen

General Stanley McChrystal, who was picked by President Obama to head up Obama’s war team in Afghanistan, has completed his review of operations within that war-ravaged nation. His report has been forwarded to War Secretary Robert Gates, who will forward it to the President on September 2nd. The invasion of Afghanistan took place in October 2001 and yet the U.S. war machine has been unable to achieve victory. While on the campaign trail, Obama made it clear that he would escalate the war there to achieve U.S. goals. Shortly after taking office he announced escalation of the war and has been increasing the number of U.S. troops since then. The current report will not call for additional troops at this time. The intent of the report is to lay the political groundwork for a later separate troop increase request.

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