About Patria, Pageants and Poppies By William Bowles

By William Bowles
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Dandelion Salad
Creative-i
17 November 2009
“Britain’s last surviving World War I veteran shunned Remembrance Day commemorations Wednesday because he was against the glorification of war” — ‘Britain’s last WWI veteran shuns Remembrance Day’
After eight years and tens of thousands of Afghan casualties, the occupiers are settling down to a war [...]

TALIBAN = 9/11?? Afghanistan by Hypnosis by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast
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Dandelion Salad
www.gregpalast.com
November 05, 2009
for Zeek.net
On September 11, 2001, my office building, the World Trade Center, was attacked by al Qaeda, a murder cult of Saudi Arabians, funded by Saudi Arabians. And so, in response to the Saudis’ attack, America invaded … Afghanistan. Like, HUH?
And here we go again. New York Times [...]

Matthew Hoh: Taliban is not a threat to the US, it is a threat to the Karzai Government

Dandelion Salad
AlJazeeraEnglish
November 03, 2009
Will the US send 44,000 more troops to Afghanistan as part of a counter insurgency strategy or will it instead opt for a smaller counter terrorism force?

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A Painfully Bad Document, but an Excellent Indictment: General McChrystal’s Report on Afghanistan by Daniel N. White

by Daniel N. White
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Dandelion Salad
Oct. 21, 2009
General McChrystal’s report is one of the worst written, most amateurish and unprofessional, buzzword and cliche-filled reports I’ve ever had the ill fortune ever to have to read.  On the other hand, it is revealing and informative in a way that the author(s) probably didn’t intend, a much [...]

Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive? by David Ray Griffin

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by David Ray Griffin
www.globalresearch.ca/
October 9, 2009

Is Osama bin Laden still alive? I have dealt with this question in a recent little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or Alive? The present essay summarizes the main points of this book.
Since the transference of power from the Bush administration to that of Barack Obama administration, [...]

Peace Prize winner Obama: We will target al Qaeda wherever they take root

 

Propaganda Alert

compiled by Cem Ertür
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
10 October 2009

1) The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize goes to US President Barack Obama (9 October 2009)
2) Obama: We will target al Qaeda wherever they take root (6 October 2009)
3) Obama agrees to keep Israel’s nukes secret (2 October 2009)
4) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Resolution on Israeli [...]

Can We Win in Afghanistan and is it Worth the Price? By Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto
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Dandelion Salad
liberalpro.blogspot.com
October 9, 2009
Does anyone really think that a continued U.S. and NATO presence will actually achieve anything significant in Afghanistan? Will an additional 40,000 soldiers defeat the Taliban or will it only lead to more American deaths? It seems that a continued presence in that war-torn nation will only bring [...]

Memo to Obama: Dismiss McChrystal by Michael Carmichael

by Michael Carmichael
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Dandelion Salad
PlanetaryMovement.org
October 06, 2009

Mr. President:
As you are more than well aware General Stanley McChrystal is a highly decorated soldier who has served America fearlessly and capably for many years. Earlier this year, you appointed General McChrystal to the post of Commander of both the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and [...]