Larry Everest | May 5, 2014 The United States claims to be the good guys in the world. Fighting terrorism. Standing with the downtrodden. Promoting democracy. Representing law and “human rights.” Bullshit….
Category: Obama
Beheading, Bombing & Western Values
Debra Sweet | September 10, 2014 Apparent United States policy on beheadings: If “brutal” enemies do the beheading, start bombing whole regions, as Henry Kissinger said on Sunday, and respond disproportionately, in…
Obama War Model: Widespread, Systematic use of Drones in Iraq & Syria
Nick Mottern | September 9, 2014 I don’t know what you’ve been thinking and feeling in the last month, but if you are anything like me, you have been stunned and extremely…
American Exceptionalism & the Words of Two Young Men
Debra Sweet | June 3, 2014 As he gave vague outlines of developing US military strategy while speaking at the West Point commencement last week, President Obama affirmed that he believes “in…
In Open Letter, Major Obama Supporters Call for Action to Close Guantánamo as Promised
Andy Worthington | February 14, 2014 In a sharply-worded open letter to President Obama, 42 prominent figures in the legal community in Illinois — retired lawmakers and judges, as well as working…
Is a Policy a Law? Is Murder Murder?
David Swanson | February 10, 2013 From the Associated Press: “An American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama…
Obama’s Speech on the NSA: The Empire’s SPIES & LIES
Revolution Newspaper | February 3, 2014 Seven months ago, shocking media reports began surfacing about how the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) runs the biggest and most intrusive electronic surveillance operation in…
Only Worse Suffering and Horrors Can Result from a U.S. Attack on Syria
Revolution Newspaper | August 27, 2013 As we go to press, there is growing danger of a direct U.S. military attack on Syria—which is being framed as a “surgical strike”—using planes and/or…
Does the U.S. and its Commander in Chief Operate like a “Global George Zimmerman?”
Debra Sweet | July 24, 2013 Last Friday, President Obama, apparently responding to pressure, made an unexpected statement about the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. He expressed understanding that Black people…
Cornel West: “President Obama is a Global George Zimmerman”
Democracy Now! | July 22, 2013 Read the transcript: AMY GOODMAN: In the aftermath of the Zimmerman verdict and the mass protests around the country, we turn right now to Dr. Cornel…