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War in Afghanistan: A Victory of Lies (most of them Bush’s)

War in Afghanistan: A Victory of Lies (most of them Bush’s)

George W. Bush once boasted that the US presence in Afghanistan has ‘given “freedom and democracy” to 25 million Afghans.’ To propel the war in Afghanistan, ‘Bush frightened Americans with a bogus nuclear threat: “Our discoveries in Afghanistan confirmed our worst fears. . . . We have found diagrams of American nuclear power plants and [...]
The Mad, Mad War in Afghanistan (for oil, what else?)

The Mad, Mad War in Afghanistan (for oil, what else?)

Obama’s ‘war of necessity’ is waged against the Taliban that are a ‘polyglot collection of conflicting political currents whose goals are local, not universal jihad.’ The Taliban have always asserted that they do not pose any international threat. They are not even interested in having anything to do with the al-Qaeda whose desired collapse [...]
Sarah Palin advocates for local oil production: “Drill, Baby, Drill!”

Sarah Palin advocates for local oil production: “Drill, Baby, Drill!”

Sarah Palin believes that oil is here to stay for the US, and that renewable energy and domestic oil development should go hand-in-hand. “Alternative sources of energy are part of the answer, but only part. There’s no getting around the fact that we still need to ‘drill, baby, drill!’ And if those in D.C. say otherwise, we need to tell [...]