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Obama does not want out of Iraq: Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq on long-term security relationship - The Washington Post

The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. The U.S.

Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel on the Quiet to Prepare for Iranian War

Without much media attention, thousands of American troops are being deployed to Israel, and Iranian officials believe that this is the latest and most blatant warning that the US will soon be attacking Tehran. Tensions between nations have been high in recent months and have …

Obama's State of the Union Speech had Troublesome and Chilling Passages for Progressives who must Vote for him if Obama's to Win in November

First, mentioning John Boehner, Obama said he was still open to a grand compromise on Social Security and Medicare. Second, he took a gratuitous swipe at universal single-payer health care.

Jazzman's Rebuttal to Barack Obama's "State of the Union" Jan 2012

Barack Obama took office in Jan 2009.   Unemployment rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics) Jan 2009 - 7.6 % Jan 2012 - 8.5% Increased 1% (predicted to rise when Jan figures are announced Feb 3rd unemployment has gone as high as 10% during the Obama presidency)  

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BREAKING: US marine pleads guilty of "negilgence" over Haditha killings of 34 civilians: faces maximum sentence up to three months...

"Staff Sergeant Wuterich accepted responsibility ...

Israeli Exceptionalism:The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism

The history of Zionism is history gone wrong, and not only for the Palestinians. The tragedy for the Palestinians is obvious, although, blinded by racism and the Zionist bias of their media, Westerners only recently have begun to see this tragedy for what it is.

The Near Certainty of Obama being a One Term President--Based on Polls, the Loss of his Base, and the Tremendous Disappointment of his Presidency (Poll Included)

The odds are that Obama will lose the next election.  I know the professional gamblers currently are putting the odds in Obama's favor.  If you know how these odds are generated, you will also realize that the relatively small number of bets in favor of Obama winning w …

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The Fire Hose of Your Tax Money Gushing to Iraq, Afganistan and Libya Begins to Explain our own Economic Meltdown

When we tally up the price tags for Iraq ($1 trillion and counting, as we leave 5,000 highly paid contractors behind), Afghanistan ($500 billion and counting) and, lately, Libya ($1.1 billion just on Department of Defense [DoD] armaments, not counting State Department secu …

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare: What 70 downed drones tell us about the new American way of war, its brutality and its surging costs. | | AlterNet

The largely covert, yet highly touted war-fighting, assassination, and spy program involving armed robots is significantly less reliable than previously acknowledged.  These planes, the latest wonder weapons in the U.S.

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