The US gas garrison

The Carter Doctrine, established 28 years ago, put the US military in service of assuring the nation’s regular supplies of imported oil. This has near-bankrupted the US and corrupted the military, yet left the US insecure in energy sources and globally loathed. The time has come to demote petroleum and stand down the troops.
By Michael [...]

The War on Terror: Why Do We Fight?

With recession in the wind neither Democratic nor Republican presidential candidates are talking much about the misbegotten war in Iraq. Even less, however, far less, do they talk about the root of that disaster—the “War on Terror.” Until the real but complex relationship between these two self-inflicted wars is understood, Americans, and the [...]

KILL EVERYBODY: American soldier exposes US policy in Iraq

Also…What-happened-at-haditha??!!

BLOOD FOR OIL - posters

Ref: Blood for oil

Addicted to Oil - US recentless drive for energy security

Addicted to Oil is the first book to undertake an in-depth analysis of the motorisation of US society which explicitly links it to America’s foreign policy adventures, past and present.
America’s love affair with the car is leading to a relentless drive for energy security, at any cost – even war.

Fahrenheit 9/11 - Halliburton Scene


Abu Ghraib photos & “the freedom cowboys”

Shocking pictures have come to light revealing the extent of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib - and it’s much worse than anyone imaged.

Ref: journeymanpictures

Oil Prices: It Gets Worse

Til prices hit a record high of $97 a barrel on Tuesday, but the next generation of consumers could look back on that price with envy. The dire predictions of a key report on international oil supplies released Wednesday suggest that oil prices could move irreversibly over the $100-a-barrel threshold in the not too distant [...]

Neocons seek to justify action against Teheran

merican diplomats have been ordered to compile a dossier detailing Iran’s violations of international law that some fear could be used to justify military strikes against the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.
US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran
Members of the US secretariat in the United Nations were asked earlier this month to begin “searching [...]

US trains Gulf air forces for war with Iran

The American air force is working with military leaders from the Gulf to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
Neocons seek to justify action against Teheran
Iranian president Ahmadinejad
An air warfare conference in Washington last week was told how American air chiefs have helped to co-ordinate [...]