A Neoliberal Regime Falls in Kyrgyzstan

by Scott Creighton I’m still working on piecing this all together. It’s hard to get a firm grip on what the situation is in Kyrgyzstan at this point. But so far, this is what I know.  The 5-year-old pro-western regime of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, a man who came to power promising to end the corruption and cronyism [...]

“We Will Target and Kill U.S. Citizens Based on Lies and You Will Like It” – Says the New York Times

by Scott Creighton As the American military’s credibility has been cast into the gutter by several recent stories which exposed one lie after the other after the other, the Obama administration is taking the unprecedented step to confirm they feel they have the right to kill any US citizen abroad whom they determine poses a threat to [...]

Just Another Atrocity

by Justin Raimondo, from AntiWar The video released by Wikileaks showing US fighter planes picking off civilians as our airmen chortle with glee is shocking everyone. Everyone but me, that is. Perhaps I’m suffering from some sort of moral exhaustion: I’ve just about gone numb after living through and constantly writing about the past decade [...]

Iraq Slaughter Not An Aberration

by Glen Greenwald, Information Clearinghouse I was just on Democracy Now along with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange discussing the Iraq video they released yesterday, and there’s one vital point I want to emphasize.  Shining light on what our government and military do is so critical precisely because it forces people to see what is really being done [...]