2011 August | American Pendulum

Dick Cheney Scared Silly He Will Be Prosecuted for War Crimes

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

The sniping between Dick Cheney and his erstwhile Bush administration colleagues ratcheted up Tuesday when a long-time aide to Colin Powell said the former vice president is afraid of being prosecuted as a war criminal.

Cheney, Rumsfeld and the Dark Art of Propaganda

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Amy Goodman – As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the casualties mount on all sides, the books by Rumsfeld and Cheney remind us once again of war’s first casualty: truth.

Can Coffee Prevent Military Suicides?

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

David Swanson – Ashley Joppa-Hagemann recounts her husband’s struggles before he killed himself to avoid an eighth or ninth tour in the Iraq-Afghanistan Wars. Ashley Donald Rumsfeld last week over the lies that led her husband to enlist.

Libya No Model

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Matthew Rothschild- Any country that opposes free trade and corporate domination may be said to threaten U.S. interests, at least the way the power elite defines them. So now future Presidents can cite the Libya intervention as precedent for bombing, say, Venezuela.

Mr. Cheney’s Victory Lap

Posted by admin Top Stories Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Dick Cheney is taking a lap around all the talk shows, peddling his memoir while giving his reputation one final spit-shine before he dies and goes straight to hell. – By Gonzalo Lira (Excellent article, and witty, on Dick Cheney…Don’t miss this one)

How the Federal Reserve Robbed America (Video)

Posted by admin Economy Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur on how the Federal Reserve gave insanely low interest rate loans to U.S. and foreign banks.

CIA recruits 1,500 from Mazar-e-Sharif to fight in Libya

Posted by admin World Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Sources told TheNation: “Most of the men have been recruited from Afghanistan. They are Uzbeks, Persians and Hazaras. According to the footage, these men attired in Uzbek-style of shalwar and Hazara-Uzbek Kurta were found fighting in Libyan cities.”

Us or the War Machine

Posted by admin National News/Opinion Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

David Swanson – An upcoming Charlottesville conference highlights the importance of whistleblowers when addressing the corruption present in military contracting

Al-Qaeda and NATO’s Islamic Extremists Taking Over Libya

Posted by admin World Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Elements of al-Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups were known to be key players in the NATO-backed uprising in Libya from the beginning, but now it appears that prominent Jihadists and terrorists are practically leading the revolution with Western support.

U.S. Forces Committed Summary Execution of Civilian Family in Iraq – Military Covers it Up

Posted by admin Top Stories Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

By John Glaser – As revealed by a State Department diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks last week, US forces committed a heinous war crime during a house raid in Iraq in 2006, wherein one man, four women, two children, and three infants were summarily executed.