by Nadia Hijab January 7, 2011
Berman’s resolution reveals the glaring disconnect between what knee-jerk pro-Israel Representatives think is good for America and Israel, on the one hand, and reality on the other. They share this mental state with the State Department, whose meaningless mantra that only “direct negotiations can lead to comprehensive peace” is copiously quoted in the resolution.
by Paul Craig Roberts October 20, 2010
The bottom line answer is that the “war on terror” is about creating real terrorists. The US government desperately needs real terrorists in order to justify its expansion of its wars against Muslim countries and to keep the American people sufficiently fearful that they continue to accept the police state that provides “security from terrorists,” but not from the government that has discarded civil liberties.
