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Obama basically continued with Bush’s policies. Let’s be blunt about this. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. He went along with this policy of the surge. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama’s presidency has been a total disaster. And it’s not working. 

They have a puppet leader, Karzai, who’s developing his own sort of dynamic, because he’s grown very wealthy through corruption and thinks that he has genuine support. 

One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don't agree with government policies.  

And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?  

 

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Saturday, June 26, 2010

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Obama escalated Bush's war

Dear Editor: President Obama basically continued with Bush's policies. Let's be blunt about this. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. He went along with this surge policy. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama's presidency has been a total disaster. And it's not working.

They have a puppet leader, Hamid Karzai, who's developing his own sort of dynamic, because he's grown very wealthy through corruption and thinks that he has genuine support. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don't agree with government policies.

And the ones who are saying this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It's a stalemated war. They can't win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?

Ted Rudow III,MA

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Obama basically continued with Bush’s policies. Let’s be blunt about this. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. He went along with this policy of the surge. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama’s presidency has been a total disaster. And it’s not working.
They have a puppet leader, Hamid Karzai, who’s developing his own sort of dynamic, because he’s grown very wealthy through corruption and thinks that he has genuine support. One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don’t agree with government policies. And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

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US dilemma in Afghanistan

Dear Editor: In Afghanistan, the U.S. is between a rock and a hard place. Afghanistan now produces 90 percent of the world's opium, which ends up on the streets of the world as heroin. According to one U.S. report, the area devoted to poppy production has nearly tripled in the last two years, and the country is on the verge of becoming a narcotics state. You can see why — drugs are about the only thing that poor country has that anyone else wants to buy.

The funny thing is, the U.S. is acting as the chief drug lord there, in a way, because it made it possible for all the smaller drug lords to come to power.

The U.S. hasn't exactly been a virtuous liberator, because while it proclaims how it's installed a new, more democratic government in Afghanistan, what it's actually done is set the drug lords and warlords free to operate again and control most of the country outside Kabul, the capital.

The U.S. has also taken advantage of Afghanistan's lawlessness to convert its bases there into what one human rights advocate called "an enormous U.S. jail." You see, since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, one of the strategies of the U.S. in its "war on terror" has been to lock up anyone considered a suspect on any sort of grounds whatsoever, and where better to do it than in Afghanistan, where there's no legal system to challenge them and very few lawyers or human rights advocates to harass them and complain. Especially in the U.S., where most Americans stopped caring about Afghanistan a long time ago.

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Obama basically continued with Bush’s policies. Let’s be blunt about this. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. He went along with this policy of the surge. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama’s presidency has been a total disaster. And it’s not working.

They have a puppet leader, Karzai, who’s developing his own sort of dynamic, because he’s grown very wealthy through corruption and thinks that he has genuine support. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don't agree with government policies.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It’s a stalemated war.They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Obama's war
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Jun 23rd, 2010
Obama basically continued with Bush’s policies. Let’s be blunt about this. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. He went along with this policy of the surge. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama’s presidency has been a total disaster. And it’s not working.

They have a puppet leader, Karzai, who’s developing his own sort of dynamic, because he’s grown very wealthy through corruption and thinks that he has genuine support. One man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don't agree with government policies.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It’s a stalemated war.They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?

Monday, June 21, 2010

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US and Afghan officials claim to have discovered more than $1 trillion in untapped copper, iron, and lithium deposits in Afghanistan, enough to significantly bolster the future development of the war ravaged country. But there remains skepticism about Afghanistan's mineral wealth, as some critics argue that the extent of un-mined deposits is being inflated to garner support for the war. 

Yes, America is hooked on war, and although some Americans might not realize that, you can be sure the rest of the world does, as it looks at Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places around the world where the U.S. has fought wars, threatened to fight wars, sent armed forces, or launched missiles in their stead. 

America spends more on its military budget than most of the rest of the nations of the world combined, and yet many Americans would tell you that the U.S. is a peace-loving nation that only goes to war to bring about peace, and that only uses its military to keep the peace. 

It's like Orwell said: "War is peace" to them. More than that, though, war is profit to many U.S. weapons makers and manufacturers, who make enormous amounts of money selling arms and material not only to the U.S. government but to many others around the world. 


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Friday, June 18, 2010

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The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark last week, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, more than $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. is spending more than $136 billion on the wars this year.



Former President Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower highlighted the wanton waste of war when he declared, "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone.



"It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. ... Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. ... Is there no other way the world may live?"



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Thursday, June 17, 2010

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The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark recently, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year. Former President General Dwight D. Eisenhower highlighted the wanton waste of war when he declared: “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. Is there no other way the world may live?”





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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark recently, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year.

Former President General Dwight D. Eisenhower highlighted the wanton waste of war when he declared: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. Is there no other way the world may live?"
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Tuesday Jun 15th, 2010


US and Afghan officials claim to have discovered more than $1 trillion in untapped copper, iron, and lithium deposits in Afghanistan, enough to significantly bolster the future development of the war ravaged country. But there remains skepticism about Afghanistan's mineral wealth, as some critics argue that the extent of un-mined deposits is being inflated to garner support for the war.

Yes, America is hooked on war, and although some Americans might not realize that, you can be sure the rest of the world does, as it looks at Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places around the world where the U.S. has fought wars, threatened to fight wars, sent armed forces, or launched missiles in their stead.

America spends more on its military budget than most of the rest of the nations of the world combined, and yet many Americans would tell you that the U.S. is a peace-loving nation that only goes to war to bring about peace, and that only uses its military to keep the peace.
It's like Orwell said: "War is peace" to them. More than that, though, war is profit to many U.S. weapons makers and manufacturers, who make enormous amounts of money selling arms and material not only to the U.S. government but to many others around the world.

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Dear Editor: The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark recently, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The U.S. is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year.

Former President General Dwight D. Eisenhower highlighted the wanton waste of war when he declared: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. Is there no other way the world may live?"

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God doesn't mine them being rich materially at the same time, if they keep giving it away as fast as they can, so He can keep giving them more.But if they get rich just to get wealth, He will not bless them!

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Israel claimed that a flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists seeking to bust the Gaza blockade was a provocation and that the aid it was carrying was “unnecessary.” “I don't see the need for any ship with these materials. We allow these materials into Gaza,” Colonel Moshe Levy told reporters at the Kerem Shalom crossing in reference to the 10,000 tonnes of building materials and other supplies the activists say were aboard a flotilla heading toward Gaza.

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Between the two World Wars, Palestine was under the control of the British, who did much to improve the country and the plight of its pitifully poor people, about two-thirds of them Muslims and one-third Christians. The Jews were an extremely small minority. Before WWI the total Jewish population of Palestine was less than 50,000, but under the British occupation, with the Balfour Declaration and liberal Jewish immigration policies, the Jewish population of Palestine grew very rapidly. By World War II there were nearly a million Jews in Palestine, and after World War II the Jewish population boomed and doubled to over two million and is now well on its way to five million. Palestinians under the British, always noted for their hospitality, were usually kind and helpful to them and did much to encourage some of their settlements. But as their number grew and the Balfour Declaration was inked, pledging the world’s Jews a homeland in Palestine, they began to see what was taking place. The guests of the Palestinians came to be seen as invaders and conquerors of Palestine, so fighting frequently broke out between them in spite of all the British tried to do to stop it.
The three-sided war of Cyprus in which British, Greeks and Turks were all fighting each other and where, for the same reason, Britain finally had to pull out as she eventually did out of Palestine on May 15, 1948 under a UN arrangement to divide the land between the Jews and the Arabs. But it never worked. The Jewish Israel in Palestine was a literal, aggressive, and belligerent military invasion by European and American Jews. However, it was not looked upon as such by most of the Western Jewish world, but rather seen as a rightful return of the Jews to their legitimate homeland after their expulsion nearly 2,000 years ago.
So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every Palestinian-Israeli war so far. The Western media, propaganda sources and politicians fostered and favored this view, and even Christian religionists were persuaded that this was the long-awaited Biblically-predicted regathering and return of the Jews and ordained by God.

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Patriotism, as the saying goes, is the last refuge of scoundrels. And in this case, patriotism is being glorified by scoundrels to get people to do what they wouldn't do otherwise-to voluntarily give up their rights and freedoms to the state at an alarming rate. Those who are so quick to wave the flag and willingly submit to such restrictive measures often forget that patriotism has been misused by tyrants down through history. Hitler was a great patriot and encouraged patriotism throughout Germany. The communists were also great patriots. But the fruits of their patriotism were bad, as these will be.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Letter: Obama gets tough with Israel
June 10, 2010, 02:23 AM




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The Obama administration meanwhile continues to back the Israeli assault on the flotilla while rejecting calls for an end to the Gaza blockade. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Vice President Joe Biden said Israel should decide whether its siege of Gaza should continue. Biden also criticized the aid flotilla for trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. “You can argue whether Israel should have dropped people onto that ship or not, but the truth of the matter is, Israel has a right to know they’re at war with Hamas.”  


Since then, Israel has not started a single war without securing the agreement of Washington. Obama has promised to get tough about Israel, not for the sake of the Jews or Israel itself, but for the sake of Israel as a military base.

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Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Cost of war

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The amount of money the United States has spent on wars in Afghanistan and Iraq surpassed the $1 trillion mark last week, according to the National Priorities Project Cost of War counter. To date, over $747 billion has been appropriated for the war in Iraq and $299 billion for the war in Afghanistan. The US is spending over $136 billion on the wars this year.

Former U.S. president General Dwight D. Eisenhower highlighted the wanton waste of war when he declared,

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. … Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron. ... Is there no other way the world may live?"

Ted Rudow III,MA
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Monday, June 07, 2010

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Monday Jun 7th, 2010
Between the two World Wars, Palestine was under the control of the British who did much to improve the country and the plight of its pitifully poor people, mostly about two-thirds of them Moslems and one-third Christians. The Jews were an extremely small minority.
Before W.W. I the total Jewish population of Palestine was less then Fifty thousand, but under the British, Balfour Declaration and liberal Jewish immigration policies, the Jewish population of Palestine grew very rapidly until by World War II there were nearly a million Jews in Palestine, and after World War II the Jewish population boomed and doubled to over two million and is now well on its way to five million!
Palestine under the British, always noted for their hospitality, were usually kind and helpful to them and did much to encourage some of their settlements. But as their number grew and the Balfour Declaration was made, pledging the world's Jews a homeland in Palestine, it began to see what was taking place! They guests of the Palestinian but now invaders of Palestine and conquerors so fighting frequently broke out between them in spite of all the British could do to stop it.
The three-sided war of Cyprus in which British, Greeks and Turks were all fighting each other and where, for the same reason, Britain finally had to pull out as she eventually did out of Palestine on May 15, 1948 under a UN arrangement to divide the land between the Jews and the Arabs. But it never worked. The Jewish Israel in Palestinian was a literal, aggressive, and belligerent military invasion by European and American Jews! However, it was not looked upon as such by most of Western Jewish world, but as a rightful return of the Jews to their legitimate homeland after their expatriation nearly two thousand years ago.
So America and Israel will stick together to the bitter end, as they have proven in every Palestine-Israeli war so far. Western News media, propaganda sources and politicians fostered and favoured this view, and even Christian religionists were persuaded that this was the long-awaited Biblically-predicted regathering and return of the Jews and ordained by God.
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Saturday, June 05, 2010

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May 28, 2010
 
One thing which this recent crisis in the Middle East should show the world is that nothing has really changed in the region. There’s been talk of “peace, peace” for years now, and that’s about all it’s been – talk.
Now sudden destruction has come upon the area, as travail upon a woman with child. It was inevitable, just like a woman going into labor when she’s ready to deliver a child. The Israelis have remained the same as always. Oh, they’ve talked of peace, and they’ve thrown the Palestinians a few crumbs here and there.
They’ve let them control their little villages and rundown cities and slums, establish their own police force to arrest their own troublemakers, pick up their own garbage, and elect their own officials to supervise all that, but it’s all pretty meaningless and no skin off the Israeli nose. The Israelis didn’t want to run the dumps and dung heaps they let the Palestinians have anyway; it took too much time and energy away from their other work and was too much trouble.
They let the Palestinians have a few status symbols, things like their own airport and passports and government buildings here and there, but a lot of good it did the Palestinians! At the first sign of trouble, the Israelis closed down their airport so the Palestinians couldn’t fly out. They sealed off their cities and territories with tanks and troops so they couldn’t go in or out, so what good were their passports? And they sent helicopter gunships to bombard some of their government buildings, police stations and television stations with rockets, blasting them into oblivion.
So much for symbols of Palestinian sovereignty and concessions from the Israelis!
The poor Palestinians have been hoping for change for years, but there’s been very little change. They may seem to control their own little towns now, if you can call their run-down collection of huts and hovels such a thing, but at the first outbreak of violence they’re surrounded by Israeli tanks and snipers.
Even without violence, if they want to travel from one city to another, one place to another, they pass through Israeli roadblocks and suffer all sorts of indignities in the process.

Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States

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The whole World is desperate about Gulf oil now. The World would love to find a superman who could solve some of their major crises. They would definitely gladly follow him & worship him if he offered to solve all these problems, including this Crash that's going on right now, the new Great Depression. This is the ideal time for him to rise, when virtually all the governments of the World are united behind one common cause.
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Thursday Jun 3rd, 2010
The Obama administration meanwhile continues to back the Israeli assault on the flotilla while rejecting calls for an end to the Gaza blockade. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Vice President Joe Biden said Israel should decide whether its siege of Gaza should continue. Biden also criticized the aid flotilla for trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza
"You can argue whether Israel should have dropped people onto that ship or not, but the truth of the matter is, Israel has a right to know—they’re at war with Hamas—"
Since then, Israel has not started a single war without securing the agreement of Washington. Obama has promised to get tough about Israel, not for the sake of the Jews or Israel itself, but for the sake of Israel as a military base.

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Greed is a characteristic of the ungodly and leads to more ungodliness.

* Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

* Proverbs 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

* Jeremiah 5:27,28 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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