Some countries never acknowledge their crimes. It has been 95 years since the Turkish genocide against its Armenian population, but the Turkish government will not confess to any role in crimes that were committed. The Japanese have never admitted the terrible crimes committed throughout Northeast and Southeast Asia during World War II. And Israel has [...]

Earlier in the week, one of my aunts sent me a piece by Victor Davis Hanson, The Impending Obama Meltdown (SusanUnPC also included this article in her excellent piece, “Is Barack Obama On The Precipice Of Becoming Jimmy Carter?“). I don’t want to be premature, but maybe, just maybe, there are some journalists coming [...]

Beyond this report, “Torture Lover John Yoo Excoriates Obama For Banning Torture” (this excellent article about the vile, truly evil Yoo (that’s his photo, right) rebuts most of the arguments that Yoo and his ilk have against ending torture) — we have this complication: Military Judge Denies Obama Request to Suspend Guantanamo Hearings, Washington [...]

Don’t miss Larry Johnson, a Sunday night regular on the great national AM radio show hosted by John Batchelor, one of the sharpest analysts out there. John hosts a provocative, fascinating show that also makes you think (a rare double offering on AM radio). Listen live here via Los Angeles AM station KFI [...]

Counterterrorism expert Larry Johnson (and owner of this blog!) appeared on CNN today, hosted by anchor Rick Sanchez and joined by Jeffrey Toobin, CNN’s legal expert and a writer for the New Yorker. The three men discussed Obama’s end to the use of torture, and what to do about the Guantanamo detainees:

BELOW, Part II of [...]

Truthtelling007 has revived our NoQuarterUSA YouTube channel, and has put up parts one and two of the “Fox All Stars” who appear in the closing segments of Fox News’s “Special Report With Bret Baier.” I prefer these more unvarnished analyses to the otherwise giddy, awe-struck blather on some other news channels. This segment features [...]

According to Jonathan Martin of Politico, in his piece, “Obama: Closing Gitmo ‘A Challenge’”:
Barack Obama suggested he’s not likely to actively pursue criminal charges against national security officials who were directly involved in unlawful interrogations or wire-tapping, and said it would be difficult to quickly close down Guantanamo Bay.
Hold on to your hats, folks. [...]

That was my response when I saw this headline from the BBC news after Obama’s first post (s)election interview: “Obama ‘To Rebuild Moral Stature In The World.” I’m sorry, WHAT did you say?? That OBAMA is going to rebuild our moral stature? Well, how the hell is he going to do THAT, [...]

THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY–CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!
Posted by: The Divine Democrat (Mary Ellen)

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun”–Barrack Obama/June 2008
Yup, the Democratic National Committee has outdone themselves with their preparations for their upcoming National Convention in a few weeks. They thought of everything… balloons, barbed wire cages, [...]

So my significant other and I finally saw Oscar-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side last night, and what an experience it was.
First off, many hearty congratulations to Sidney Blumenthal on being part of an Oscar-winning team. Mazel tov from your admirers and well-wishers.
With those sunny words out of the way, on to the meat [...]

Since my last post seemed to irritate the Obama acolytes on this blog, leading to some baffling comments, I’m going to make another try to cast oil upon the waters. Think of this as a do over, if you will (and I hope you do).

“For the oppressors, what is worthwhile is to have more—always more—even at the cost of the oppressed having less or having nothing. For them, to be is to have and to be the class of the ‘haves.’”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Finally, the truth is seeping out. Contrary to how President George W. [...]

FRIDAY UPDATES from Steve Clemons’ Washington Note:
     (1) “The Horror. . .The Horror: Torture Up Close and Pondering the Blowback”
     (2) “Alex Gibney: This Film is About the Corruption of the American Character”
EVENING UPDATES:
     (1) “[T]he Senate-House Intelligence Conference voted today to make the Army Field Manual the standard for all detainee issues [...]