Ten years ago, six members of the U.S. military came together to break their silence over what they had witnessed during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. They banded together and formed the organization Iraq Veterans Against the War, or IVAW. Over time, they gathered like-minded veterans across the United States to form a contemporary GI resistance movement. Celebrated its tenth anniversary, IVAW members say it is a bittersweet moment as the United States has resumed bombing in Iraq. Today, IVAW chapters are in 48 states and numerous bases overseas. The group has called for reparations for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan — for both human and infrastructural damages caused by the U.S.-led invasion. They have also called for adequate healthcare to be provided at VA facilities, including mental healthcare, for all returning veterans. We host a roundtable with three IVAW members: co-founder Kelly Dougherty, who was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq from 2003-2004; Brock McIntosh, who served in Afghanistan and applied for conscientious objector status; and Scott Olsen, a former marine who served two tours in Iraq and was critically wounded after being shot in the head by a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest.

(18. November 2012) 1965 begannen die U.S.A. während des Krieges gegen Nordvietnam ein ebenso mörderisches, wie geheimes Bombardement gegen das neutrale Kambodscha, was bis 1954 Kolonie Frankreichs gewesen war. 2,7 Millionen Tonnen Bomben zwischen 1965 bis 1973 beförderten Kambodscha “zurück in die Steinzeit” und töteten 200.000 Menschen. Den U.S.-Bomberpiloten wurde vom Pentagon sogar verboten, die eigenen Vorgesetzten zu informieren. Die angeblichen Militärstützpunkte Nordvietnams in Kambodscha, wegen denen die Bombardements vermeintlich durchgeführt wurden, existierten nicht.

Was die Tat von Wahnsinnigen war, wurde nachher als “Wahnsinnigen-Theorie” (“Madman-Theory”) verkauft: die U.S.-Regierung unter Präsident Richard Nixon und Außenminister Henry Kissinger (der später den Friedensnobelpreis bekam) behauptete, sie habe sich wahnsinnig benommen, um der Sowjetunion Angst vor einem Atomkrieg zu machen, damit diese Druck auf Nordvietnam ausübe, damit das den Krieg gegen die U.S.A. beende, den die U.S.A. selbst begonnen hatten.

The madman theory was a primary characteristic of the foreign policy conducted by U.S. President Richard Nixon. His administration, the executive branch of the federal government of the United States from 1969 to 1974, attempted to make the leaders of other countries think Nixon was mad, and that his behavior was irrational and volatile. (…)

In October 1969, the Nixon administration indicated to the Soviet Union that „the madman was loose“ when the United States military was ordered to full global war readiness alert (unbeknownst to the majority of the American population), and bombers armed with thermonuclear weapons flew patterns near the Soviet border for three consecutive days.

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Russian, Ukrainian leaders may meet at Euro-Asiatic conference

Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen says that the Palestinians are to blame for the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 in which 750,000 Palestinians were expelled by or fled Zionist militias and were never allowed to return. In his new book Israel: Is It Good for the Jews? Cohen says that by resisting the Zionist movement to take their lands, the Palestinians gave the Jewish immigrants, with their “advanced culture,” no choice but to force them from their homes.

Schweden will als erstes europäisches Land den Staat Palästina anerkennen, meldet Reuters unter Berufung auf den schwedischen Premier Stefan Löfven.

„Der Konflikt zwischen Israel und Palästina kann nur durch eine Anerkennung beider Staaten beigelegt werden. Die Entscheidung muss getroffen und mit den Normen des Völkerrechts abgestimmt werden“, sagte Löfven.

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In einem Gespräch mit dem Radiosender Svoboda gestand Kolomoiski, Staatsbürger der Ukraine, Israels und Zyperns zu sein. Auf die Frage des Korrespondenten, ob dies mit dem ukrainischen Recht im Einklang stehe, antwortete Kolomoiski: „Die Verfassung verbietet die doppelte Staatsbürgerschaft, jedoch nicht die dreifache.“

Dnipropetrovsk Region Governor Ihor Kolomoisky. The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Ihor Kolomoisky and Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on the counts of organizing murder and using outlawed methods of war.

The source told SANA reporter that the army units assumed control of the aforementioned areas after having eliminated big numbers of terrorists, in addition to destroying scores of vehicles which the terrorists were using.

The army units, the source noted, are continuing to hunt down fleeing terrorists in those areas.

(1. Oktober) Am Dienstag morgen griff die Polizei die demonstrierenden Menschen zum wiederholten Mal mit Gasgranaten und Wasserwerfern an, es gab viele Verletzte. Anlaß für die Auseinandersetzungen war der Versuch der Versammelten zu verhindern, daß türkische Ambulanzwagen bei Gefechten in Kobani verwundete IS-Kämpfer in Krankenhäuser der türkischen Städte Urfa und Antep bringen konnten.