中評會派系鬥爭 三出三進 民進黨又讓林進興回來
因涉嫌詐領健保費,八個月前被開除黨籍的立委林進興,「民進黨中評會」(中評會主席高志鵬)昨天決議恢復其黨籍,且未依黨內廉政條例「起訴即停權」規定,對其做成停權處分,將留待下次會議再議。
民進黨將在今年四月啟動總統與立委選舉黨內初選,號稱擁有一萬張黨員票的林進興實力雄厚。黨內盛傳,林此次申請仲裁成功,與總統、不分區立委以及林所屬高 雄市三民區立委黨內初選「三合一換票」有關,是否對林停權,以及停權多久和起算時間點,在中評會展開赤裸裸的派系鬥爭。
林進興昨日表示,他完全尊重中評會的決定,沒有意見,也不便對黨務事務發表任何評論。
林進興與前立委邱永仁因涉嫌詐領健保費,在未被起訴前,去年四月十三日即被中評會高舉「高道德標準」開除黨籍,邱永仁還因而喪失不分區立委資格。
林進興日前向民進黨仲裁委員會申請仲裁,仲裁會裁定當時中評會的處理有行政瑕疵,且不認同檢方的起訴指控,要求中評會「另行適當之處分」。中評會昨天歷經一小時餘討論,恢復其黨籍,有人為邱永仁抱屈說,邱應向民進黨申請「賠償」。
林進興過去即曾因「高雄市黨部主委賄選案」與「高雄市議長賄選案」兩度被民進黨開除,如今等於已三進三出,成為另一項「台灣奇蹟」。
(立委林進興於2005年三合一縣市長選舉前夕,為了操弄影響選情目的,與十多名本土台獨醫師聯合公佈宣稱是台中市長選人胡自強的病歷,在遭到輿論的大力批判之際,依然夸夸大言自稱是醫德100分!)
林晨柏、林諭林/台北報導 2007.01.26
4醫院涉詐領健保費逾3億 立委林進興、邱永仁遭求刑
記者黃琮群/台南報導 2006/03/29
台南檢方調查立委林進興及邱永仁所經營的醫院涉及勾結病患,用假住院詐領健保費,今天依常業詐欺等罪嫌對30多名被告提起公訴。其中,檢方對立委林進興、邱永仁兩人各求刑5年,褫奪公權七年,另外林進興的女友劉淑仲則被求刑3年,至於其它的涉案人分別求處3到4年的有期徒刑,在檢方的調查中,四家涉案的醫院,至少詐領3億5千萬的健保費,而且目前檢方還掌握到十多家醫院,在以相同的模式犯案,正持續追查中。
去年10月,高雄爆發溫氏家族涉嫌勾結醫院,進行假住院詐領保險金及健保費,經過追查,又發現中南部有多家醫院涉案,且時間久遠。其中,自 1999年起,林進興醫院涉嫌詐領健保費至少1億9千萬元,永仁醫院1億1千萬元以上,太順醫院1600萬元,富強醫院3100萬元以上,目前,富強醫院已歇業,永仁醫院健保給付遭中央健保局解約。
南檢表示,這四家醫院涉案相關人等達107人,其中30多人是醫護人員,林進興及邱永仁都被求刑5年,太順醫院院長曾錦元及富強醫院院長賴禎添都被求刑4年;另有49人被聲請法院直接以簡易判決處刑,26人緩起訴。
南檢表示,4家醫院的健保詐領金額,實際數字比3億5千萬還要多,因為這些金額還不包括醫院安排住院前的門診及無必要醫事檢驗的健保給付。目前涉案醫師將函送主管機關懲戒,處罰範圍包括罰款、限制執業範圍、停業處分、廢止職業執照或醫師證書。
林進興本來有意競逐高雄市長,不過從去年底受到被控「詐領健保費」的影響,使得他受到很大質疑,雖然當時他曾經發出新聞稿,強調詐騙集團30多位成員中,從沒有一位是他所認識,更沒有擔任過他的助理,可是同居人、高雄林進興醫院院長助理的劉淑仲仍被收押,而他則是在日前宣佈放棄參選計劃。
林進興造勢晚會 民進黨三天王站台加持
記者程啟峰高雄三十一日電 2007-03-31 中央社
角逐民進黨總統黨內提名的三位天王行政行政院長蘇貞昌、民進黨主席游錫堃及前高雄市長謝長廷今晚不約而同參加黨籍立委林 進興立委黨內初選總部成立晚會,為林進興站台,也爭取現場近三千位民眾支持,三人對各自公職任內政績表現,各抒己見,彿彷是總統選舉政見發表會。
除三大天王外,林進興也邀請本土派形象濃烈的民進黨立委林重謨、王世堅、林國慶等站台,加上名嘴汪笨湖和主持人高雄市議員鄭新助串場,全場批評馬英九及TVBS的聲調高昂。
游錫堃強調,只有像他務農出身的「台灣牛」才能獲得人民信賴,清楚的揭示國家定位,建立正常國家,才能戰勝國民黨的「中國馬」。
他指出,民進黨一定要團結,台灣不能再由國民黨來主導,他提出「二不一要」,不脫黨、不違紀、要全力輔選,推出民進黨最有勝算的總統候選人,絕對不能分裂。
謝長廷隨後到場,全場歡呼聲此起彼落,為晚會帶來高潮。
謝長廷說,他喜歡大家稱他為前高雄市長,而不是前行政院長,因為民進黨執政以來,前行政院長人數比高雄市長還多。
他並細數高雄愛河整治、自來水質改善、統一夢時代及高雄捷運等市長任內讓高雄人驕傲的政績,讓現場民眾「比較」。
他並批TVBS以前揭發他涉及高捷弊案,經檢察官調查,已還他清白。如今震驚社會的黑道亮槍嗆聲影帶,已證明是他們作假的,真是老天有眼。
蘇貞昌到林進興總部前,下午先由市長陳菊陪同,到前鎮區「鎮南宮」上香祈求風調雨順。蘇貞昌說,民進黨做不好的地方可以改進,但台灣的民主政治千萬不能走回頭路,他衷心希望大家能支持他出線。
蘇貞昌在林進興的總部晚會上告訴群眾,當行政院長最困難的是,手舉起來民進黨比人家少,截至目前總預算尚未通過,馬英九卻只在意中選會組織條例,大家要多支持民進黨立委候選人進國會。民進黨立委多,行政院才會做得好,總統選舉才會贏。
他也強調,民進黨一定要團結,他從不對任何天王說長道短,未來不管誰出線,他一定力挺民進黨提名的總統候選人。
林進興則表示,他已度過人生的最低潮,雖然是黨內初選總部成立,但三位總統參選同志卻都不約而同的表示重視,前來替他站台,並推銷他們政見理念,令他出線的信心倍增。
扁政府消失的公文與馬英九“遲來”的震怒
日前,經過3年的盤點,馬政府終於數清扁政府交接時不見了36,000件公文。據說,馬英九為此在國民黨中常會上三次“震怒”。
扁政府時代為何“消失”了那麼多公文?
是“有心”還是無意?
對臺灣的影響如何?
民進黨應該如何“交代”、對其後續影響如何?
馬英九的震怒是自然還是“刻意”?
是否如民進黨高層所說是正在追殺?還是栽贓陷害?
這些消失的公文該不該追?怎麼追?追到何種程度?
對國民黨選舉有幫助嗎?
首先,扁政府時代的公文是如何“消失”和“為什麼”消失的。
其實,看看扁政府政權交接前,僅總統府就購進57台先進的碎紙機。這就註定會“消失”許多紙質的東西,被粉碎的是否包括消失數量龐大的公文,不得而知。但如果是手紙,肯定無需這麼先進的碎紙機的。如果說消失的公文僅僅是拿回家忘記交上來,或者是轉交給其他單位,沒有造冊登記,都是說不過去的。如果是有意轉移、藏匿、“銷毀”,則必有其主管“目的”。
據臺灣各界的多種猜測,比較靠譜的,無非是:
一、五部會首長個人認為不方便交接的,比如檔會留下決策的過程、決策的動機和目的。其中,並非都無瑕疵或公而無私;
二、集體意識和決策,因含有政黨因素或者有太多權宜之計,不能作為經驗傳承,而被下任政府延續。如,指令不恰當的監聽,荒唐離譜的任命、約見等;
三、任內接獲相應情資應當立即處理,而沒有處理,賣好一些個人或團體,或者攜帶出“宮”,以便讓別人感恩或懼怕的;
四、即便認識到這些公文對臺灣政府延續是有益的,但對自己短時間拿回政權沒有信心,又不甘心讓國民黨對情況有全面、系統地瞭解,要看國民黨笑話,甚至希望國民黨因此做不好,而趕快下臺。但無論哪種情況,看看扁政府離任前,幾十台碎紙機連夜運轉,就像電影裏面,一個政府“垮臺”前,忙著“焚毀檔”、轉移資產的場面。
所以,無論什麼目的,都凸顯了,扁政府置臺灣整體利益於不顧,不想讓國民黨分享這些本應分享的政府資產。也證明了,臺灣所謂的政黨輪替不像政府內部交接,倒似敵國佔領。
其次,民進黨高層對“消失”數量龐大公文的態度。
如果一個負責的政黨,一個以整個臺灣人民利益為依歸的政黨,當發現自己政黨執政時,居然有這麼“離譜”的事情。第一時間,就應該汗顏,向全民道歉,並聲明敦促本黨同志配合調查,厘清對臺灣的影響。
遺憾的是,民進黨高層的反應,卻有這樣幾種態度:扁政府交接時,並沒有丟失這些公文,馬政府純屬栽贓陷害;馬政府盯住公文不放是轉移執政無能、進行政治追殺;最不激烈的反應,也僅限於:即便這些公文丟失是真的,但馬政府該早查的不查,到大選不到一年的時間再查,時機不對,想影響選舉。儘管這些反應,符合民進黨的一貫邏輯、作風和格調,但也不能侮辱全民的智商:是不是馬政府自己銷毀公文或造假,進行栽贓陷害一目了然;如果是事實,就不能叫政治追殺;即便懷疑馬政府查證的效率,這也不是民進黨有資格質疑的,因為民進黨執政時,丟失的公文太多,馬政府人工比對耗時費力,而且一件弄錯,豈不是給民進黨更多口實?即便需要質疑馬政府的效率,也只有民眾才有這樣權利。
再次,說說馬政府的震怒和效率。
馬政府盤點3年才搞清丟失了多少公文,儘管理由是數量大、人工比對慢,勉強說得過去。但特偵組從陳水扁辦公室查扣的幾十箱公文,是怎麼流出的?以及扁政府卸任前,那些工作人員使用碎紙機、粉碎了一些什麼總是應該知道的吧?所以,馬英九的震怒自然是應該的,畢竟這是損害的是全臺灣人民的利益。
但應該震怒的不僅僅是馬英九,民眾也許更有理由震怒。民眾對扁政府應該震怒的是,其對體制和制度的“無視”和“破壞”,政黨惡鬥居然置整個臺灣的利益於不顧;
對馬政府的震怒,大概是上任這麼久“沒有”展現相應的魄力。馬英九震怒得儘管“晚了”一些,但如果堅持查,起碼能夠大致厘清誰丟失的、怎麼丟失的、丟失的大致是什麼公文、對臺灣的影響是什麼。
最後,追查扁政府丟失的公文,對兩黨的影響會是如何。
按照馬英九的個性,如果對臺灣的整體利益影響不大,相信其也不會過為己甚。其作用無非是借此建立和整飭公文制度,讓政府像個政府。至於對民進黨有無打擊的效果,即便有,按照目前臺灣的政治生態,也極為有限,只不過是臊臊民進黨執政時時任高官、現在仍然“風光無限”的“政客”的面皮。
要說真正能夠傷害到民進黨的,還是他們自己,因為,民進黨高層對這一事件的態度才是檢驗品格和責任的試金石。而國民黨如果能夠不要抱著溫文爾雅一副君子狀,大刀闊斧地做自己該做的事才是改變和提升自己形象的契機。因為追查公文並不能讓民進黨失去他們原有的基本盤。只要臺灣政黨輪替今後繼續有這樣公文“莫名其妙”地“大量消失”的狀況,對岸不但不必將“各懷鬼胎”的雙方輪流執政臺灣當回事,其他國際社會也不會將臺灣當作一個值得尊重的政府。
文/畢殿龍 2011-4-1
讚讚
台灣炒地皮吸血大王林榮三榮登富士比(Forbes)財經雜誌全球首富前五十名
《金權城市》點名聯邦(三重幫自由時報林榮三) 炒地牟利
顏玉龍/新北市報導
2011-02-17 中國時報
土地炒翻天,鄰近台北市東區的新北市汐止區也成矚目焦點,已有預售案成交價一坪四十萬元以上,讓早期養地的大財團「出現」解套的契機,但也再次引發山坡地開發,以及財團以農民身分買農地開發的爭議,其中以「聯邦建設」的“瓏山林”建案最具「代表」。
《金權城市:地方派系、財團與台北都會發展的社會學分析》一書中,台大教授陳東升認為財團購買農地、山坡、工業用地,並利用“變更地目”營造高額利潤,是“基本炒作手法”。他進一步點名「聯邦建設」,指(自由時報)林榮三在七十六年買下汐止十八甲“林地”,每坪公告地價二、三千元,“變更地目”並推建案,每坪售價十五萬元,獲取幾十億元利益。
陳東升在書中提及,「瓏山林有一部份是承租國有林地,透過公有地放領取得土地所有權,接著申請“山坡地”的開發,(再)變(更地目)為丙種建地。白匏湖二百多甲土地來源,一是林榮三長子林鴻聯以“自耕農”身分承購三百多筆農地,另一部分是林榮三的三子林鴻堯向國有財產局承租林地。」
由於瓏山林完工後,須向汐止鎮公所申請「未損害公共設施證明」,《廖學廣的獨立時代》一書中寫道,「建商賣房子賺大錢,鎮公所沒有義務為建商擦屁股」為由,將申請案打回票。「幾經洽商,最後雙方達成的協議,由林榮三捐贈一座綜合運動公園給汐止鎮,鎮公所同意綜合運動公園以林榮三命名。」
不過,公園設計圖完成,也整好地等著林榮三來蓋公園,最後卻沒著落,廖學廣出手反撲,在競選連任時,發出在白匏湖山區設置垃圾場的文宣,並取名為「榮三垃圾場」。
「林榮三發動旗下《自由時報》,在鎮長選舉投票前最後兩天,將駐汐止鎮的記者召回總社,配合社長、總編輯發稿,全力圍剿廖學廣。廖學廣也不甘示弱,召開記者會一一點名林榮三的兒子。」
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<壹週刊>被砸/(本土黑幫)天道盟太陽會13人成擒 廖學廣關狗籠案主嫌在內
東森新聞 2002/10/22
社會中心/綜合報導
「壹週刊」辦公室本月6日被黑道分子砸毀,引起社會各界重視,警政署22日規劃全國大掃黑,警方針對「天道盟」太陽會桃園龍潭組、台北萬華組、基隆仁愛組展開全面搜索,合計逮捕13名嫌犯,起出「太陽集團」制服、改造手槍等贓物。
刑事局與台北市刑警大隊兵分多路,由士林地檢署主任檢察官陳國鳴指揮,22日凌晨在基隆市、台北縣、桃園縣同步行動,逮捕基隆仁愛組組長謝金峰等13名嫌犯,其中,綽號「阿風」的謝金峰在「天道盟」名氣響亮,涉及85年立委廖學廣狗籠案,曾經逃亡泰國,後來被警方緝捕回國。
警方調查,某週刊報導「天道盟」新、舊太陽會搶地盤風波,引起舊太陽會不滿,屬於舊太陽會的桃園龍潭組、台北萬華組、基隆仁愛組,分別接獲越洋電話指示,本月6日在某週刊位於台北市內湖區的辦公室附近集合,20餘名男子一起穿上「太陽集團」黑色制服,持木棍、鐵棒把某週刊辦公室砸毀。
行兇過程中,龍潭組的嫌犯黃鑫,涉嫌搶走某週刊大樓保全員的手機,而這支手機就是警方破案的關鍵,警方從通聯紀錄中,釐清案情,並逐一收網逮捕嫌犯。
至於傳真給各媒體,揚言要把某週刊趕出台灣的桃園龍潭組組長「文哥」梁瑞文,目前流亡柬埔寨,台北萬華組組長「鐵霸」曾盈富、曾盈進兄弟,則在大台北地區流竄,警方正擴大偵辦中。
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財團囤地 房價飆漲 新莊人嘆:買不起新莊房子
林金池/新北市報導
2011-02-17 中國時報
如果說高房價起因於財團囤地,「聯邦集團」林榮三近卅多年來在新莊默默購入大批土地。新莊副都心房價每坪飆漲到五十萬,地方人士說,「新莊人買不起新莊房子,這不是很諷刺嗎?」
新莊副都心近年來土地價格炒翻天,看似財團建商各顯神通、各自購地,但當地人都知道林榮三才是最大地主,早在民國六十七年左右,林在當地四處收購農地,平均每坪價格五百到兩千元不等,地方人士說「當年中港路底全是水田,買地就拜託農民划船在四周插上紅旗子,就能看出土地多大。」
地方人士說,林榮三買地是有專業的「牽勾仔」幫忙,地方人士說,有位綽號「X吉」的兒時玩伴負責幫他牽線買地,人家不要的低窪水田,林榮三全部收,卅多年下來成為新莊副都心最大地主。
據了解,林榮三太太林張素娥名下土地,至少超過一萬坪,如果加上登記在其他親戚名下土地,囤積了大量的土地,以每坪兩百萬元計算,市價超過數百億元。
財團囤地炒作,造成房價水漲船高,如今新莊副都心房價每坪漲到五十萬,周邊更充斥一大片未開發,卻被炒上天價的素地,不少地方人士說,「新莊人買不起新莊房子,這不是很諷刺嗎?」
地方人士認為,未來只能寄望新北市府大刀闊斧,重新恢復課徵空地稅,遏止財團建商炒作房地產歪風,藉此加速重劃區開發,增加供給降低房價,才能讓小老百姓安居樂業,否則將成了財團囤積土地、炒作房價的幫兇。
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<日本右翼歷史觀批判研究>
(王向遠著作集第十卷)
第一章 戰後右翼歷史觀形成的根源與背景——右翼勢力、右翼思潮與戰爭認知問題
一、右翼歷史觀的古代淵源
二、現代軍國主義思潮與右翼歷史觀的形成
三、戰敗後右翼的蠢動及右翼歷史觀的“復活”
四、冷戰後知識右翼的“猖獗”與右翼歷史觀的“擴散”
第二章 右翼歷史觀“死灰復燃”的標誌—林房雄的《大東亞戰爭肯定論》
一、作為老牌右翼分子的林房雄
二、解掉兩個緊箍咒
三、“大東亞戰爭百年戰爭”論的展開
四、“縱然失敗卻是無悔”
第三章 一本全面徹底的為侵略歷史“翻案”的書——中村粲的《走向大東亞戰爭之路》
一、寫作宗旨:為洗刷“汙名”而“篡改”歷史
二、以種族戰爭史觀“粉飾”侵略
三、所謂“當事雙方都有幾分責任”
四、對十五年侵華戰爭的“全面翻案”
第四章 “惡魔的思想”——渡部升一、穀澤永一的思想
一、對“反日的日本人”的“告發”
二、所謂“國益論”和“新憂國論”
三、“誰把歷史弄成這樣?”
四、所謂天皇“無責任”,戰爭“有外壓”
五、“敬告韓國中國俄國美國:日本沒有戰爭責任”
第五章 “喬裝打扮”的軍國主義史觀——藤岡信勝所謂的“自由主義史觀”
一、藤岡信勝與“自由主義史觀研究會”
二、所謂“自由主義史觀”的“自由”
三、“自由主義史觀”的根源與構造
四、“自由主義史觀”的虛偽本質
第六章 歇斯底里的“免罪情結”——法學博士小室直樹的“無法”的暴論
一、“天皇教”的狂熱信徒
二、反共與反華
三、搬弄“國際法”為侵略免罪
四、不容忍任何道歉和謝罪
第七章 “南京大屠殺”抹殺者的第一隻黑手——田中正明的“虛構”與“總結”
一、曾做過松井石根秘書的田中正明
二、所謂“帕爾博士的日本無罪論”
三、《南京大屠殺的虛構》的虛構
四、“南京大屠殺否定論的十五個論據”的虛偽
第八章 作為一股右翼思潮的南京大屠殺“抹殺論”——東中野修道等抹殺論者的猖獗
一、鈴木明的《南京大屠殺之幻》
二、阿羅健一、歃本正己、富士信夫的抹殺論
三、南京大屠殺抹殺論形成了一種思潮
四、新一代抹殺論者的“旗手”東中野修道
五、抹殺論者在史實面前註定失敗
第九章 “皇國”史觀的集大成——西尾幹二的《國民的歷史》
一、《國民的歷史》暢銷的背後
二、與中華文化絕緣的“一萬年日本文明史”的虛構
三、對侵略歷史的全面美化
四、唯我獨尊的“皇國”史觀的復活
第十章 右翼歷史觀的教科書化——《新歷史教科書》及教科書的“改惡”
一、戰後歷史教科書的右翼化軌跡
二、右翼團體“新歷史教科書編纂會”的成立
三、《新歷史教科書》對侵略歷史的歪曲
四、推動教科書進一步“改惡”的三浦朱門
第十一章 右翼歷史觀的通俗化、大眾化——小林善紀的政論漫畫《戰爭論》與《臺灣論》
一、右翼勢力的“廣告塔”
二、鼓吹戰爭、美化侵略的《戰爭論》
三、老調重彈、變本加厲的《戰爭論2》和《戰爭論3》
四、歌頌日本殖民統治、鼓吹台獨的《臺灣論》
第十二章 右翼歷史觀與靖國神社問題——靖國神社參拜“正當”論
一、靖國神社的本質
二、加地伸行等人的“日本乃神國”論
三、大原康男等人的中國“干涉日本內政”論
四、小林善紀的《靖國論》
第十三章 右翼歷史觀對中國歷史教科書的“逆襲”——右翼文人的“中國反日”論
一、古森義久對“中國反日”的報導和渲染
二、勝岡寬次對中國“反日教科書”的“徹底批判”
三、“中國反日”論的其他鼓噪者
第十四章 從中國歷史觀到中國現實觀——「中國黑暗論」、「中國崩潰論」、「中國威脅論」
一、岡田英弘的中國歷史“黑暗論”
二、中島嶺雄的「中國黑暗論」與「崩潰論」
三、長谷川慶太郎的「中國崩潰論」與「中國威脅論」
四、杉山徹宗等人的「中國威脅論」
本書研究的是日本右翼及其歷史觀的問題,對歪曲和篡改歷史的日本右翼歷史觀做了深入的剖析。讀完這本書之後讀者會明白,原來那些大放厥詞的政客站在政治舞臺上為歷史翻案的發言是有一整套右翼歷史觀作支撐的,而右翼歷史觀的構建者和系統表述者則是民間身份的一些教授、學者所構成的右翼勢力。換言之,在日本當代學界和言論界,為侵略歷史翻案已經形成一種不可忽視的社會文化思潮。
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美國對哥倫比亞的新殖民政策-「哥倫比亞計畫」
提到哥倫比亞,許多人就會立刻聯想到這是“毒品”與游擊隊氾濫的罪惡淵藪之地。(好萊塢電影大眾文化洗腦工業)羅素克洛和梅格萊恩搭檔演出的「千驚萬險」就是以哥倫比亞為背景,影片“描述”的哥倫比亞左派游擊隊在邪惡帝國蘇聯垮台後變成一群以販毒、綁票維生的恐怖份子,長期以來許多美國人也相信政府與主流(民主自由)傳媒對於哥倫比亞的(謊言)宣傳,相信美國政府目前已耗資數十億的「哥倫比亞計畫」(Plan Columbia)可以消滅哥國毒梟和游擊隊暴力,然而,近年來越來越多的證據卻證明事實“剛好相反”。
事實上,「哥倫比亞計畫」只是美國長期對於中南美洲“政經軍干預”的一部份,在美國喬治亞州的班寧堡(Fort Benning),有一所「美洲軍事學校」(SOA, U.S. Army School of the Americas),該校一直被諷刺為「殺手學校」(School of Assassins),因為該校的課程以訓練謀殺、綁架、(軍事)政變、嚴刑拷打著名,數十年來“培養”出六萬多名拉丁美洲的軍人,智利民選總統阿葉德被軍事獨裁者皮諾契特推翻、大主教Oscar Romero被暗殺、瓜地馬拉36年內戰死亡或失蹤的20萬人、薩爾瓦多超過900名平民被屠殺等等,都是“該校”畢業生的“傑作”,女性受害者還會遭強暴虐殺而死,毫無反抗力量的兒童被活埋或摔死;它也“培養”惡名昭彰的(美帝傀儡)軍事獨裁者-包括巴拿馬、波利維亞、瓜地馬拉、薩爾瓦多,並且是“右翼民兵”的訓練所──例如尼加拉瓜殘暴的「國民軍」就是SOA(美洲軍事學校)的畢業生,後來組成“右翼恐怖份子”Contra(桑定游擊隊)。前巴拿馬總統就稱「美洲軍事學校」是「拉丁美洲最大的亂源製造基地」,在日漸高漲的抗議聲浪下,該校“改名”為Western Hemispheric Institute for Security and Cooperation (WHISC),但是至今仍然繼續培養每年一到兩千名的畢業生(目前1/3的受訓者來自墨西哥,因為該國要“對付”以Chiapas省原住民為主的薩巴塔游擊隊(Zapatista),每年耗費美國納稅人大約兩千萬美金。
和其他拉美國家相比,哥倫比亞派遣最多軍人(目前已超過一萬多人)到SOA(美洲軍事學校)受訓,其中許多高階軍官都犯下違反人權的罪刑,哥倫比亞軍方和殘忍著稱的右翼民兵組織AUC也保持密切的合作關係,使得在哥國每年有超過三萬人被殺、一百萬人無家可歸。1986年以來已經有三千八百名工會領袖和組織者遭殺害,在去年(2001年)的前十一個月就有180名工會領袖被暗殺,過去十幾年以來,超過三萬名工人、農民、人權組織者、左翼領袖、教師等被軍隊和右翼民兵殺害。最大的右翼民兵組織AUC的領導人對於謀殺工會領袖毫無悔意,他說「我們有理由殺那些人,因為他們(工會領袖)妨礙他人工作。」因為暴力事件頻仍,自從 1985年以來,已經有兩百萬哥倫比亞平民被迫離開自己的家園。
在美國主流(民主自由)傳媒宣傳下不斷“被污名化”的左翼游擊隊──其中一股最大的力量FARC「哥倫比亞人民革命軍」(有一萬六千到兩萬人的武裝力 量,由工人、農民、組織者所組成)-經由過去36年以來的組織工作,哥國基層人民對其支持率不斷提高,專家估計該游擊隊在哥國自治區的影響力已經超過 50%,相對的哥倫比亞所謂「(美帝扶植傀儡)民主」政府,則是世界上數一數二的貪污腐敗政權,人民對政府的失望清楚地反映在哥國的投票率上(低於40%),目前FARC直接掌握的非武裝區(約瑞士大小),也完全沒有上述的暴力事件發生。
在2000年,美國政府投入十三億美金到「哥倫比亞計畫」以及之後六億美金的「安地斯行動」(Andean Intiative,因為哥倫比亞屬於安地斯山脈國家)(其中一億給哥倫比亞軍方),“宣稱”該計畫是「對抗毒品之戰」(War on Drugs)以及心照不宣的「對抗左派游擊隊(美國政府定義下的恐怖份子)之戰」,事實上,該計畫對於消滅毒品毫無助益,因為大部分的款項給了“美國跨國 公司”,例如「孟山都(Monsanto)」、United Tech、Sikorsky等,用來進行軍事訓練、購買直昇機和除草劑,另外,美國政府也已提供哥倫比亞軍方和右翼民兵十五億美金。
然而,哥倫比亞政府和軍隊本身就和毒梟“連為一體”,政府軍隊和右翼民兵就是毒梟“背後”的軍事力量,前SOA(美洲軍事學校)的教官就曾說「SOA是拉丁美洲軍官 洗毒品錢的最佳地點」,美國持續提供哥倫比亞軍事援助反而助長軍隊和右翼民兵繼續在國內“鎮壓平民”、違反人權,並且讓毒梟勢力更擴大。
此外,美國在哥倫比亞四處噴灑除草劑,宣稱這樣就可以消滅古柯鹼作物,但其實是毫無差別地噴灑在一般農田和雨林上,不但使得農作物大量枯死、農民無 法維持生計、亞瑪遜雨林的生態環境遭破壞、原住民生存環境受到威脅,更讓古柯鹼產業暴增超過100%,在1994到1998年,哥國大約種植45,500公頃的古柯鹼作物,但是有超過140,800 公頃的一般作物、古柯鹼和雨林被噴灑,從1999年到2000年,古柯鹼的產量反而增加60%,噴灑除草劑不但完全無效,反而讓種植古柯鹼更有價值。
著名的拉美學者James Petras就認為,美國的「哥倫比亞計畫」是美國對拉丁美洲“再殖民”的試金石,因為哥倫比亞目前擁有第三世界國家最強大的游擊隊力量,開始動搖美國在拉丁美洲的“殖民力量”(哥倫比亞的石油是美國重大利益所在,美國從哥倫比亞、委內瑞拉和厄瓜多進口的石油比波斯灣還要多),因此若能藉由「哥倫比亞計畫」一舉摧毀反抗的力量,則可以再度建立美國的新帝國主義力量,因此越來越多人認為,美國的「哥倫比亞計畫」實際上是「死亡計畫」(Plan of Death)。
今年(2002)4月19-22日,在美國首府華盛頓有大規模的反戰(4月20日舉行大遊行,主題為「停止國內和國外的戰爭」Stop the War-At Home& Abroad,詳情請見:http://www.a20stopthewar.org/)、反全球化和「哥倫比亞全國動員行動」(National Mobilization on Columbia,詳情請見:http://www.colombiamobilization.org/)遊行(世界各地的抗議活動資訊都可以在 http://protest.net/ 找到),「哥倫比亞全國動員行動」在4月22日將發動大遊行並提出兩大訴求:
一、反對美國政府“假借”掃蕩毒品為名的「哥倫比亞計畫」,
二、關閉「殺手學校」 -「美洲軍事學校」(SOA)。
文/洪家寧 2002.4
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中國(支那豬;萬惡共匪)崛起之下的周占春與(一吹二蓋三推四賴痞子)鄭弘儀
陳水扁夫婦因為“龍潭弊案”遭到判刑,(台灣之子與台灣之孫)父子皆用國共(支那豬)聯手打壓“一邊一國”作為解釋,同仇敵愾。他們講的理所當然,公子陳致中(台灣之孫)且髒話連篇。對鼓吹台獨的政治人物而言,“髒話”已經與“中國(支那豬)”混用,這在之前鬧出新聞主播以髒話辱罵馬英九親中,“捏造”事實,有“異曲同工之妙”。整體而言,“(嘴炮)台獨”已經進入到自己刻畫的世界,凡是在現實世界裡他們“認為”會發生“卻沒有發生”的,就讓之在“自己的劇本”中發生的(注:如自劃鮪魚肚皮自殘再栽贓煽動搞悲情),包括馬英九(支那豬)“變成”因為“親中”而變成狗或驢的情節,就能“隨心所欲”地“編織”。捲入自己的“(嘴炮皇民台獨)異想世界”後,“中國(支那豬)”可以變得“惡毒可怕”。現在“中國(支那豬)”崛起,遭到打壓的“恐懼”與“怨恨”,更是“無以復加”。這種“心理”,值得注意與體會。
周占春與(一吹二蓋三推四賴痞子)鄭弘儀二位,厥為範例。
陳水扁收受賄賂介入二次“金融(私有化財閥併購壟斷)改革”,被法官周占春以陳水扁的干預已逾越法定職權,既非職權範圍之行為,自無受賄與否的問題,因此判處陳水扁無罪。周法官在判決書中引述拙著過去對於陳水扁逾權之憲法分析,但“並未同時”引述其他著作關於陳水扁實已構成“內亂外患犯行”之分析,也未檢討陳水扁大可透過法定授予的人事任命權,不當干預政策,因而享有迫使主管官員當然得要聽命行事的權力,故陳水扁乃典型的受賄案例。但是在法言法,如欲將陳水扁繩之以法,仍必須依照制度尋求彌補。固然周法官的法律見解至為不當,不必多論,更讓人好奇的,其實是他到底什麼“心態”。
值得與周法官“曲解法令”挽救陳水扁的“意志”相比的,是同一時間發生支持民進黨的知名(痞子化)媒體人鄭弘儀在一次競選晚會上,以粗鄙下流的口語辱罵馬英九(支那豬),進而散播關於馬英九(支那豬)主持兩岸教育交流偏寵陸生的“謠言”,並掀起民進黨選民風起雲湧的支持他。一時之間,復誦他的“下流罵詞”成為流行,鄭主持人且感到“驕傲”與“正直”,在記者會上甚至哽咽訴說他對台灣大學生遭到大陸大學生排擠的感傷。
這些排擠的“指控”並不確實,因為不但大陸政府對台生早有大量補助,台灣公家在補助陸生的同時更也補助台生,遑論“這些”政策是民進黨主席蔡英文主持大陸政策期間所“制訂”與開展的。不過,“事實”如何不重要,鄭(痞子)主持人的真情演出能打動人心,才是值得好奇的。
周法官對於陳水扁這樣身居要津之人貪婪至極、濫用名器能夠“視而不見”,絕非周法官個人好惡所能解釋,必有更大的情感需要“支持”他“扭曲”的法律見解,以能為了釋放陳水扁而釋放他。當然,鄭(痞子)主持人唱作俱佳的“泡製劇本”,事後“毫不”感到羞恥,自然也不能用他樂於“煽動”選民來解釋。他們兩位對於陳水扁或台生遭到不當壓迫的“想像”,“既不是”出自事實,當然是出於“需要”,這樣的“需要”在選前爆發,不能不說是與競選對手國民黨及其領導馬英九有關。長期以來,他們“塑造”馬英九(支那豬)為“外來政權”的代表,不論馬英九如何交心表態,都不能取信於他們。簡言之,馬英九與國民黨代表中國人統治台灣人的這種陰影揮之不去。
不久前發生的東京影展事件,是具體而微的另一個例子。當時,大陸團長江建議台灣團用“中國台灣”或“中華台北”,因為這必然是他得到的指示,大陸則“退為”大陸,“而不是”獨佔中國,如此保持兩岸同屬中國人的身分,且有所“平等”。他“哪裡想到”台灣的團長陳志寬居然明白告訴他,(上等皇民浪人)台灣人不是中國人(支那豬),明確表示這是涉及台灣主權與尊嚴的問題,絕不能讓步。兩岸不歡而散後,大陸團得到許多大獎,而台灣(痞子)媒體則只有嘉許陳志寬英雄事蹟的報導。陳志寬所體現的就是,他做為台灣人,一碰到中國人就會產生被壓迫的抗拒意識。中國電影界頻頻獲獎,之後並巡迴世界,而台灣無影無蹤,自然更增加這樣的壓迫感。
可以說,國民黨是在中國崛起的氣氛中執政的,國共和解是國民黨執政前夕的大戲,ECFA的簽訂是國民黨執政後的“大戲”,可以說國民黨猶如“搭乘著中國崛起的順風車”在執政。但是國民黨“卻以為”是因為自己支持“藏獨”、反對統一的本土表現贏得支持。國民黨對於自己是“搭了中國崛起的順風車”毫不自覺,剛好說明國民黨的所謂“本土”是“虛假”的,就算價值上確實很認真地推動本土,但起碼情感是“虛假的”。畢竟國民黨“不能體會”民進黨核心(上等高貴皇民浪人)選民的“反華(仇華恨華)”已根深蒂固,因為(外來腐敗買辦外省權貴)國民黨從沒有經歷或“皇民化”洗禮,“不了解”洗刷“清國奴(支那豬)”之恥而“晉升”為“(上等高貴)皇民”的歷史飛越感,與因為(腐敗買辦權貴)國民黨來台後帶來的失落與失語。
現在中國(清國奴;支那豬)無所不在,(腐敗買辦權貴)國民黨來自中國,代表中國人(清國奴;支那豬),剛好可以視為是中國崛起的勢力進入台灣的媒介。
中國崛起愈是明確,台灣人賺到陸客的錢愈多,且到大陸發展的台灣人愈多,從李登輝以降努力“去中國化”的“文化台獨”成果就愈顯得不足為訓。
之前擺脫老國民黨的“本土狂飆”,與當前中國崛起後台灣的再度“失語”,“形同”日本戰敗後的台灣人從好不容易熬到的“(上等高貴)皇民身分”跌回“清國奴”,都是反差極大的情感刺激。馬英九以為ECFA對台灣人做了多大的好事,偏偏愈大的好事愈讓“反華仇中”的(上等皇民浪人)台獨選民感到毛骨悚然。他們沒有理論可以抗拒中國崛起,就“編織”台灣人“受迫害”的“劇本”,否則不能表達自己對中國人的疏離與“仇視”。
周占春與鄭弘儀這樣不同的兩個人,卻讓同一批“仇中反華”的民進黨核心支持者感到同情與“窩心”,說明他們“不是”在拯救被羅織罪名的陳水扁或可憐沒錢的台灣大學生,“而是”在表達他們所“共同抵抗”的中國(支那豬)。馬英九就是中國人(支那豬)在台灣的代表,這是“劇本”“決定”的,馬英九不論如何閃躲都沒有用,反而會因為不好好扮演“加諸”給他的腳色,而更讓人恐懼。
至於劇本,是根據觀眾“需要”決定的,而觀眾的“需要”“深藏”在台灣的“(皇民化)殖民歷史”當中,絕不是周占春或鄭弘儀可以說不要就不要的。假如他們直接或間接能有效“反射”這樣的“反華”情緒,就是“英雄”。
什麼都沒有成就到的陳志寬,與大罵馬英九“畜生”的(台灣之孫)陳致中,不就也是台灣的“英雄”了嗎?
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2010-11-15 中評社
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美帝主子線民特務對台灣附庸屬地滲透情蒐無孔不入 台灣自由霉體妓者(美帝買辦傳聲筒)心花怒放毫無所謂
美國人情蒐無度 豈能無所謂?
“(美帝中情局外圍的非政府組織)維基解密”所揭露的“美國駐台代表處(美帝駐台總督府)”對台的政治報告經台灣媒體沸沸揚揚的報導似乎已經成為政治醜聞。但是除了矛頭對準台灣各黨(賤骨頭)政治人物“言行不一”,以及他們相互否定的發言紀錄之外,“幾乎沒有” (美國鸚鵡)觀察家對於“美國在台協會(美帝駐台總督府)”的“作風”提出檢討質疑。如今宋楚瑜參選招來各方罵聲不斷,但(美帝前任駐台總督府總督)楊甦棣“囂張橫行”,卻始終不見薪輿。
“(美國鸚鵡)觀察家”譏笑(賤骨頭)政客們勇於內鬥,“其實”他們(美國鸚鵡)只顧嘲諷台灣的(賤骨頭)政客,“放著”美國代表處(美帝駐台總督府)“繼續逍遙”也同樣是屬於勇於內鬥的行為。而連在台協會理事主席都覺得今後美國“情蒐”的風格是否要有所改進,受害的台北(殖民屬地的民主屁民們)卻渾然不覺。
根據“(美帝中情局外圍的非政府組織)維基解密”的內容,兩黨領導人都向“美國駐台代表(美帝駐台總督)”承認,他們在“大選”期間“玩弄”“公投的議題”完全是為了選票,因此籲請美國(主子)不必當真。於是,台灣的(民主屬地屁民)讀者們當然立刻聯想到,當初兩黨(賤骨頭)政客為了“公投”耗費龐大、競相加碼的醜陋鏡頭竟然“都只是”所謂不得不做的選舉伎倆。
美國駐台代表(美帝駐台總督)的政治報告有多少加油添醋或刻意粉飾,外人不得而知。不過,台灣媒體上的(賤骨頭)觀察家一律假定美國人的報告內容是在真實反映台灣(賤骨頭)政客內心所思所想,或反映台灣(美國屬地)政治現狀。這點,則反映台灣(美國鸚鵡)媒體不可思議的天真。
比如,大家最喜歡提的內容之一是民進黨(賤骨頭)立委暨競選大將管碧玲(美諜線民)“告訴(提供情資)”當時“美國在台協會(美帝駐台總督府)”處長楊甦棣說,民進黨在選舉之後就會把“公投”的議題“拋棄”。不但楊甦棣如此回報,台灣的(美國鸚鵡)媒體也如此相信,只有(美諜線民)管碧玲本人不承認講過這幾個字。
民進黨慣用的“辯論方法”就是(只)承認自己講過某幾個字。最近膾炙人口的正是主席比如蔡英文,她說一九九二年當時海峽兩岸達成協議時雙方都沒講過九二共識這幾個字,“所以沒有”九二共識。(注:同理可證所謂的二二八也根本完全就不存在啦)
但是,(美諜線民)管碧玲如果對她自己有信心,到底講過哪幾個字可以公開告訴大家,不必忌諱,因為她大可說她反正是在敷衍楊甦棣,對(美帝軍政府USMG駐台特首代理人)陳水扁能順利發動公投應該記功,不是記過。但是她對自己沒有信心。
站在競選舞台上的管碧玲叱吒風雲,不可一世,難道她不知道(美帝軍政府USMG駐台特首代理人)陳水扁會隨著群眾與他們在情緒上相互感染,因而採取了事先沒有規劃的激進行動嗎?
世界上有多少暴力的發生真的曾是事先規劃的呢?
密室裡的理性充其量是人類生活的一小部分,但是人們卻願意相信那一小部分才是真實的。
但恰恰相反的可能是,(美諜線民)管碧玲在密室內看似理性的向楊甦棣(駐台總督)提供“情資”,完全不能約束(美帝軍政府USMG駐台特首代理人)陳水扁在選舉戰場上的煽動力,更不能決定管碧玲自己在受到選民情緒感染後的反省方向,自然也就不足以預估事後的政策走向。
簡言之,(美諜特務)自密室裡向美國人(主子)提供“情報”受到了密室的環境所影響,(傀儡)人的思維與考量都受到特定的制約。為了取信美國人(主子),兩黨(賤骨頭)政客在密室裡什麼話都會說,為的是(爭寵幸)爭取美國(主子)的支持,這就像他們上了選舉舞台為了爭取選民的支持也是什麼都會說。
以(爭寵幸)爭取美國人(主子)為動機的“情報”算不算真的情報?還是更像是揣摩美國處長(駐台總督)的“期望”所“配合演出”的戲碼?
(駐台總督)楊甦棣寧可把這些別有居心的“情報”寫進政治報告,應該有他自己的仕途考量,也有他的情感考量。
(駐台總督)楊甦棣支持(美帝軍政府USMG駐台特首代理人)陳水扁的情感經常溢於言表,所以情感上,他要相信的就是陳水扁是理性的。他也要讓他在國務院的上級相信(美帝軍政府USMG駐台特首代理人)陳水扁沒有失控,所以他的“工作”做得還不錯。
(美帝駐台總督)楊甦棣四處“蒐集情報”來證明朝野兩黨的“公投(表演)”都是假情假意,並順便“恫嚇”他們不要因此而犧牲與美國(主子)的信任關係。所以看得出來的是,他這個報告是在他對台灣政治發展已經全面失控的情況下想方設法向國務院邀功表態,誇示成績。
可見,美國人不瞭解台灣朝野(賤骨頭)政客“傳承”的“(皇民台奸特權買辦)殖民地文化”與背負的(美蔣權貴)內戰陰影,因此想不到一個領導百萬選民的政客及其策士們的“卑微心態”,也就不懂他們與自己是在玩“上下交相賊”的縱囚論。
台灣(美國鸚鵡)媒體不能接受台灣(賤骨頭)政客”說一套做一套“,其實,台灣(賤骨頭)政客說的或做的豈只一套?這就是為什麼密室政治愈來愈重要,否則面對每個不同的人彼此揣摩(爭寵)討好拉攏的戲碼就會被其他人看到聽到。
然而,要說這些劇本中哪個是真的,哪個是假的,根本說不準,畢竟沒有一個密室的戲碼能決定另一個密室的戲碼會脫線到什麼極端程度。這也是為什麼“駐台代表(駐台總督)”的(美諜特務)“情蒐”雖然都算是真實的,卻只能是特定時空場合的真實,不是全部的真實。
故若說美國處長“囂張”,毫不為過,台灣(賤骨頭)政客表情逼真地“提供”他“情資”,與美國處長(駐台總督)稱兄道弟無非就是利用美國處長的理性姿態來治療自己捲在塵俗鬥爭中的苦悶,因而縱容了“美國在台協會(美帝駐台總督府)”以為美國(主子)“無所不能”,對台灣(賤骨頭)政客可以“招之即來”,進而無所不知。
實際上,從美國的政治報告看出來,美國知道的恐怕就是十分之一而已,其他十分之九與所知道的十分之一,彼此間沒有直接關聯,因為“後殖民的(賤骨頭)政客”們在進出不同(動態)情境時,在(現實投機又勢利)人格上是“精神分裂”的(動態道德觀),在思想上是“玩世不恭”的(動態道德觀)。
現在戲怎麼演下去?
為今之計,就是請(站起來。走出去。跪下來)外交部召見美國在台協會處長(美帝駐台總督),對他們“無所不在”地“情蒐”及對台灣朝野領導人的“滲透”表達嚴重抗議,並對於在之前大選中“如入無人之境”的楊甦棣(駐台總督)列為不受歡迎的人物。這樣,對今天還在“情蒐”的司徒文才有警惕。
時而理性,時而不理性才是台灣的真實。今天應該立刻把楊甦棣(前駐台總督)列為不受歡迎的人物,若將來有一天民進黨(賤骨頭)再執政反正還是可以“歡迎”他當座上賓。
“表演”台灣(附傭屬地)政治中的斷裂與“荒誕”就是給美國(主子)最好最真實的“情資”。由於這個“懦弱逢迎”的陰暗面只給美國(主子)看,所以仍算是台灣人對美國的友好。
文/石之瑜
2011-9-22 中評社
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《America’s New World Order Agenda》
by Stephen Lendman
2011-11-13
New world order strategy dictates major global economic, political, and military policies. Nothing happens accidentally.
Events are manipulated. At issue is world dominance. America, Israel, and key NATO nations are partnered to achieve it.
Wars, economic disruption, financial terrorism, and other upheavals play out in real time. Grand schemes lie behind them.
Today’s economic crisis wasn’t happenstance. It was well planned, willful policy to transfer unprecedented wealth to private hands.
Super-rich crooks got richer. Social inequalities deepened. Unmanageable debt levels skyrocketed. “Bailouts" metaphorically mean grand theft. Unknown trillions of dollars, euros and pounds vanished to secret accounts and offshore tax havens.
Currencies are being debased. Crisis conditions worsen. At issue is subverting democracy, ending social justice, and consolidating global power in private hands.
Political analyst Peter Eyre calls it “a well orchestrated master plan to swindle trillions of taxpayer dollars from so many countries."
Pumping them into banks and financial institutions lets them game the system advantageously. “Are you starting to get the picture?"
“In a nutshell, the elite ‘New World Order’ (rulers) got into bed with the banking and financial sectors, who then got into bed with the governments of the world, who then got into bed with senior political figures, who then told us, the taxpayers, that all your money will now have to be used to bail them out or face economic collapse."
It’s a con, a scam to loot wealth from nations and households. Anyone facing default gets in trouble. Individual borrowers have their assets seized by creditors. Governments have to deal with the loan shark of last resort – the IMF.
Its terms require privatizing public enterprises, mass layoffs, deregulation, deep social spending cuts, wage freezes or cuts, unrestricted access for Western corporations, corporate-friendly tax cuts, increases for working people, undermining trade unionism, and enforcing harsh repression against those who balk.
In sum, its financial terrorism, New World Order tyranny, waging war on nations and humanity for profit and power.
According to Eyre:
“It boggles the mind that a system so vulnerable to manipulation would ever have come into existence in the first place."
It wasn’t by accident or from Adam Smith’s invisible hand. Since the 19th century, it was engineered by Rothschilds, Rockefellers, and other visible ones in league with complicit politicians to the highest levels.
Eyre ended his commentary, saying “Stay tuned for more grime and slime."
War as an Instrument of Control
Wars play an integral role. On September 11, 1990, preparing America for Operation Desert Storm, GHW Bush told a joint session of Congress that war on Iraq presented “a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times….a New World Order can emerge."
McAlvany Intelligence Advisory defines it as follows:
“A supranational authority to regulate world commerce and industry; an international organization that would control the production and consumption of oil; an international currency that would replace the dollar (and other major currencies); a world development fund that would make funds available to free and communist nations alike; (and) an international police force to enforce the edicts of the New World Order."
A briefer definition is tyrannical money power in private hands. Dictating global policies, what it says goes. Major banks and financial institutions call the shots. Political leaders genuflect and obey, including when to wage wars against what enemies.
On September 21, 1992, GHW Bush told the UN General Assembly that multinational troops would become a New World Order army, saying:
“Nations should develop and train military units for possible UN peacekeeping operations."
America’s permanent war agenda wasn’t explained. Neither was using “peacekeepers" as imperial occupiers.
Post-9/11, Dick Cheney warned of wars that won’t end in our lifetime. Former CIA Director James Woolsey said America “is engaged in World War IV, and it could continue for years….This fourth world war, I think, will last considerably longer than either World Wars I or II did for us."
In its 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Pentagon commanders called it the “long war." In fact, throughout US history, America waged continual wars at home and abroad.
Obama is Washington’s latest warrior president. Earlier ones included Washington, Madison, Jackson, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Wilson, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, GHW Bush, Clinton, and GW Bush.
America glorifies wars in the name of peace. The business of America is war and grand theft. One nation after another is pillaged. Libya was the latest. Are Syria and Iran next?
At issue is consolidating wealth and power, subverting democratic freedoms, and achieving unchallenged global dominance through financial manipulation and brute force.
War Is a Racket Based on Lies
General Smedley Butler’s 1935 book titled, “War is a Racket" followed his 1933 speech on the same theme. In it he said:
“I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as (a Marine). I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism."
“I helped make Mexico….safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street."
“The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909 – 1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China, I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested."
“During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back at it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents."
America’s global empire stretches everywhere. Super-weapons Butler couldn’t have imagined enforce it. By going public, he was an American hero. Who in today’s military can match him? Who’d dare try?
Cowards waged war on Libya. On November 10, NSNBC said Libyans haven’t enough basic foods to survive. “Tens of thousands of small businesses were destroyed." People can’t support their families.
Public anger rages against NATO. Libya’s a “powder keg ready to explode at any time." Suspected Gaffafi loyalists are arrested and tortured daily.
Libyan-style democracy includes “murder(ing), tortur(ing), and imprison(ing)" anti-Nato resisters. Foreign occupiers from Qatar, UAE, and other nations are instructed to terrorize Libyans to submit.
Nonetheless, resistance continues. Fighting rages across Libya. Everyone has weapons. Gaddafi wisely armed millions. By restricting enough supplies, NATO made food a weapon of war.
Washington, Britain, France, and belligerent partners also transformed Africa’s most developed country into its least. For many, getting enough life sustaining essentials requires fighting for them. Libya metaphorically symbolizes New World Order tyranny. Perhaps Syria and Iran ARE next.
Last March, Syria’s externally generated uprisings began. Despite legitimate grievances, Washington orchestrated change there like elsewhere in the region.
It’s part of its imperial “New World Order/New Middle East" project to control North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia to Russia’s borders.
For over a decade, planned regime change targeted Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Syria, and other global countries.
Libya’s model was test marketed and readied for future aggression. Targets are selected well in advance.
IAEA’s fabricated Iranian report may ignite what’s planned next. On November 12, Haaretz headlined, “US demands Iran respond to IAEA report within days," saying:
Attending a Pacific Rim summit, Hillary Clinton issued demands, saying:
“Iran has a long history of deception and denial regarding its nuclear program and in the coming days we expect Iran to answer the serious questions raised by this report."
“The US will continue to consult closely with out allies on the next steps we take to increase pressure on Iran."
Clinton, Obama and other top US officials are inveterate liars and war criminals. America thrives on “deception and denial," raging lawlessly on a global scale.
Iran threatens no one. Its nuclear program is peaceful and nonmilitary. No evidence disproves it. Saying so is false.
Kazem Gharib-Abadi, Iran’s permanent Executive Council representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) told Press TV:
“The recent IAEA report is a historic and international mistake which has endangered the agency’s credit, and is based on political provocation and false claims made up of fabricated US (and Israeli) information."
Iran dismissed the report as “unbalanced, unprofessional and prepared with political motivation and under political pressure by mostly the United States."
Independent experts agree. It lacks credibility. America’s intelligence established refuted it last March. IAEA’s information predates 2003.
It’s worthless, but could ignite war if Washington plans it with Israel and other willing NATO partners. Stay tuned. Further updates will follow.
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《Big Lies Launch Wars》
by Stephen Lendman
2011-11-12
In “The Art of War," Sun Tzu said “All war is based on deception."
What worked in ancient times more than ever applies now, given instant ways of communicating globally and super-weapons Washington and Israel threaten to use like hand grenades.
In “Doctor Faustus", Christopher Marlowe mentioned “the face that launched a thousand ships." He referred to Helen of Troy (formerly of Sparta).
To win her back, Greeks launched 1,000 warships. According to Greek mythology, the Trojan War followed.
Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad recounted it. So did Roman poets Virgil and Ovid. Homer said it lasted 10 years. Mythological goddess quarrels started it.
Real, mythological, or fabricated reasons work equally well. Then it was Athena and Hera v. Aphrodite. Today it’s “war on terror" fear tactics.
Near its end, Greeks entered Troy in a Trojan Horse. America’s perhaps was 9/11. Both were duplicitous acts used to ravage targeted enemies.
The expression, “beware of Greeks bearing gifts" originated from back then. According to Homer and other Greek literature, they burned the city, captured Trojan women, rescued Helen, and returned her to Menelaus, her husband.
Fear, misinformation, and deceit work best enlisting popular support, whether in ancient China, Greece or modern times. Television today supplies it.
From its earliest days, it lied, distracted, entertained, and provided a platform for corporate America to control thought, manipulate public opinion, and sell people junk they don’t need.
In a June 1950 commencement speech, Boston University President Daniel Marsh said, “If the (television) craze continues….we are destined to have a nation of morons."
In May 1961, Kennedy’s FCC chairman Newton Minow called commercial television a “vast wasteland." He suggested watching it for a day “without a book, without a magazine, without a newspaper," with no distractions.
“Keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off" as it once did before 24 broadcasting. “I can assure you that what you will observe is a vast wasteland, (a) procession of game shows, (nonsensical) formula comedies….blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, western bad men, western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons."
“And endless commercials – many screaming, cajoling, and offending….And if you think I exaggerate….try it."
Try it now. It’s the same on hundreds of channels round the clock ad nauseam.
Communication theorist/media critic George Gerbner once said television has nothing to tell and everything to sell.
In his book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death," Neil Postman said “Americans are the most entertained and least informed people in the world," knowing little or nothing about what matters most.
Famed comedian Ernie Kovacs once said television is called a medium because it’s neither rare or well done.
Because most people rely on it for news and information, a nation of “morons" lets America get away with murder.
America’s Permanent War Agenda
In his book titled, “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace," Gore Vidal said:
“our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything that our government has done to other people, not to mention our own."
In his book titled, “Dreaming War," he compared GW Bush’s imperial ambitions to WW II and subsequent Truman Doctrine pledge:
“To support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
At issue was keeping Greece and Turkey from going communist. Applied globally, it initiated America’s National Security State strategy.
Ever since, it lurched from one war to another to benefit war profiteers and advance America’s imperium, no matter the body count to achieve both.
In his 1953 collection of historical revisionist essays titled, “Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examination of the Foreign Policy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and It’s Aftermath," Harry Elmer Barnes wrote:
“If trends continue as they have during the last fifteen years, we shall soon reach (the) point of no return, and can only anticipate interminable wars, disguised as noble gestures for peace."
“Such an era could only culminate in a third world war which might well, as Arnold J. Toynbee has suggested, leave only the pygmies in remote jungles, or even the apes and ants, to carry on ‘the cultural traditions’ of mankind."
Deception, misinformation, popular fiction, and Big Lies launch wars – all of them. Television today incites them. Earlier times, however had other ways to enlist public support or at least avoid opposition enough to stop them.
Historian Gabriel Kolko explained nothing good about “the good war," WW II, or any others. None achieve peace, security and stability. One conflict begets others. Endless destructive cycles follow. Countless millions die. Vast destruction ravages countries. Human misery, not liberation, results.
Since the 19th century, imperial wars shaped American life. Waging them is prioritized. Technological expertise produces killing machines. Industrial America suffered.
Human needs go unmet, today more than ever in modern times. State capitalism partners with business waging war. Uneducated, disadvantaged, impoverished, disconnected, restless, angry millions get left on their own sink or swim.
Others go to war to get killed, injured, maimed, or emotionally scared for life with nothing in return benefitting them.
In his January 1961 farewell address, Dwight Eisenhower warned about:
the “military-industrial complex," citing the “grave implications" of a “coalition of the military and industrialists who profit by manufacturing arms and selling them to the government."
He said “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence….by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
He added that:
“Every gun that is made, every war ship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and not clothed…."
Today, dominant “iron triangle" authority runs America’s war machine. With sitting presidents, it consists of Congress, the Pentagon, and defense industry profiteers, including producers of sophisticated technology for digital age warfare Eisenhower couldn’t have imagined.
In combination, they addicted the nation to war, not for threats. It’s for power and profits. Why else would war be America’s business!
In his book titled, “JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters," James Douglas discussed many reasons. Key was his opposition to force.
After the Joint Chiefs demanded troops for Laos, he told Geneva Conference representative Averell Harriman:
“Did you understand? I want a negotiated settlement in Laos. I don’t want to put troops in."
He opposed nuclear weapons use in Berlin and Southeast Asia. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, he refused to bomb or invade. Afterwards he said, “I never had the slightest intention of doing so."
In June 1963 (a few months before his assassination), he called for abolishing nuclear weapons, ending the Cold War, and advancing “general and complete disarmament."
In October 1963, he signed National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 263 to withdraw 1,000 US forces from Vietnam by year end and all of them by 1965.
He wanted “to splinter the CIA in a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds."
Before Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem were occupied, he supported UN Resolution 194, authorizing diaspora Palestinians’ right of return they never got.
He wanted the American Zionist Council (AIPAC’s original name) registered as a foreign agent. He opposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program.
He wanted peace, not conflicts. It cost him his life. Future presidents got the message. The rest, as they say, is history.
Canadian Law Professor Michael Mandel explained imperial America’s lawlessness in his 2004 book titled, “How America Gets Away with Murder: Illegal Wars, Collateral Damage, and Crimes Against Humanity."
He discussed Justice Robert’s Jackson’s Nuremberg “supreme crime" declaration. It’s more than ever relevant given America’s out-of-control belligerence, ravaging the world one country at a time or in multiples.
At Nuremberg, Jackson said:
“To initiate a war of aggression….is not only an international crimes; it is the supreme international crimes differing only from the other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
In 1950, the Nuremberg Tribunal defined crimes against peace as:
“(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances; (and)
(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i)."
After WW I, Kellogg-Briand in 1928 renounced aggressive war, prohibiting its use as “an instrument of national policy," except in self-defense.
Sixty-three nations were signatories, including America, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Soviet Russia, and Japan. The US Senate approved the treaty 85 – 1. Like Nuremberg, it’s binding international law.
Washington’s war machine hardly slowed. WW II followed as well as perpetual others thereafter. Even then, the business of America was war. It’s more than ever that today.
Its “scourge" wants power, profits and unchallenged dominance. Today, America wages it globally against humanity. International law is defied. So is morality and common sense.
International peace, security, stability, equity, justice, and freedom are non-starters. Only war spoils matter, including benefits derived from them in all forms.
Since WW II, America, its NATO partners and Israel waged regular aggressive wars. Millions of noncombatant civilians perished. Appalling human suffering resulted.
Washington’s imperial war machine is today’s greatest threat, ravaging the world one country at a time. Congressional authority was abdicated. Presidents can act on their own.
In September 2001, Congress approved the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for “the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States."
“War on terror" authority accelerated permanent wars. Presidents now wage them at their discretion.
Where it all ends, who knows. No one’s able to stop them. Short of finding a way, free societies, planet earth and humanity hang in the balance. Even risks that great are ignored.
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《War of Words on Iran》
by Stephen Lendman
2011-11-11
Provocative rhetoric followed release of the IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear program, despite baseless allegations in it.
In October 2009, the Agency leaked a document titled “Possible Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program" to the New York Times. At issue was circumventing then IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei. Allegations in it were spurious. As a result, he wouldn’t touch it.
Two months later Yukiuya Amano replaced him. IAEA was politicized. In December 2010, the London Guardian published a leaked US embassy cable saying he’s “director general of all states, but in agreement with us." Its title was: “Amano ready for prime time."
A November 2010 Guardian article headlined, “Nuclear Wikileaks: Cables show cosy US relationship with (new) IAEA chief." State Department official Geoffrey Pyatt was quoted, saying:
Amano will “overcome bureaucratic inertia (and) modernize Agency operations…." He’s “solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program."
In other words, he’s there to salute and obey orders, not be nonpolitical and impartial. He hasn’t disappointed.
America’s media jumped on his new report, again suggesting “possible military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear program" with no evidence whatever proving it. Nonetheless, US, Israeli and UK belligerents bellowed it. So far, nothing’s gone beyond rhetorical saber rattling.
Whether or not war’s planned isn’t known. Cooler heads in high places know the risk. Minimally it could engulf the entire region disastrously. Worse would be general war, possibly involving Russia and China.
Once something starts, anything’s possible, even unthinkably using of nuclear weapons to destroy underground facilities. Doing so would risk many thousands of lives and widespread radiation contamination.
Guardian writer Julian Borger headlined, “The IAEA report: what does it mean and will it lead to war with Iran?" saying:
“There is nothing in the report that was not previously known by the major powers. The West and Israel (supplied information on alleged) weapons development…."
“Furthermore, the bulk of the report is historical," pre-2003. Clearly it shows Iran’s not “rac(ing) to a bomb."
“Obama….has no stomach nor money for another war, and (Pentagon) generals insist that every way they game the scenarios, America comes out the loser.”
Former IAEA inspector/later department director Robert Kelly called Amano’s report “very thin," a “real mish-mash," including “amateurish analysis…I thought there would be a lot more there….It’s certainly old news. It’s really quite stunning how little new information is in there."
In 2005, Kelly examined Amano’s original documents. Gotten from a mysterious laptop, they alleged a so-called “green salt project" to provide clandestine uranium, high-explosives testing, and reengineering a Shahab-3 missile to carry a nuclear warhead.
From them, Kelly discounted possible Iranian military applications, suggesting documents were forged, saying:
“There is nothing to tell that those documents are real. My sense when I went through (them) years ago was that there was possibly a lot of stuff in there that was genuine, (but) it was a kind of junk."
The little high quality material in them amounted to “two or three pages that wasn’t related to anything else in the package. It was on a different topic, and you just wondered" whether fake evidence was planted.
He recalled 1993 and 1994 when the IAEA got “very complex forgeries" on an alleged Iraq nuclear weapons program.
“Those documents had markings on them (to) resemble Iraqi (ones), but when we dug into them they were clearly forgeries."
In 2002, Kelly said the IAEA got “pretty bad" Italian forgeries on Iraq’s alleged Niger nuclear links. That was then. War resulted. Now perhaps Iran’s targeted unjustifiably.
Shannon Kile, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Nuclear Weapons Project head, said:
Iran “doesn’t seem to have the same North Korea-like obsession with developing nuclear weapons. That’s nowhere to be found in the (IAEA) evidence."
“Yes, Iran is making progress. They’ve covered the waterfront in terms of the main technical areas that you need to develop a nuclear weapon. But there is no evidence they have a dedicated program under way."
Nonetheless, investigative journalist Wayne Madsen sees “War Clouds Form(ing) over Iran," saying:
“Israel’s strategy is to make certain that its plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities and, perhaps other targets, meet no opposition from (US) diplomatic circles…."
As a result, “Asian nations want to freeze the United States out of interference in Asia." Worrisome signs include Israel’s “open secret ally, Saudi Arabia," appointing former Egyptian intelligence head Omar Suleiman advisor to Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.
Washington’s increasing its presence in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman and perhaps elsewhere in the region. New CIA and Pentagon Predator drone bases were established in Djibouti, Seychelles, Ethiopia, and reportedly Saudi Arabia. More are planned.
Obama’s “under tremendous (Israeli Lobby) pressure (to) support an Israeli military strike on Iran…." Doing so would involve Washington and perhaps other NATO partners. To assure pro-Israeli voter support, Obama would have to go along.
Given the potential for war, Russia, China, their Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states, India, Turkey, and other regional nations show justifiable alarm.
On November 10, Israel National News headlined, “Report: Israel Preparing ‘Christmas Surprise’ for Iran," saying:
Britain’s Daily Mail said Israel may attack “Iran’s nuclear facilities….as soon as December 25…." An unnamed senior Foreign Office official said, “We’re expecting something as early as Christmas," or very early in the new year."
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the IAEA report “completely discredits" Iran’s nonmilitary dimension claim.
Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Israeli Radio, “We continue to recommend to our friends in the world and to ourselves, not to take any option off the table," suggesting a possible attack.
Haaretz reported that Amir Kahanovich, chief economist at Israel’s Clal Finance saying attacking Iran would exact far too high an economic price for the world to accept.
He cited sharply higher oil prices, disrupted global trade, and more affecting Israel and other nations.
Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies Ephraim Kam doubt stiff sanctions are coming. Russia and China won’t tolerate them. They’d also risk greater economic fallout. At most, he says “another round of light sanctions."
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said attacking Iran should be a “last resort." Doing so would have serious regional repercussions, he believes. Potentially they could be much worse.
Interviewed on Press TV, historian Peter Rushton accused Israel of escalating anti-Iran hysteria, adding:
“I think voters in Britain and America would do well to take a long hard look at those politicians who are prepared to give limitless trust to Israel at the expense of their own people" and regional peace.
Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah expects regional war to erupt from attacking Iran.
Also interviewed on Press TV, independent journalist Nader Mokhtari said:
“The United Nations has lost its basic functions for a very long time. (It) has not been able to intervene effectively in matters that it should have been able (to), according to its charter…."
Its structure prevents “99% of the world (from having) a say in running world affairs, and a select few" decide everything, including on those issues most important.
America has virtual veto power on all issues. With Israel, it threatens attacking Tehran unjustifiably. Its allegations are baseless. Regional war may follow with unpredictable consequences. The danger is real and frightening.
A Final Comment
Last May, George Mitchell left his White House Middle East envoy post. Rumor at the time suggested it was because of his deputy Dennis Ross’ extreme bias.
Anti-Defamation League head Abe Foxman calls him Israel’s “advocate." Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller calls him “Israel’s lawyer." Others call him a Zionist hardliner up to no good for Palestine or Israel’s regional rivals.
Some say he was forced out. Now he’s stepping down. On November 10, The New York Times headlined, “Obama’s Influential Mideast Envoy to Resign," saying:
He’s stepping down “at a time when Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are frozen and tensions over Iran are flaring anew."
Ross gave the usual reason about wanting to spend more time with his family. Others cite his duplicity, extreme bias, and failure to accomplish anything beyond representing Israel at a time its influence is waning.
Earlier he served as GHW Bush administration’s State Department Policy and Planning director, after which he became Clinton’s Special Middle East Coordinator.
He’s also co-founder of the AIPAC-backed Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). It’s an extremist pro-Israeli front group. Ross will return after leaving his present post.
WINEP’s Board of Advisors includes a rogue’s gallery of figures like Richard Perle, George Shultz, Robert McFarlane, James Woolsey, and former US Israeli ambassador Samuel Lewis.
James Petras once called Ross “a virulent Zionist advocate of Israel’s ultra-militaristic policies, including an armed preemptive attack on Iranian nuclear and military installations."
“Ross is an unconditional supporter of the Israeli starvation siege of (Gaza), and fully backed Israel’s savage (2006) air attacks against civilian targets in Lebanon."
No friend of Palestine, he one-sidedly backs Israel’s worst lawlessness. He won’t be missed.
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《America’s Media War on Iran》
by Steve Lendman
2011-11-11
When Washington goes to war or threatens it, America’s media march in lockstep, cheerleading. Fiction substitutes for fact.
News is carefully filtered, dissent marginalized, and supporting imperial belligerence substitutes for full and accurate disclosure.
As a result, patriotism means going along with rogue policies. Never mind rule of law principles and democratic values. Free and open societies are risked. So is humanity if belligerents overstep.
The IAEA Iranian nuclear program report stirred a hornet’s nest of inflammatory commentary, no matter the agency’s fabricated contents. Previous US intelligence assessments refuted them, including most recently in March 2011.
Nonetheless, IAEA allegations proved red meat for America’s media. Commentaries from three major broadsheets are typical.
The Wall Street Journal
On November 8, deputy Journal editorial page editor Bret Stephens headlined, “Now For a Real Iran Debate," saying:
“There’s no scarcity of reliable information about Iran’s nuclear programs, licit and illicit." At issue only is how Washington and Western allies act “to check them."
In September, IAEA said “Iran had enriched 4.5 tons of low-enriched uranium – sufficient, with further enrichment, for three or four bombs – and that a third of the uranium had been enriched in the last year alone."
It also said “Iran had begun more advanced centrifuges, capable of enriching uranium at a significantly faster rate than" earlier ones. “So much for the success of sanctions in shutting down Iran’s underground network of nuclear-parts suppliers."
Fact check
Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and nonmilitary. No credible evidence suggests otherwise. Its operations follow standard procedures. Other nations follow them. None are vilified. Nothing done is illegal. Beating up on Iran bogusly discredits anyone doing it.
“So much for the enabling fiction that was the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, which judged ‘with high confidence’ that Iran ‘halted its nuclear weapons program’ in the fall of 2003."
So much for a Journal editor accepting fabricated IAEA information, refuted by US intelligence as recently as March 2011 in its America’s Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community.
He continued saying pursuing diplomacy or more “sanctions guarantees failure, signals weakness, and emboldens the hardest of Iranian hardliners."
Time’s “no longer on the West’s side….(F)urther delay only increases the complexity and uncertainties of any strike."
Short of supporting war, Stephen railed against Iran, saying Western leaders should “hasten the regime’s demise." How he didn’t say or explain that every nation’s sovereignty is inviolable, whether or not he approves.
The New York Times
A Times editorial headlined, “The Truth About Iran," saying:
Despite using fabricated, discredited, old information with no credibility, The Times called IAEA’s document “chillingly comprehensive….What gives the report particular credibility is its meticulous sourcing."
Russia, China and other nations “have been shielding Iran." Security Council members must “quickly impose a new round of even tougher sanctions…."
Fact check
For years, Times writers and commentators beat up mercilessly on Iran. In June 2009, Iran’s presidential election was more democratic than America’s rigged process.
Nonetheless, a Times editorial headlined, “Iran’s Nonrepublic," claiming “government authorities bulldozed the results" so incumbent Ahmadinejad’s victory was “bogus."
Instead of journalistic integrity, The Times claimed Ahmadinejad stole the election with no evidence whatever proving it. Rhetoric substituted for reasoned commentary in typical Times style.
In contrast, when the Supreme Court reversed America’s 2000 popular vote (and electoral one learned months later) to install its own favorite, a Times editorial supported Bush’s illegitimacy and his “unusual" post-election “gracious(ness)."
No matter that Al Gore won and they knew it. No matter what’s now known about a rogue administration terrorizing humanity.
Stopping short of supporting war, The Times said striking Iran’s nuclear facilities “would not set (it) back for very long. It would rally Iranians around their illegitimate government….The last round of sanctions was approved 17 months ago."
Russia and China oppose more. “So long as that enabling continues, Iran will keep pushing its nuclear program forward."
Fact check
In April 2010, Ron Paul addressed HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, saying:
“I rise in strong opposition," including against its Senate version. Debate replicated lies, misinformation and distortions preceding Iraq 2003. “Propaganda (is) speed(ing) us to war against Iran for the benefit of special interests."
“A vote for sanctions on Iran is a vote for war against Iran." In other words, he called sanctions an act of war.
In 1997, the New England Journal of Medicine called economic sanctions “a war against public health." Sanctions constitute war by other means. Manipulated money power in private hands used irresponsibly is financial war.
Delegitimizing Iran’s legal nuclear program shows which side Times editors support. They’re the same anti-populist power and wealth ones they always back on all vital issues.
The Washington Post
A WP editorial headlined, “Running out of time to stop Iran’s nuclear program," saying:
The IAEA “spelled out in detail what governments around the world have known for a long time: Iran’s nuclear program has an explicit military dimension, aimed at producing a warhead that can be fitted onto one of the country’s medium-range missiles."
Fact check
Substituting bombast for truth, Post editorializing got another black eye. Throughout the piece, accuracy was nowhere in sight.
Like The Times, Journal, and others like them, however, what else can be expected from establishment broadsheets. They stop short of doing what readers expect – their job.
“The IAEA’s evidence….ought to end serious debate about whether Tehran’s program is for peaceful purposes. That’s why Russia and China tried to block the report."
Never mind that IAEA’s “evidence" lacks credibility. It was fabricated, discredited and out of date. Independent analysts refuted it. All countries should denounce its nefarious purpose, potentially leading to war.
Short of supporting it, the Post said Obama’s got time to act. He repeatedly said “Iran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapon is unacceptable – and the IAEA report makes clear that the danger is growing, not diminishing."
Most dangerous are:
◎ IAEA heads publishing baseless allegations;
◎ America, Israel, and Western nations supporting them;
◎ and disreputable major media opinion writers marching in lockstep instead of doing their jobs responsibly.
Sadly, that’s what passes for corporate-controlled news, commentary and opinion in America.
It’s why more readers go elsewhere for real information and analysis. Hopefully one day they all will!
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