IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH NUCLEAR BOMB DEVELOPMENT, MIDEAST SHOULD BE NUCLEAR FREE ZONE

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IRAN'S NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH NUCLEAR
BOMB DEVELOPMENT, MIDEAST SHOULD BE NUCLEAR FREE ZONE
By Aviroce

When a conference was established to talk peace and tranquility in
terms of controlling nuclear weapons in Palestine, Israel, Iran and
all other Arab and Muslim countries, Israel did not attend. When Iran
says it has no ambition to develop a nuclear bomb, Israel asserts that
Iran's study of nuclear fission and Iran's study of nuclear isotopes
constitute a danger to the "Jewish state," a misnomer for Israel, a
political state, and a designation of adherence to racism and
apartheid. Israel wants to make sure Iran is to stay ignorant and
stupid when it comes to nuclear energy research. It reminds me of
Nancy Kerigan at the Olympics; her competitor attempted to break her
legs so that she would not compete against her..That competitor had to
go to jail and change her skills to becoming a wrestler rather than a
skater. What can we then say about Israel?

Although Iran expressed her intention not to produce a nuclear bomb
and even if Iran wants to produce a nuclear bomb that cannot be
prohibited by the treaty she sighed as it does allow a country to
withdraw at will, Israel does not get satisfied as Israel wants to
have absolute hegemony over Palestine, Arab and Muslim countries and I
know this will never happen as the direction it takes will be the
destruction of the United States Empire along with Zionism which will
produce the last Holocaust for Jews, Holocaust III.. Of course, the
stronger countries want to emascualte Iran so that they stay shining.
I wish the shine is a sign of invention and human development rather
than a sign of grease melting over the heads awaiting a match to
ignite and put the countries into their demise for good and all.

The safest method to take is to establish a nuclear bomb free zone in
Israel, Palestine, Iran and all other Arab and Muslim countries. This
means Israel will have to remove all its nuclear bombs and give them
to USA if not Russia and China. Israel should be disarmed to have
peace in the Middle East.

Aviroce

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Kerry Threatens Iran Ahead of Upcoming Talks
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US 'Prepared' to Allow Diplomacy, But Demands Quick Results
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by Jason Ditz, February 08, 2013
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With P5+1 talks with Iran just two weeks away, Secretary of State John
Kerry took a little time out of his schedule to threaten Iran, insisting
that while the US is "prepared to talk" with Iran at the meeting they
will take no option off the table, including military force.
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Kerry went on to insist that Iran has to address all US concerns or it
would face further isolation and other unspecified actions, adding that
the US will do "whatever it takes" to stop their nuclear program.
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Iran's existing nuclear program is entirely civilian in nature, a fact
the IAEA has repeatedly confirmed. That the IAEA cannot conclusively
disprove the notion of a secret secondary program operating entirely
separately and located somewhere totally unknown, however, leaves the US
deciding Iran hasn't answered 'all questions.'
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Every round of P5+1 talks begins with a 2-3 week preface of US officials
threatening Iran and adding more onerous demands right before the
meeting. It then follows with condemnation of Iran for refusing the deal
or, on the one occasion Iran accepted a US proposal, with the US
withdrawing the offer and condemning Iran for accepting it.
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/02/08/kerry-threatens-iran-ahead-of-upcoming-talks/
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Israel allocated two billion dollars to attack Iran. But USA belives
that a war with Iran may be a two trilion dollar enterprise. If you
listen to the understatements made when beligerent statements are
voiced, you will notice that USA has no plans to attack Iran and USA
is willing to live with a containment of Iran. But look at the issue
one more time. Iran knows 100% it cannot win a nuclear war and will
be really stupid to attack anyone with nuclear weapons even if Iran
develops the weapon. Like Tsun Tzue says,"Weigh your
preparations...Nations go to war for profit." I see no profit for USA
in attacking Iran.

> withdrawing the offer and condemning Iran for accepting it.                  http://news.antiwar.com/2013/02/08/kerry-threatens-iran-ahead-of-upco...

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Chuck Hagel Camp: He's Not Dropping Out
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By TIM MAK , 2/8/13 5:37 PM EST
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Chuck Hagel's camp pushed back forcefully Friday against the notion that
he might remove himself from consideration to be secretary of Defense.
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"There is absolutely no truth to the notion that Sen. Hagel might
consider withdrawing," a Hagel aide told POLITICO. "He's continuing his
prep work and getting up to speed on the issues he will deal with as
secretary of Defense."
Online commentators began to speculate that Hagel might bow out, as more
than a week had passed since his widely panned confirmation hearing
before the Senate Armed Services Committee with no word about when its
members might take a vote.
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Author Thomas Ricks floated the idea in a post on his blog Friday,
arguing that the odds of a withdrawal were 50-50 and would increase two
percent for every business day the Senate Armed Services Committee
doesn't schedule a vote. The conservative Weekly Standard — run by
Hagel arch-nemesis Bill Kristol — immediately picked up that post.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251285081

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http://news.antiwar.com/2013/02/08/kerry-threatens-iran-ahead-of-upcoming-talks/

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Thought Police Won't Stop Prosecuting Historians
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http://americanfreepress.net/?p=8439 ,
February 06, 2013   AFP
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By Peter Strahl .
The reunification of Germany in the 1990s was purchased by its people at
a high price. Since that time, laws have been established that
essentially destroy guarantees of freedom of opinion and speech set
forth in German "Basic Law" (what Germany has instead of a
constitution).
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There is no German constitution. The Basic Law was imposed by the
victors of World War II, a war that cost 30M European lives and almost
half a million American lives.
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Section 130 of the federal criminal code makes "incitement of the
people," even if the "people" is just one person, a crime against
public order. And for approximately 20 years, thousands of German
citizens have been persecuted by their government, merely for publicly
expressing ideas contrary to officially imposed ""truth.""
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While the statute has been used recently to intimidate those defending
human life against abortion and euthanasia and to silence critics of
homosexuality, the real goal of the law is to protect Zionist interests
and criminalize all questioning of the "gassing of at least 6 million
Jews" by Nazis. Scientific research and public documents cannot be
presented as a defense because Germany's highest court long since
declared that the "gas chambers" and the "6 million" figure are
"well-known facts." Arguing the truth in court often brings harsher
sentences.
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Just suggesting to another person that 'only' a few hundred thousand
Jews died of all causes under the Nazis can result in fines of thousands
of euros, as Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson found out. Publishing
contemporaneous government documents or recent chemical analyses of
"death chambers" can land someone in prison for up to five years.
There are no jury trials.
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As many as 12K individuals are accused each year of "inciting the
people." And while only a fraction of cases are actually prosecuted,
2,530 people were brought to trial from 2006 to 2010, of whom 1,804, or
71.3%, were convicted and sentenced. Most paid large fines and lawyers'
fees, but more well-known ""criminals"" were also imprisoned.
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A significant number of Revisionist historians from Ernst Zuendel to
Germar Rudolf have spent years in German jails for telling the truth
about WWII Germany. Currently, four men are political prisoners of the
German Federal Republic: Horst Mahler (12 years and 11 months), Axel
Moeller (30 months), Gerd Ittner (two years and nine months) and Guenter
Deckert (five months just for editing a translation into German of the
book, Auschwitz: The First Gassing). Mahler and Deckert are over 70
years old, but that makes no difference.
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AMERICAN FREE PRESS readers can contact the German Embassy through their
website in order to demand that this persecution cease.
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Peter Strahl is the pseudonym of a freelance German language translator
for AFP and THE BARNES REVIEW. His review of General Leon
Degrelle’s book Hitler Democrat appeared in the
September/October 2012 edition of TBR. For more information on TBR,
write P.O. Box 15877, Washington, D.C. 20003 or call TBR toll free at
1-877-773-9077 to charge a $46 subscription.
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By Emily Stephenson and Elvina Nawaguna
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WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 6, 2013 4:17pm EST
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Postal Service plans to drop Saturday
delivery of first-class mail beginning the first week of August, a move
that the financially struggling agency said will save $2 billion
annually.
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The Postal Service is cutting costs aggressively as it grows
increasingly frustrated that Congress is dragging its feet in
authorizing a structural overhaul that could stabilize the agency.
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The agency, which lost $16 billion last year, has blamed much of its
recent troubles on a 2006 law that requires it to make massive payments
into its future retirees' healthcare fund, as well as on reduced mail
volumes as Americans increasingly turn to email and online
communications rather than dropping a stamped letter in a postal box.
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Some experts have previously estimated that the Postal Service could run
out of cash by October.
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However, ending Saturday mail delivery will not significantly stop the
financial bleeding, and some critics said the move could backfire if
customers become irritated by an erosion in service.
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According to the plan, the mail agency will still deliver packages and
prescription drugs six days a week and will not change post office
operating hours. But it will not deliver direct mail or magazines.
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The announcement comes just weeks after the USPS board of governors
directed the agency to accelerate cost-cutting measures rather than wait
"indefinitely" for legislation.
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"The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery
that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to
the financial realities resulting from America's changing mailing
habits," Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said in a statement.
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The 237-year-old institution ran up against its legal borrowing limit
last year and defaulted twice on required payments to the federal
government.
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Postal officials have said for years that the agency needed to cut back
on delivery days, as well as close underused facilities and reduce its
workforce.
Lawmakers spent more than a year on postal legislation, including
proposals to eliminate Saturday delivery, but were unable to agree on a
bill.
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"The choice is either changes to some of the services or raise prices,
and people don't want prices raised," Donahoe said at a press
conference.
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Officials previously contended they needed permission from Congress to
make the changes, but now believe they may be able to take some actions
without new legislation.
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GREETING CARD FIRMS OBJECT
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No law requires that the Postal Service deliver mail six days a week,
but Congress has included a provision in legislation to fund the federal
government each year that has prevented the USPS from reducing delivery
service. The current funding measure expires in March, and would free
the Postal Service to change its delivery schedule unless Congress
prohibits it in the next spending resolution.
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The Postal Service is already facing some resistance to making delivery
schedule changes without permission from Congress.
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"Today's announcement by Postmaster General Donahoe to eliminate six-day
delivery is yet another death knell for the quality service provided by
the U.S. Postal Service," said Jeanette Dwyer, president of the National
Rural Letter Carriers' Association. ( snipped )
For rest of article > > > >
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/us-usa-postal-idUSBRE9150KX20130206

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Loss of jobs due to technology is problematic. You can always say new
technology should be created to absorb thos who lost jobs. But that
argument is a problem too. How far can we invent new technology to
get people to work? The new technology may put more people out of
work in addition. If you remember the housing market, you can see the
similarities involved. Americans saw their homes as their lifetime
asset grewing more expensively. What happened afterwards shows that
the bottom can fall off and every investment can go bust. If you
think of Marx's "Des Capital" and Socialism and Communism and if you
compare that to England, Great Brittain, you can see that there is a
movement into drastic provisions into socialism--the few would feed
the needy.

>     For rest of article > > > >        http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/us-usa-postal-idUSBRE9150KX...

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How Sweet It Is!
Hagel clears hurdle, neocons humbled
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by Justin Raimondo, February 13, 2013
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The much-awaited Senate Armed Services Committee hearing "and vote " on
Chuck Hagels' nomination as Secretary of Defense finally arrived, and
once again the neo-McCarthyites stole the show. Unfortunately for them,
their numerous curtain calls failed to yield bouquets of flowers.
Instead, their reenactment of the Jerry Springer Show exposed them for
what they are: losers, in every sense of the word.
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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Bizarro World) started off the festivities with a
reiteration of his charge that the nominee has been "endorsed" - nay,
"celebrated" - by Iran, and then repeated almost verbatim his
meandering, half-coherent attack on Hagel's views and integrity at the
first hearing.
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Senator John McCain gave vent to his obsession with the Iraq "surge,"
and spent his time telling the committee just why he is right on a
subject very close to his heart, the alleged 'success' of the Iraq war -
a thesis long since disproved by Iraq's collapse into chaos. The rest of
the Republicans followed suit, repeating their own obsessions. These
ranged from mind-numbing denunciations of the much-maligned "Global
Zero" report to the alleged heresy of Hagel's Senate vote against a
resolution that would have condemned a section of the Iranian military
as a "terrorist organization" -
and given the Bush administration a convenient back door to war with
Tehran. Lindsey Graham's old-maidish "he sends a chill up my spine"
rhetoric was hardly unexpected, and basically a reprise of his earlier
comments: he looked resigned to defeat.
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The rhetoric didn't get hot and heavy until we got down to the "star" of
the show, Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, whose performance marked a
new low- even for him. Perhaps looking to his election year
endorsement by Ron Paul and affiliated organizations, he started out by
protesting that he is "a lot less hawkish than some other members of
this committee," a weird assertion in view of his vicious attacks on
Hagel for his less-than-hawkish views. I am skeptical, he averred, of
the US being "the world's policeman," and he even had the nerve to
invoke George Washington?s warning against "entangling alliances" before
wondering aloud if Hagel is sufficiently devoted to the most entangling
alliance of them all - our "special relationship" with Israel.
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While self-contradiction is a tic shared by most politicians, rarely do
we get to see an example where contradictions ram into each other
sentence by sentence, like a traffic accident involving multiple cars.
But Sen. Cruz is unique, and not only in that respect.
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Yes, he's a real character, one that evokes the ghost of Senator Joe
McCarthy in more ways than one. Not only does he look like Tail-gunner
Joe, he has that "I have in my hands a list" air about him that
prefigures the role he is likely to play on that committee, and in the
Senate at large, as the darling of the loony-tunes right. Taking his cue
from Sen. Inhofe, he repeated the charge that Hagel has been "endorsed"
by the Iranian government, averring that Hagel's nomination will make
conflict with Iran "more likely" by "encouraging those who would do harm
to this country." Cruz is a man of peace, you see - if you can get past
the bombastic bellicosity of his rhetoric.
.
There were a few raised eyebrows at this point - Hagel is a man with two
Purple Hearts, who volunteered for service in Vietnam and was severely
wounded really a closet traitor who owes fealty to Iran?
- but Cruz was just getting warmed up.
Cruz was all about the money: that is, he wanted to know if and when
Hagel had received monetary compensation from "foreign governments,
corporations, or individuals," "directly or indirectly."
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Although Senate rules require nominees for high positions to reveal all
compensation over $5000 over a two year period. Cruz had unilaterally
decided on behalf of the committee that this needed to be extended to
five years because "we don't know if [Hagel] has received" such
compensation "from extreme or radical groups."
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Which "radical or extreme groups"- Cruz didn't say: his accusation was
pure innuendo. It was actually an allusion to an article by ethnic
cleansing advocate Ben Shapiro, who, blogging for the conspiracy web
site Breitbart.com, claimed Hagel is in the pay of a previously unknown
group known as "Friends of Hamas." But the Senator didn't have the
courage to cite the Shapiro hoax " and a hoax it is, because no such
organization exists - and so he simply left it vague, just as the
original McCarthy habitually did, leaving the stench of innuendo hanging
in the air.
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By this time, eyebrows were being raised even higher, but Cruz ploughed
on, oblivious to the fact that his crude effort to discredit Hagel had
merely succeeded in discrediting himself. He made reference to Hagel's
80-plus speeches, both formal and informal, over the past five years,
and complained that the nominee hadn't made the complete text of each
and every last one of them available so he and his aides could comb them
for "evidence" of treason, bribery, and worse. "There was something in
there that he doesn't want to make public," said Cruz. "It may be that
he received extraordinary payments from defense contractors. We don't
know what it was. Because he simply said no."
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The climactic moment of this avalanche of slime was when Cruz turned to
the committee, and declared: "I don?t know if he has received funds from
foreign sources, from extreme sources - directly or indirectly. Just
today we discovered speeches that he had not disclosed." "We don't know"
how much money came from "foreign" sources and was "deposited in his
personal bank account in the last five years," he said, going on to cite
one of the companies Hagel has been associated with, Corsair Capital,
and the amount of compensation received: $200,000.
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To anyone listening to this peroration, it was clear what Cruz was
saying: that he suspected Hagel had been bought and paid for by
mysterious "foreign" corporations, who had something to do with "extreme
or radical groups." In short, he was basically saying Hagel had sold out
his country for a bit more than thirty pieces of silver - all the time
hiding behind the assertion that "we just don't know."
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At this point, committee chairman Carl Levin had apparently had enough.
He informed Cruz, in a rather curt tone, that Hagel had been asked
whether he had received compensation from any foreign or overseas
source, and had answered no: indeed, the questionnaire all nominees are
asked to fill out asks this questions in several different ways, and to
all of these inquiries Hagel had answered in the negative. "Unless the
Senator has some evidence to the contrary," said Levin, he was going to
overrule this objection and move the nomination along.
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Not knowing when to shut up - and that seems to be the defining
characteristic of the freshman Senator from Texas - Cruz came back at
him with examples where a nominee had gone beyond the disclosure
requirements, notably Hillary Clinton, who agreed to identify foreign
donations to her husband's foundation, but again Levin reminded Cruz
that Hagel had answered in the negative on the questionnaires he
submitted - and unless Cruz had some evidence that the nominee was
intentionally misleading the committee, it was time to move on. Clearly
Cruz believes Hagel is lying - yet he didn't have the balls to come out
and say so. Hiding inside of every demagogue is a coward afraid to come
out.
.
It remained for Senator Bill Nelson to finally put this particular
demagogue in his place by turning to Cruz and saying: "You have gone
over the line, Senator Cruz." While the committee has always been known
for "a certain degree of comity and civility," Cruz's comments implying
that Hagel is in the pay of a "foreign" entity-""questioning his
patriotism" -
have "gone too far." Senator McCain, perhaps remembering that he's
supposed to be a man of honor, rushed to assure the committee that he
believes Hagel integrity is unquestioned, while Cruz cringed in the
corner. It was time - long past time - for some pushback from the
Democrats on the committee, and Claire McCaskill didn't disappoint.
Turning to Senator Inhofe, she warned: "Be careful, Sen. Inhofe -
because what if you are 'endorsed' by some horrible group or person?" It
is an indication of how far over the edge the Hagel-haters on the
committee had gone that this actually had to be pointed out.
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There was no walk-out, as the neocons had been gleefully predicting: no
indication of a filibuster, as they had also been hoping for. In the end
it was just the same old smear-and-fear tactics we have grown so inured
to, and that are sure to go a long way in making the GOP a permanent
minority party. Most telling, I thought, were the remarks of Sen. Roger
Wicker (R-Klan Country), who bemoaned the fact that Hagel is supposedly
not "in the mainstream." The former Republican Senator from Nebraska,
Wicker complained, is "a lifelong contrarian who has made a career out
of defying the bipartisan consensus" on Israel and on foreign policy
issues in general. Wicker echoed Lindsey Graham, who had earlier come
out with a Barney Frank-esque quip that Hagel isn't in the "right lane"
or the "left lane," instead "he's in the Chuck Hagel lane."
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This underscores the utter cluelessness of Wicker and his Republican
comrades when it comes to national security issues. They don?t
understand that citing the Washington Post editorial board's contention
that Hagel's positions are "out of the mainstream" merely exposes their
misunderstanding of just where the country is at these days.
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The American people are sick and tired of the untrammeled militarism
that has characterized our foreign policy for the past decade or so.
They are also sick and tired of the chickenhawks and laptop bombardiers
who have exhausted the nation's resources, demoralized our military, and
brought us to the brink of national bankruptcy. That's one of the
reasons they rejected the GOP in a landslide election, and it's why
polls show a plurality of support for Hagel's confirmation, including 28
percent of Republicans. This, after an unprecedented smear campaign,
including television ads, in which the Israeli lobby threw everything at
the nominee but the kitchen sink.
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Outside the mainstream? Forget it, Senator Wicker - you're the one
swimming on the edge of the fringes, these days. It's a new world out
there. Welcome to the new mainstream.
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No doubt the anti-Hagel hate campaign
- and the phony "revelations" - will continue. After all, political
consultants have to make a living, and the neocon smear machine has
plenty of funding - yes, foreign funding - to grease its wheels. So
those wheels will continue to turn, but this perpetual motion
contraption is quickly churning itself into irrelevance.
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No one but the neocons' dwindling hard-right fan base is even listening
anymore - and, with this defeat, their power is on the wane.
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What this shameful episode demonstrates is that the Israel lobby is a
very real presence on Capitol Hill -but its influence on American
foreign policy is no longer decisive. No, the neocons aren't going to
crawl away, licking their wounds, and disappearing into the night, but
their power is greatly lessened. Sen. Inhofe and his allies are holding
out for more delays, but Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has said he
will not honor their holds, and the nomination process is going to play
out in spite of their frantic attempts to find something - anything -
that will convince "pro-Israel" Democrats to vote no.
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Finally, it has to be said that this whole ploy of accusing Hagel of
being some kind of "foreign" agent is typical neocon projection - they
always accuse others of what they themselves are guilty of.
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Everyone knows, however, that the real foreign agents are the anti-Hagel
crowd, spearheaded by neocon godfather Bill Kristol and his
mysteriously-financed "Emergency Committee for Israel."
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Hagel is no Ron Paul: I don?t agree with his views in several important
instances, but those disagreements pale beside the one vitally important
aspect of this affair: a prominent public figure who has taken on the
Israel lobby has somehow managed to make it through most of the
confirmation process and is almost certain to become Secretary of
Defense. That is a great victory for those of us who consider ourselves
members of the "Emergency Committee for America," and I can only say, in
the words of the immortal Jackie Gleason: How sweet it is!
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Kerry: US Planning "New Options" for Move Against Syria's Assad
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Goal Is to Convince Assad Defeat Is Inevitable
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by Jason Ditz, February 13, 2013
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Secretary of State John Kerry says that he and the rest of the State
Department are hard at work developing ?new options? for the Obama
Administration to use in a move against the Assad government in Syria.
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Kerry says that he expects to have new recommendations when he returns
from his current trip abroad to follow up on President Obama?s State of
the Union pledge to ?keep the pressure? on Assad.
The goal at present for the administration is to convince Assad that
defeat is inevitable in the hopes that he will voluntarily resign
afterwards. The US has been predicting Assad?s imminent fall, but the
Syrian civil war has remained stalemated.
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State Department officials went on to insist that Kerry would under no
circumstances use his long-standing friendship with Assad to try to
broker a direct meeting, with spokeswoman Victoria Nuland insisting that
Kerry's relationship with Assad was "well before" the current civil war.
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http://news.antiwar.com/2013/02/13/kerry-us-planning-new-options-for-move-against-syrias-assad/

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Morris Seligman Dees, Jr.: The "Arch-Salesman of Hatemongering" 
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For decades, one of the sleaziest operators waging a vendetta against
patriotic-minded Americans has been Morris Dees and his insidious
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Capitalizing on a largely Jewish
donor base, Dees pockets an annual salary of $305,000 by infiltrating
and spying on pro-freedom groups. He then peddles this information to
various government agencies.
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Although the SPLC claims to promote 'tolerance' for blacks, illegal
aliens and other groups favored by politically-correct adherents of the
Marxist-oriented Frankfurt School, what they really hawk is a twisted
form of Big Brother hatred as described in George Orwell's 1984.
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Pushing doublethink to its extreme, SPLC spokesman and publications
director Mark Potok revealed his organization's true colors in regard to
their opponents.
"Sometimes the press will describe us as monitoring hate groups and so
on. I want to say plainly that our aim in life is to destroy these
groups, to completely destroy them."
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Even those who would normally oppose advocates of limited government
find Dees' tactics particularly appalling. In a 2009 article, Alexander
Cockburn of the The Nation "a left-leaning news magazine"called Dees
"the arch-salesman of hatemongering" that "scares dollars out of the
pockets of trembling liberals aghast at his lurid descriptions of
hate-sodden Americans."
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Yet, if the truth is actually told, Dees' primary concern revolves
around raising money. With assets totaling $238M, Dees generated $36M in
contributions last year alone. Dees' former business partner Millard
Fuller admitted that their aims were comparable to greedy used car
salesmen or smarmy televangelists.
"From the first day of our partnership, we shared the overriding purpose
of making a pile of money," Fuller boasted.
http://americanfreepress.net/?p=8607 ,
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Victor Thorn is a hard-hitting researcher, journalist and author of over
40 books.

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Thought Police Use "'Terrorism'" to Spy on You
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The Thought Police's infiltration of West Point is part of a much larger
trend that AFP has been keeping readers abreast of for years. All
couched in the guise of fighting terrorism, these efforts to spy on
Americans and create citizen snitches have been coordinated by an
extensive array of forces, including the Anti-Defamation League, the
Southern Poverty Law Center, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, the
Simon Wiesenthal Center, various think tanks working in unison with
universities, and powerful congressional members.
.
In 2010, DHS initiated a campaign known as "If You See Something, Say
Something." Officials called on sports fans, mass transit riders,Walmart
shoppers 'every American'"via posters
and other literature to be alert for "suspicious activities." The
following year DHS expanded public service announcements into 1.2M hotel
and motel rooms across the U.S.
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This far-reaching program dovetailed with previous studies that sought
to paint conservative Americans as terrorists. These included the
University of Maryland's "Hot Spots of Terrorism and Other Crimes"
and "Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism," and the RAND
Corporation's 2005 "Trends in Terrorism." In 2007, the House of
Representatives passed legislation entitled "The Violent Radicalization
and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act." During the Bush presidency,
Representative Jane Harman (D-Calif.), who sponsored the above bill,
teamed with DHS head Michael Chertoff to investigate 9-11 "conspiracy
theorists" during their "war on terror."
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Considering the overt terror-related thread running through each of
these campaigns, what would constitute allegedly suspicious behavior?
Using cash during transactions could be one example, as well as
showing an enthusiasm for gold investments. Stockpiling food for
emergencies could also be deemed questionable behavior. Finally,
exhibiting any type of dissenting opinion against the Federal Reserve,
Internet privacy and centralized authority at the global level are,
according to these studies, obvious red flags that should be reported.
http://americanfreepress.net/?p=8607

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West Point Cadets Taught Patriots Are Terrorists
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http://americanfreepress.net/?p=8607
February 13, 2013   AFP

>"Influential study published by an Israeli
>academic at America's top military >school
>seeks to brainwash future military >leaders
>into believing those who advocate small
>government, individual sovereignty,
>freedom and liberty are the enemy
By Victor Thorn
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At West Point where cadets are groomed into officers, a new 148-page
report released on January 15 is urging enlisted men and women to be on
alert for "terrorists" in the form of those who consider themselves
patriots.
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This study, released by the United States Military Academy's Combating
Terrorism Center, is entitled "Challengers from the Sidelines:
Understanding America's Violent Far-Right.- Its author, Professor Arie
Perliger, the Director of Terrorism Studies at the Combating Terrorism
Center and Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at
West Point, holds membership in the Council on Foreign Relations and the
American Israel Public Affairs Committee, as well as being a former
instructor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Considering his background, Perliger warns that growing legions of
conservative-minded citizens across the U.S. pose a serious threat to
our nation's safety. Yet, whom precisely does Perliger deem as being
affiliated with what he labels the "violent far right?"
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In his own words, Perliger placed a bulls-eye on those who "espouse
strong convictions regarding the federal government, believing it to be
corrupt and tyrannical, with a natural tendency to intrude on
individuals "civil and constitutional rights."
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Even more specifically, Perliger asserted that other so-called
extremists fall into the categories of anti-federalists, fundamentalist
Christians, survivalists, gun-rights advocates, libertarians,
pro-lifers, and those who oppose high taxation.
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Not content with simply fingering these broad-reaching factions,
Perliger zeroed in on another favorite globalist target. "Some
groups are driven by a strong conviction that the American political
system and its proxies were hijacked by external forces interested in
promoting a New World Order."
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This umbrella characterization includes constitutionalists, those wary
of a growing police state, and political activists such as some tea
partiers. Thus, by using manipulative, emotionally-charged language
intended to divide-and-conquer, Perliger equates those interested in
preserving their individual freedoms with skinheads, neo-Nazis and
militia members. Or, even more condescendingly, he smears conservatives
as being backward, archaic and living in an era that has passed them by.
In contrast, Perliger applauds liberals as future-oriented and
progressive in their views.
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Dr. Herbert W. Titus, a constitutional law professor and former dean of
the Regent University School of Law 'says it's an attempt to link
conservative thought with violence.'
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Titus told WorldNetDaily: "Professor Perliger has adopted the strategy
of many left-wing members of the professoriate, concentrating on the
behavior of a few in order to discredit many who hold similar views but
who do not engage in any form of violence."
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"His theory is that of the iceberg, that which as seen may be small, but
it hides what is a much larger threat just below the surface. Obviously,
the professor disagrees with those who favor small government, cutting
back of federal government encroachments upon the powers of the state
and to discredit this movement focuses on a few gun-toting militia,"
Titus said.
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"Like so many in the Obama administration, Perliger does not want to
engage in any dialogue on the issues, but just discredit an entire
political movement by ad hominem charged words," Titus said.
"Perliger is not a serious scholar, but a propagandist for the existing
regime."

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Jewish leader raps US for taking aircraft carrier out of Gulf
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-leader-slams-us-for-taking-aircraft-carrier-out-of-gulf/

By David Horovitz February 17, 2013
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Iran could see move as 'a diminution' of the American commitment to keep
all options on the table, warns Malcolm Hoenlein in an unusually robust
critique
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A top American Jewish leader on Sunday criticized the Obama
administration for cutting its aircraft carrier presence in the
Persian Gulf region from two carriers to one. He said the move sent
entirely the wrong message to Iran about America's commitment to keep
all options, including the military option, on the table in the struggle
to thwart Tehran's nuclear drive.
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"I'm personally very disturbed by the withdrawal [of one of the US's two
aircraft carriers] from the Persian Gulf, the Arab Gulf, because of the
message it sends to the Iranians," said Malcolm Hoenlein, the long-time
executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organization, in unusually critical comments. 'We have
to think about how the Iranians perceive it.'
Hoenlein said he well understood that budgetary pressures may have
necessitated the move, but feared that it would be 'interpreted by the
Iranians as a diminution of our commitment that all options are on the
table, which is the only thing that will bring them - if anything will -
to a reasonable stance" as regards their nuclear program.
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The Pentagon announced 10 days ago that it was cutting its aircraft
carrier presence in the Persian Gulf region from two carriers to one,
with a saving of hundreds of millions of dollars. The decision came as
Washington struggles to find a way to avoid sharp automatic spending
cuts set to strike the Pentagon and domestic programs next month. The US
has maintained two aircraft carrier groups in the Gulf for most of the
last two years, amid escalating tensions with Iran, as part of a US show
of force in the region.
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Hoenlein, speaking to The Times of Israel toward the end of a lengthy
visit to Israel during which he and his colleagues met with Israel's key
leadership, said he was one of those who considers this year to be the
decisive year as regards Iran's nuclear ambitions. As he put it, "2013
will determine if it's Iran with a bomb or we bomb Iran  Unless there
is a magic formula with increased sanctions or other means which I
cannot foresee, this is the year of decision."
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He said he considered North Korea's recent nuclear test to be "another
line crossed " because whatever North Korea does is with Iran and for
Iran."
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Asked which it would be " Iran with a bomb, or military action against
Iran " Hoenlein answered indirectly: "One of the things people talk
about is the cost of action," he said. "It is indeed very complicated
and I don't dismiss the dangers. But if you calculate the cost of
inaction, you'll find it will be much greater."
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Asked who might carry out any such action, Hoenlein again answered
indirectly, noting that President Barack Obama is "further away [from
Iran] and has greater fire power," while Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu is closer, and faces greater danger, including "the danger of
Iran activating Hezbollah and others."
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"I understand the complexity of it," noted Hoenlein, a highly
experienced Jewish leader who has held his position since 1986. "It's
all very well yelling slogans about bombing Iran. You have to think
about the ramifications."
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Malcolm Hoenlein (right) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo
credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
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Looking ahead to Obama's visit to Israel next month, Hoenlein spoke of
"an opportunity for two newly reelected leaders, early in their new
terms, to recalibrate the relationship- and to reflect the reality,
which is not characterized by temporary tensions and passing
difficulties but by overwhelming 
common interest and cooperation day-to-day in so many areas."
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He encouraged the Israeli public to give Obama a positive reception,
noting that "the president will be in office for the next four years"
and "the relationship with the United States is the most important
relationship Israel has."
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Obviously, Israel could and should utilize its freedom of speech, and
'people can call for the release of [jailed spy for Israel] Jonathan
Pollard.' But do it respectfully," he urged. "The American people don't
like to see their president dissed. They don?t want to see disrespect."
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Hoenlein said he considered the US-Israel relationship to have been "so
enriched in so many areas in recent years. Unfortunately attention is
too often paid to relatively minor difficulties."
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Such strains, he said, "should be dealt with quietly. Publicly there
should not be daylight between the United States and Israel,- not least
because -the enemies of both countries are increasingly the same, and
they will take advantage to the detriment of both countries."
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Apropos differences, Hoenlein noted that Obama's nominee for defense
secretary, Chuck Hagel, 'is lauded by the Iranians as anti-Israel' but
said it was 'a mistake to make his attitude to Israel the central focus'
We have reservations about Hagel's record on matters of importance to
the United States."
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Ultimately, Hoenlein stressed, "It's the president who makes the
decisions. This administration is particularly White house-centric. The
president will set the policies."