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Hornberger’s Blog, January 2007

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Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Why Bush Wants War with Iran by Jacob G. Hornberger First of all, please don’t fail to read Chalmers Johnson’s terrific new article that we link to in today’s FFF Email Update: “Why Nemesis Is at the U.S.’s Door.” No one has a better handle on U.S. foreign policy and the damage it is causing our country than Chalmers Johnson. I highly recommend purchasing his newest book Nemesis,along with his two previous books Blowback and The Sorrows of Empire. As most everyone knows, President Bush — who refers to himself as the Decider — might attack Iran on his own initiative or, better yet, induce Iran to attack first in response to the ever-tightening noose and growing U.S. provocations against Iran, just as Japan did in response to the noose that FDR tightened around Japan prior to Pearl Harbor. Why is the president looking for a war with Iran? In my opinion, there are two reasons: first, to try to ameliorate ...

Trapped in Lies and Delusions

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I could, of course, be proven wrong but my hunch is that the United States will be trapped in Iraq for the indefinite future. Despite the recent election results and increasing demand among the American people for a withdrawal, I believe that there is no possibility that President Bush is going to order a withdrawal any time soon. More likely than not, U.S. troops will continue to be sitting ducks for snipers and ambushers for at least the next two years. But the world may well be witnessing the beginning of a political collision of colossal proportions — with the American people demanding withdrawal, on one side, and President Bush insisting on “staying but varying the course,” on the other. If so, the troops in Iraq, who have faithfully and loyally carried out their commander in ...

Hornberger’s Blog, November 2006

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Thursday, November 30, 2006 Newsweek has a good summary of the current status of the Jose Padilla case. It is quite possible that government lawyers might be caught lying, as they were in the infamous Ruby Ridge case. Responding to Padilla’s motion to dismiss based on the government’s having tortured him while in detention, federal attorneys in the case filed a response expressly denying Padilla’s torture allegation, telling the federal judge in an official court pleading that “there is not a shred of record evidence” to support Padilla’s claims and that the “conditions of his confinement were humane and designed to ensure his safety and security.” However, the government is now asking the judge to prohibit defense lawyers from telling how Padilla was treated by the military during his detention. They’re saying that such evidence might “inflame the jury” or invite “jury nullification.” Now, ask yourself: What do federal prosecutors have to fear? If Padilla is lying about how he was treated, ...

Hornberger’s Blog, December 2005

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Saturday, December 31, 2005 Our government is mired in such wrongful conduct as torture, denial of due process, denial of jury trials, spying on Americans, warrantless recording of citizens’ telephone calls, military interference with the criminal justice system, military denigration of the Constitution, brutal sanctions on overseas people, wars of aggression, military occupations, secret Soviet-era torture centers overseas, kidnapping of ...