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Unfortunately…now we’re talking…Joint Chief of Staff head Mullen acknowledges the U.S. problem with Iran is serious…..

13 hours ago ago from PoliticalDog101.com

Adm. Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , the nation's senior military advisor, in uniform, to the President,  in remarks made while coming home from an overseas trip has acknowledged the fact the Iranian's are not listening to anyone ..They have pushed ahead in their quest for a nuclear bomb and now have seized an oil field           . Mullen as the rest of the U.S. military and other Middle Eastern countries are very warily ...

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Asking the Afghans

21 hours ago ago from Deadline Pundit

Ian Williams: Why not ask the Afghans what they want? December 18, 2009 Tribune There are many people and organisations soliciting my support to get the troops out of Afghanistan immediately. Somehow, I can’t share their certainty. Unlike them, I want to know what the Afghans think. Earlier this year, when they were asked in an ABC/BBC/ARD opinion poll, 59 per cent of them wanted Nato to stay and more than 90 per cent wanted the Taliban ...

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Goldin: WAR IS OVER! (IF YOU WANT IT)

22 hours ago ago from THE POLITICIZER

Ian Goldin, Columnist Ideology: Left-Independent | Writing from: Washington, DC The title of this article is taken from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's iconic Christmas/protest song.  Although it was recorded in 1971 as a protest of the war in Vietnam, it seems applicable today.  In fact, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are constantly  compared to the Vietnam War .  The prospect of ending the war by simply wanting it is overly simple, but ...

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US senate approves 636.3 bln military budget

23 hours ago ago from Oil of War

WASHINGTON: The US Congress on Saturday sent US President Barack Obama a massive annual military spending bill that funds current operations in Afghanistan and pays for the troop withdrawal from Iraq. In a rare weekend vote, the Senate approved the 636.3-billion-dollar package, which cleared the House of Representatives 395-34 on Wednesday, by an 88-10 margin. Obama is expected to send Congress an emergency spending measure of at ...

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It's more than just extra military destined for Afghanistan

8 hours ago ago from Mahler's Prodigal Son

Jeremy Scahill has written extensively, and authoritatively , on Afghanistan and the contractors being "employed" there on the American payroll. In his latest writing, for CounterPunch in " The US Currently Has 189,000 Personnel in Afghanistan - Stunning Statistics About the War That Everyone Should Know ", he provides some of the figures, and cost, of all that ever-growing band of contractors: "In Afghanistan, the Obama administration ...

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