Andymatic

Category: 4. Supremacy of the Military

  • Military Redeploys Troops with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Are we really just trying to screw up as much as possible? On March 9, Army Spc. Smith was ordered to board a plane from Fort Benning, Ga., to deploy back to Iraq, even though he was known to be suffering from chronic post-traumatic stress disorder from a previous tour there. Only weeks prior, military […]

  • John McCain: It's Funny When I Lie About Iraq

    “Of course I’m gonna misspeak,” McCain said. “I’ve done it on numerous occasions. And I probably will in the future. I regret that when I divert attention to something that I’ve said from my message. But that’s just life. And I’m happy, frankly, with the way I operate. Otherwise it’d be a lot less fun.” […]

  • Secret FBI Unit Worked with DC Cops to Interrogate War Protesters

    Back in 2002: On April 20, 2002, FBI agents in plain clothes targeted the protesters because of their black garments, apparently the definitive anarchist fashion choice. Then, the people were separated and asked about their political and religious views as well as the names of their friends and associates. Some of the interrogations were videotaped […]

  • Eliminating the Economic Incentive for Peace

    Naomi Klein on the Davos Dilemma: Thomas Friedman told us less than a decade ago that no two countries with a McDonald’s have ever gone to war. Now, we go to war with McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King, in tow. … What we are losing is the incentive, the economic incentive, for peace, the economic […]

  • Blitzer Gives Cheney's Heart a Stress Test

    Yeek. Blitzer still held back a bit too much.

  • US Storms Iran Consulate in Iraq

    US forces have stormed a building in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil and seized six people said to be Iranians, prompting a diplomatic incident. Iranian and Iraqi officials said the building was an Iranian consulate and the detainees its employees.

  • Responsibility Without Consequences

    It is easy to say that you accept all the responsibility when something goes wrong – especially when there’s no consequences for your actions.

  • Tell Your House Rep: ‘Pull Funding for the War'

    Got 2 minutes? Go to house.gov and find your house rep. Call them and say: I support pulling funding for the war in Iraq. Hang up. Everyone will be scared of the sacred ‘You don’t support the troops.’ or even better ‘Why do you hate the troops?’ or even better ‘Why do you hate America?’ […]

  • Gays Make Great Cannon Fodder

    As existing troops have a third or fourth tour overseas and Bush plans to not listen to anybody except his own arrogance, the need for more troops looms large. Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff TWO weeks ago, President Bush called for a long-term plan to increase the size of the armed forces. As […]

  • FBI Reports ‘Baptizing' at Guantanamo

    interrogators wrapped a bearded prisoner’s head in duct tape “because he would not stop quoting the Koran,” … a civilian contractor laughed about the treatment and was eager to show it off. one interrogator bragged to an FBI agent that he had forced a prisoner to listen to “Satanic black metal music for hours,” then […]