Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan’

The American people have the right to travel around the United States without being x-rayed, groped, or stopped along a highway because the military has put up blockades.  The government says that when we buy an airline ticket we “give up our rights”.  But as Congressman Paul says, “it is the duty of the government [...]

Senator Lindsey Graham spoke the same fearmonger/warmonger propaganda recently, urging President Obama to strike Iran and cripple “their ability to wage war.”  He even said that we are probably past that point.  This speech of stopping their ability to “wage war” sounds a lot like the rhetoric that we’ve heard from then-President George W. Bush, [...]

As early as this month the Israel Aerospace Industries announced that they have signed as deal with Russia to the tune of $400 million dollars.  Russia wil buy the drones over a period of three years and they will be assembled in Russia. “This is a huge step toward deepening cooperation between IAI and Russian [...]

By Agence France-Presse Two US lawmakers — a Republican and a Democrat — proposed a bill this week demanding the withdrawal of all US troops in Pakistan, where they are conducting covert operations against militants. “We have known that US forces have been operating in secret inside the territories of Pakistan without congressional approval,” Democratic [...]

When Ron Paul came on the presidential scene in 2008 and implored the American people to see reason that Muslims in the Middle East do not hate us because we are quote “free”, reviews and opinions were mixed.  Certainly a politician having the platform that 9/11 – this nations worst day in recent history – [...]

Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Motion to Instruct Conferees on HR 2194, Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act April 22, 2010 Mr. Speaker I rise in opposition to this motion to instruct House conferees on HR 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, and I [...]

Thanks to wikileaks.org these videos have been made public.  Now bare in mind that this is real footage.  Reuters says this: “The newly released video of the Baghdad attacks was recorded on one of two Apache helicopters hunting for insurgents on 12 July 2007,” reports the Guardian. “Among the dead were a 22-year-old Reuters photographer, Namir [...]

It’s not like the U.S. military or our economy is stretched to the hilt already.  It’s not like we are fighting conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Pakistan.  During the 2008 and presidential Republican debates, canidates called for nuclear war on Iran.  As dubious as this sounds it has been repeated several times. Only one [...]

In the last year President Obama has come under stiff criticism over spending, deficits, borrowing – they’re all going higher.  So why does he get the blame and George W. Bush is let off the hook?  Afterall, it was Bush who borrowed billions from China just to turn around and give it to Pakistan. It [...]

Webster defines Blowback as this: an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions. Regardless of what you want to call it, the Obama administration is conducting an illegal invasion of Pakistan.  Without Congressional consent, President Obama has been given the free rein to commit the United States to any military action that it deems [...]