«2006 Blog Entries»
Alerts and Unsolicited Comments on the Passing Scene in 2006
[Copyright 2006 Patrick Foy]
Saddam Leaves the Stage
It is all very simple, really. There are no rules, except one. Those who have the power will exercise that power for as long as they can in order to do whatever they please. This is the simple lesson of the execution of...
The 'Surge' and Iran
They are dusting off the hot seat for Iran. All signs indicate that the Cheney/Bush White House is on track to execute a a "shock & awe" display of power in the skies over Iran. The recent unanimous UN Security Council...
Doug Thompson goes Ballistic
So precisely what classified documents was Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, Esq., trying to steal from the U.S. National Archives back in 2003? And why was he trying to destroy them? What evidence of incompetence or treason was...
Rewards of Democracy
Democracy?--Hypocrisy! Hamas was elected by the Palestinians last January not because Palestinian voters are a bunch of terrorists, but because the opposition party, Fatah, had failed to recover occupied territory from...
Dr. Faurisson Interviewed in Tehran
This past Saturday, December 16th, the New York Times reported that "Jacques Chirac, the French president, on Friday ordered an investigation into statements by a retired French professor, Robert Faurisson, at the Tehran...
Blair, Bush Jr. and Lord Levy
Crooks, con men, sycophants and phonies. They are not confined to Washington; look for them in London as well. (See below.) When it comes to Washington's and Whitehall's joint policies in the Middle East--such as the invasion...
Another Shoe Drops
The article in Friday's The Independent about British diplomat Carne Ross, who resigned in protest when Tony Blair railroaded England into Wolfowitz's War, is a bombshell. (See below, my emphasis in red.) The article strongly...
Frankenstein Goes Nuclear
Ehud "Frankenstein" Olmert is in Europe, where he is drumming up support for "more decisive measures" against Iran. He is in Germany, because Germany is the key to Europe and its current Chancellor, Angela "gaga" Merkel...
Senator James Abourezk
The article below from a week ago speaks for itself. Noam Chomsky is a renowned, left-wing Harvard professor and a critic of Israel and of U.S. foreign policy in general. Jeffrey Blankfort is a writer and a long-time critic...
Paul C. Roberts goes Ballistic
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts goes ballistic again--and for good reason. (See below, my emphasis in red.) If nothing else, the "Iraq Study Group" has performed one important public service: that of spelling out what a catastrophe...
Robert Fisk on the Baker Report
Middle East expert Robert Fisk does a critique of the "Baker Report"--see below. If you really want to take the "Baker Report" seriously and act upon it to make genuine progress toward peace, stability and justice in the...
Baker Commission Conundrum
The "Iraq Study Group" aka "The Baker Commission" has just brought in its report on Iraq, and handed it to Bush II. The Group or Commission is analogous to an outside consulting firm in the business world, brought in to...
Land Grab beyond Hypocrisy
Last week word came via Peace Now, an Israeli peace group, and from the BBC that over a third of the land on which Tel Aviv has built "settlements" for Jewish immigrants in occupied Palestinian territory (or "so-called...
Kissinger out of the Closet
Dr. Kissinger is finally speaking publicly about the Iraq war, which heretofore he had so much to say in private to Dick Cheney and to our figurehead Emperor, G.W., in numerous meetings. Now that Bob Woodward has blown...
No One Guilty in Israel
The most recent atrocity and the series of atrocities in the Gaza Strip leading up to it (See below) are symbolic of the overall nightmare as well as a preview of things to come. The Palestinians have been herded into enclaves...
Uri Avnery checks in from Tel Aviv
Perhaps the two most insightful commentaries on the recent U.S. election as it relates to war and peace in the Middle East are that of Robert Fisk--"Here Come the Odious Excuses"--sent to you yesterday, and the article--"In...
Business as Usual - part II
Just can't wait to see what changes those wonderful "liberal" Democrats have in mind to correct and humanize Bush's disastrous policies in the Middle East, now that they control Capital Hill and have some direct responsibility....
Business as Usual
Forget the midterm elections in America. The real news, the news which matters and lasts, is taking place in the Gaza Strip, on the coast of the Mediterranean, far away from American news cameras. (See below.)
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De Borchgrave: Exit Strategy
Arnaud de Borchgrave gives us a preview (below) of the upcoming "Iraq Study Group" which is supposed to figure out how to get Washington out of the mess that Cheney, Bush, Sharon, the Israel Lobby traitors, the Christian...
Gaza under Siege
One very important, but generally overlooked, objective of the fiasco code named "Operation Iraqi Freedom", undertaken by Washington at the behest of Ariel Sharon, G.W. Bush's "good friend" in 2003, was to provide a distraction...
Who is Targeting Iran?
U.S. Physicist Gordon Prather gets down to the heart of the matter below with respect to the brouhaha over Iran's nuclear energy program. See below. What is playing out in Washington and at the UN is a reprise of the Iraq...
Zion vs. Germania
Recent provocative moves by the Israeli air force directed at German naval vessels cruising many miles offshore of Lebanon has made one thing clear. It is this: Israel controls the airspace, totally. The German ships off...
Angela Merkel to the Box
Already Chancellor Angela Merkel's proactive policy to assist Tel Aviv in keeping the Arabs powerless and at the mercy of Israel's formidable military machine is being duly noted by the Lebanese. (See below, last paragraph.)...
Mystery of America, Solved
From Tel Aviv and the pages of Haaretz comes an article which cannot be published inside the continental boundaries of Ex America, at least not by a non-Jew in any major news outlet. Perhaps the article below "The Mystery...
Joe Wilson's War
If you have the time, below is a long but very worthwhile piece from Germany on the Joe Wilson/Valerie Plame affair, which has been with us for years. Bush's brainless, despicable brigades hated this man, Joe Wilson, because...
Inside The Ring
I have been away on a European trip. Just returned here to "Bushland", as some of my German friends call it. I encountered a surprising number of intelligent, affluent Europeans who volunteered unequivocally that they would...
Regent Cheney in 2002
This war in Iraq is all very confusing. The war between Saddam’s Iraq and America was over many months ago. What we have now is the occupation of Iraq and the repercussions. As a result, the American military has become...
Spotlight on Elliott Abrams
The invasion of Iraq under false pretenses, the crucifixion of Gaza because Hamas won an election, the devastation of Lebanon because two soldiers got nabbed, and the apparent upcoming bombardment of Iran because it is...
Robert Fisk: Why Protect Israel?
Sitting amidst the rubble of Lebanon, Robert Fisk certainly makes some important points below. It sounds like he may have been fueled by a bottle of wine or two. Over the past month Fisk and the average Lebanese have had...
The U-Boat Giveaway
Another fantastic, inexplicable giveaway from Berlin to Tel Aviv. Not foreign aid or "reparations" for WWII. No, we are talking about the wholesale transfer of first-class German technology and the delivery of offensive weaponry...
Get the Hook
The President came out of the Oval Office, walked across the street, and gave a press conference today. It was the last straw. Do you recall being in a romantic relationship or in a business deal when it finally dawns on...
60 Years Ago in Palestine
Here's a human interest story (below) from a few days ago, when the war in Lebanon was still raging. One wonders what the Palestinians and the Lebanese did to deserve what has befallen them. What would justify their victimization...
The Hersh Bombshells
The gossipy article by Seymour Hersh in the current issue of The New Yorker is the most important item to examine during the cease-fire in Lebanon. If you have the time, you can read the entire article here. In the meantime,...
Self-defense or Nonsense?
Right is right and wrong is wrong, to coin a phrase. See below in the Christian Science Monitor one of the most provocative and persuasive articles I have ever encountered on the subject of the Middle East conflict. It...
Gaza in Perspective
The article below by Mustafa Barghouti in Al-Ahram [Cairo] from last December provides a solid background to the present carnage and mayhem taking place inside the Gaza Strip, a narrow piece of land along the eastern shores...
Afghanistan is Back
Interesting observations below in yesterday's Tehran Times by the Canadian military specialist and internationally syndicated columnist, Gwynne Dyer, author of War, the lethal custom. It seems that the Taliban are making...
Ex America Progress Report
Recently, my favorite Bush basher from the Right, Paul Craig Roberts, went over the top. Note, I did not say, "went too far". On its face, what this former Reagan Treasury official has to say is accurate and truthful. In...
Robert Fisk + Stephen Walt
It is a measure of the significance of the recent Harvard "working paper" on the the "Israel Lobby" that the world's foremost newspaper reporter on the Middle East, Robert Fisk, felt obliged to pay Professor Stephen Walt...
Spy Speaks Out
The body of evidence is snowballing that the current U.S. President and his Vice-President are kingsized con men. I'm talking about evidence now, not my opinions, prejudices or theories--or those of any other critics, Left,...
Mum's The Word
Well, here it is at last. Formal notice in a major American newspaper of the recent Harvard/University of Chicago study about the U.S. Israeli Lobby. (See below.) This most informative and topical essay--entitled "The Israel...
Utter Debacle
More good news (headline, below), as if we needed further confirmation.
There is no clear way out, because impeachment of G.W. Bush is not an option. First off, you would need to impeach the top two...
Harvard Speaks
It turns out that the joint study by Harvard and the University of Chicago concerning the preeminence of the Israel Lobby in formulating "American" foreign policy for the Middle East appears in the current issue (Vol. 28,...
Arabs with Iran
Regarding the bogus "crisis" with Iran, below is the unofficial view from Cairo, from the wise man of Egypt, Salama A. Salama. Sunday on American television, Congressman John Murtha, a former Marine officer, said that the...
Pfaff: Iran's Nukes a Non-Issue
Below is an important article by William Pfaff in the IHT of six weeks ago concerning the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program. Pfaff takes the view that the matter is a non-issue. This would be true if the...
Powerhouse of Pander
It's that time again. Time for that self-described "blockbuster event", the annual Washington "Policy Conference" of the America Israel Public Affairs Committee. It is here that you can witness the top leaders of both American...
Why Iran? Why Now?
It still comes down to the simple question: why? Why is all this happening? At the moment, the hysteria in Washington is focused upon Iran. See below an excerpt from an article in Der Spiegel of late last week, reporting...
Malcolm Hoenlein and AIPAC
To understand why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, and why there was a relentless program of economic sanctions leading up to it under George Bush Sr. and Bill Clinton; to understand why Hamas has just defeated the more moderate...
Impeachment Dead End
It is not necessary to impeach British PM Tony Blair. (See below.) First, he is such an obvious nincompoop and front man, why bother? Second, under the English parliamentary system, a vote of no confidence should be sufficient...
Douglas Feith to the Box
One thing is now certain: Ariel Sharon will not be returning to his office. Therefore, this may be an appropriate time to take a second look at Sharon's agents in the U.S. who helped make the Sharon Era such a bulldozing...
Nuclear Hypocrisy
Below is yet another item concerning the grotesque imbalance of power in the Middle East, this time focusing upon the nuclear weapons issue. For bringing this unpleasant subject up, the BBC will be on the receiving-end...