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Bodies and Blood in Libya

by | May 8, 2019 |

The US and it’s allies unleashed this hell on the people of Libya.

“Every night we are under air strikes,” says Ali breathlessly.

He is a 22-year-old fighter from the coastal town of Zawiyah, and part of the loose military coalition from across western Libya that has united to defeat an offensive by eastern commander Khalifa Haftar.

That morning, as they pushed their opponents back, Ali says, they found corpses of sub-Saharan migrants on a farm, and encountered wounded residents who had refused to flee their homes, along with burning buildings.

‘We wish the war was over so we can live in peace’

– Lufti, a former naval official

“They are using everything on us,” he tells Middle East Eye, as the wreckage of a plastics factory smoulders behind him.

In a speech given by President Obama in March 2011 he names the guilty parties:

“In this effort, the United States has not acted alone. Instead, we have been joined by a strong and growing coalition. This includes our closest allies -– nations like the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Spain, Greece, and Turkey –- all of whom have fought by our sides for decades.  And it includes Arab partners like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, who have chosen to meet their responsibilities to defend the Libyan people.”

Remember Now

by | May 7, 2019 |

The only reason this cop pulled Sandra Bland over was under the excuse that she pulled over to get out of his way without a signal. The he arrested her for resisting an arrest he had no cause to make in the first place. I believe that her death was a suicide, but it was still a murder too.

But this is America, so the cops all got away with it clean. All government employees are above the law. They could have chopped her up with a hatchet and still would have only gotten two weeks paid vacation.

War With Iran or Venezuela?

by | May 7, 2019 |

I think neither.

Not that there isn’t a danger, but there are not enough bad things lining up to make either likely.

Mostly because the ayatollah is too smart to take Bolton’s bait. The Israeli propaganda about the threat of an Iranian attack is obvious bullshit. There’s nothing else to fight about. Even if the navy and IRGC get into some stupid tangle in the gulf, doesn’t necessarily mean it would spread. The chiefs must be telling Trump that an air campaign would be counter-productive and would not achieve regime change, only more regional chaos. And a land invasion would break the army. Plus I don’t think Trump wants war with Iran at all. He just wants a “better” deal than the JCPOA.

“We don’t take orders from Bolton,” said the army general in response to the national security adviser’s Iran policy in Syria. Let’s hope we hear some more dissent like that in the coming days to help cool things down.

The bad news is Pompeo stood up Merkel this morning in what was supposedly some emergency. I guess we’ll see.

Also, Guaido has no support outside of Washington DC. At least the Shah had been the dictator before. At least Yushchenko lost an election he could pretend that he won. What claim to support does Guaido have? That he’s on the record supporting an American invasion of his country? After 2 1/2 failed coups there in the last 5 months, it is almost impossible to believe that the White House would be willing to try to murder Maduro or launch any kind of military raid there to install this loser in his place. The mob would tear him limb from limb, as they threatened to do to the coup plotters back during failed regime change putsch ’02.

Of course Trump is still a giant, ignorant, incompetent boob. So anything’s possible. But I’m not too worried for now.

 

Medical kidnapping of children by the state

by | May 7, 2019 |

Disagree with your child’s doctor and you may get a visit from a SWAT team.  Child Protection Service, state legislators and the juvenile courts are using federal child protection acts to expand their police powers.  In Arizona members of the judicial system set up a lobbying group called the Arizona Judicial Council.  The group pushes for legislation that will expand the police powers of the judiciary including legislation that, reduces high school graduation standards for foster care children, require all members of a household to undergo background checks before a child can be returned to their parents, another bill to keep children in foster care until they are 21 years old and a bill that would give court security police powers with authority to operate anywhere.

The terror wars are getting old

by | May 7, 2019 |

Guantanamo Bay begins construction on senior care wing.

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA—Saying the expansion would ensure the facility is adequately prepared for upcoming challenges, officials at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp announced Wednesday that they had broken ground on a new geriatric care wing. “Our senior care center will be located immediately adjacent to Camp Delta and will contain all of the essentials our detainee population will need in the years ahead, including easy-access ramps from the confinement block to the exercise yard as well as wall-mounted grab bars and no-slip mats in the shower area,” said Brigadier General Marion Garcia, who added that the facility’s 116 beds and each of its various enhanced interrogation rooms would be located on the ground floor so that inmates will not have to go up or down any stairs when moving about, thereby avoiding unnecessary strains on their joints and helping to prevent falls. “We also plan to mount defibrillators throughout the corridors and in every solitary confinement cell, and make sure that our on-site clinic is stocked with ample stores of hypertension medicines and BPH treatments. As our detainees’ needs change, so will our facility.” Garcia added that the new space would be able to make use of a number of supplies already in the detention camp’s possession, including its stock of feeding tubes and Ensure.

 

The Future of Military Technology is Intense

by | May 6, 2019 |

But the future of the human race is in doubt.

The Science of war is looking more like science fiction.  Technologies that were once confined to the fevered dreams of Hollywood sci-fi directors are becoming commonplace throughout projections of tomorrows military: lasers, railguns, hypersonic missles, and secretive space planes.

Welcome to the wild future of the U.S. military

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