RSN: America Is the World Leader at Committing 'Supreme International Crimes'

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FOCUS: Noam Chomsky | America Is the World Leader at Committing 'Supreme International Crimes'

Noam Chomsky, AlterNet
Chomsky writes: "The U.S.-U.K. invasion of Iraq was a textbook example of aggression. Apologists invoke noble intentions, which would be irrelevant even if the pleas were sustainable."
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RSN: Obama at a Crossroad of War or Peace

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FOCUS: Robert Parry | Obama at a Crossroad of War or Peace

Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The dramatic spread of Sunni extremism into the heart of Iraq may force President Obama to finally make a choice between simply extending a slightly less violent Bush Doctrine and charting his own innovative course in the name of peace."
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RSN: Ohio: Poster Child for Mindless Global Self-Destruction

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William Boardman | Ohio: Poster Child for Mindless Global Self-Destruction

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "John Kasich is a smart guy who knows better than to be an overt serial killer, so, as governor of Ohio, he joins with others who prefer to do their mass killing by stealth, maybe spread the carnage out over future generations who will be unable to hold the Kasiches and the ALECS of this world to account."
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Lone Star Crazy: How Right-Wing Extremists Took Over Texas
Mark Binelli, Rolling Stone
Binelli writes: "After nearly six years of pumping out cynical horror stories involving our nefarious president and a Washington bureaucracy run amok, the right-wing fear machine has managed to reduce its target audience to a quivering state of waking nightmare, jumping at shadows."
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Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Released From Jail After Two Months
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine reports: "Cecily McMillan, the Occupy Wall Street activist who was imprisoned for assaulting a police officer, was released on Wednesday after spending eight weeks at New York's Rikers Island jail."
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Obama Escalation Raises Specter of Iraq 'Mission Creep'
Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams
McCauley writes: "As the number of American troops sent to Iraq nearly doubled on Monday and the White House continues to flex its executive privilege to make unilateral military decisions, citizens and lawmakers alike are raising concerns and objections over the escalating American presence in the country, asking: Are we nearing 'mission creep?'"
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US Discloses Secret Somalia Military Presence
Phil Stewart, Reuters
Stewart reports: "U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab."
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Dr. David Suzuki | Save the Bees, Ban Neonic Pesticides
Dr. David Suzuki, EcoWatch
Suzuki writes: "Bees may be small, but they play a big role in human health and survival. Some experts say one of every three bites of food we eat depends on them."
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