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Astore writes: "We desperately need to encourage informed critics and skeptics within the military and the Complex to speak their minds in a way that moves the national needle away from incessant bombing and perpetual war." 
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CounterCurrents: As UK Lackeys Or US Lackeys Australians Have Invaded 85 Countries (British 193, French 80, US 70)

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Uphold Rule Of Law, Peace And Harmony; Demands Conference Of The Catholic Bishops Of India
Press Release

http://www.countercurrents.org/pr090215.htm

140 Bishops from across the country attending the 27th Plenary Assembly of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) during February 3–9 in Bangalore, India, expressed their deep anguish and concern over increasing threats to peace and communal harmony in India. They said,it is high time for the Government - that has the bounden duty of protecting its citizens and their rights - to enforce the rule of law and curb the belligerence of the outfits defiling peace and communal harmony in the nation


Obama's Provocative Remarks At The National Prayer Breakfast
By Abdus Sattar Ghazali

http://www.countercurrents.org/ghazali090215.htm

President Obama personally added a reference to the Crusades in his speech this week at the National Prayer Breakfast hoping to add context and nuance to his condemnation of Islamic terrorists by noting that people also committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ, the New York Times quoted presidential aides as saying on Friday. The White House has defended President Obama's remarks after he was widely lambasted by conservatives for bringing up acts done in Christianity's name amid a discussion of modern-day terrorist threats, The Hill reported


New Video Evidence Of America's Coup In Ukraine — And What It Means
By Eric Zuesse

http://www.countercurrents.org/zuesse090215.htm

New video evidence has been added to the already-conclusive video evidence which shows that the U.S. Government was the controlling power behind the extremely violent and illegal 18-27 February 2014 Ukrainian coup, which overthrew the democratically elected and never legally removed-from-power Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych


As UK Lackeys Or US Lackeys Australians Have Invaded
85 Countries (British 193, French 80, US 70)
By Dr Gideon Polya

http://www.countercurrents.org/polya090215.htm

As UK lackeys or US lackeys Australians have invaded 85 countries as compared to the British 193, France, 80, the US 70 and Apartheid Israel 12. History ignored yields history repeated and look-the-other-way Australia is consequently now into its Seventh Iraq War of the last 100 years


Burying Vietnam, Launching Perpetual War: How Thanking The Veteran
Meant Ignoring What Happened
By Christian Appy

http://www.countercurrents.org/appy090215.htm

From the Vietnam War, the Pentagon and its apologists learned fundamental lessons about how to burnish, bend, and bury the truth. The results have been devastating. The fashioning of a bogus American tragedy from a real Vietnamese one has paved the way for so many more such tragedies, from Afghanistan to Iraq, Pakistan to Yemen, and -- if history is any guide -- an unknown one still emerging, no doubt from another of those 133 countries


The Rise Of The Islamic State - ISIS And The New Sunni Revolution
Book Review By Jim Miles

http://www.countercurrents.org/miles090215.htm

In clear concise language and format, Patrick Cockburn presents a more realistic story of the rise of ISIS in his latest work, The Rise of the Islamic State. Rather than being a sudden event, it is seen to be a logical progression of events backgrounded by the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan


Don't Trust The US, Says Fidel
By Farooque Chowdhury

http://www.countercurrents.org/chowdhury090215.htm

Amidst weeks of mainstream media-gossip about Fidel the world again heard the voice: “I do not trust the policy of the United States, nor have I exchanged one word with them …”


Cuba Is Hot
By David Swanson

http://www.countercurrents.org/swanson090215.htm

The buildings, the cars, the sidewalks look as if time stopped in 1959. But did Cuba choose to stop time on purpose? Or to stop it in certain ways? Or is it something one is not supposed to say or think? We'll be meeting with many Cubans in the coming week, those the government perhaps wants us to meet and those it perhaps doesn't


America's Counter-Terrorism Culture
By Jon V Kofas

http://www.countercurrents.org/kofas090215.htm

The core issue of my article was really very simple: Can a society with counterterrorism as a core political and cultural value widely practiced be democratic, given that counterterrorism necessarily leads toward undemocratic practices at home and abroad? Moreover, even if we accept counterterrorism as a necessary evil, has it been effective inn the last 15 years? Studies show that terrorism has been rising not declining, while the political and economic costs to society have been immense


Deworm To Not Lose Gains Made On Child Health And Nutrition
By Bobby Ramakant

http://www.countercurrents.org/ramakant090215.htm

Government of India is observing National Deworming Day on 10th February to control infections in children caused by Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) or intestinal worms, which are among the most common infections worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 are at risk of STH infection in India. These worms live in human intestines and consume nutrients meant for the human body

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Forbes released its annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans on Monday. They’re worth a combined $2.29 trillion (up $270 billion from last year) – a 13 percent increase. These billionaires now own more wealth than the bottom half of America – over 150 million people. Meanwhile, while the very rich become richer, most Americans have become poorer. Median family income has declined by almost $5,000 since 1999 and over half of the American people have less than $10,000 in savings. Among the very richest Americans are the Koch Brothers – worth $84 billion. Abetted by the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, the Koch Brothers are now pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into political campaigns to elect candidates who will gut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and federal aid to education. “We need to stand up for working families of America and take on the billionaire class,” Bernie said in an interview with Thomas Frank for Salon. Read Salon Perpetual War Worried that the United States could “once again be involved in a quagmire, in perpetual warfare” in the Mideast, Bernie is making the case for Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to play a greater role battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). He called the terrorist organization “brutal and dangerous,” but strongly disagreed with Republican House Speaker Boehner’s suggestion that the U.S. may have “no choice” but to deploy ground troops in Syria. Citing the fact that Saudi Arabia is the fourth largest defense spender in the world, Bernie said, “I'll be damned if kids in Vermont, or taxpayers in Vermont, will have to defend the royal Saudi family which is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.” Are you more concerned that the U.S. will get too involved in the situation in Iraq and Syria or not do enough to stop terrorists? Take the poll Watch CNN Must Reads Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone The Pay Gap between CEOs and Workers Is Much Worse than You Realize Roberto Ferdman for The Washington Post America Has More Low-Paying Jobs Than Any Other Developed Country Kevin Short for The Huffington Post