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Masters Of War

Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks. You that never done nothin' But build to destroy You play with my world Like it's your little toy You put a gun in my hand And you hide from my eyes And you turn and run farther When the fast bullets fly. Like Judas of old You lie and deceive A world war can be won You want me to believe But I see through your eyes And I see through your brain Like I see through the water That runs down my drain. You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire Then you set back and watch When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion' As young people's blood Flows out of their bodies And is buried in the mud. You've thrown the worst fear That can ever be hurled Fear to bring children Into the world For threatening my baby Unborn and unnamed You ain't worth the blood That runs in your veins. How much do I know To talk out of turn You might say that I'm young You might say I'm unlearned But there's one thing I know Though I'm younger than you That even Jesus would never Forgive what you do. Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you will find When your death takes its toll All the money you made Will never buy back your soul. And I hope that you die And your death'll come soon I will follow your casket In the pale afternoon And I'll watch while you're lowered Down to your deathbed And I'll stand over your grave 'Til I'm sure that you're dead.------- Bob Dylan 1963

Monday, January 30, 2012

Warfare For Cowards

'The ancient Greeks, unlike the Jews or the Christians, invested their gods with human failings. Divine judgement, they believed, was neither flawless nor dispassionate; it was warped by lust, vengeance and self-interest. In the hands of Zeus, the thunderbolt was both an instrument of justice and a weapon of jealousy and revenge.Those now dispensing judgement from on high are not gods, though they must feel like it. The people striking mortals down with drones are doubtless as capable as anyone else of self-deception, denial and cognitive illusions. More so perhaps, as the eminent fictions of the Bush years and the growing delusions of Obama suggest.'

Fully referenced article by George Monbiot here.

Afghanistan Exit - Operation Forked Tongue

'But in an apparent response to France's call for a speedier NATO exit from Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday this meant that "from mid-2013 we will start the final transition of provinces and districts to lead Afghan responsibility."'

Based on NATO statement track records this, whatever it means and whatever part of NATO you care to believe, can be immediately discounted. Full story (fiction alert).

Hazing Deaths - Call For Proper Investigations

100,000 Pakistanis In Anti-Drone Protest

“We are not the enemies of the people of the West and the United States, but we reject the Americans’ attitude by which they always demand of a servile obedience from us,” JUI leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman told the crowd in Pakistan’s financial capital.
… “Movements like Occupy Wall Street are just the beginning of the end of the imperialism of America and its Western allies,” he [Rehman] said.
“We are being forced to become extremists. When you and your religion are humiliated in Guantanamo Bay detention centre and your children are being crushed under tanks, then what the victims will ultimately do? They’ll counter your extremism with extremism.” Link.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Immortal

RZ is temporarily hors de combat due to continuing technical difficulties probably connected to solar flares. This is for him with wishes of a speedy return. The great Ustad:

'He practiced for 18 hours a day, even on his deathbed he was thinking only of his music. He was a great man and a great soul and it shows in his music. You all talk of his greatness but to him he was just a beginner in music, he used to say that he knew nothing. This is how great he is, he could not see his own greatness and only the greatness of the music and maata sarasvati.' LINK.

Iran To Cut Oil To Certain EU Countries

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi has announced that Iran will cut oil exports to certain European countries in the near future in response to the recent oil embargo on the country.
The EU formally imposed an oil embargo on Iran and agreed to a freeze on the assets of the Central Bank of Iran on Monday, but existing contracts will be honored until July 1.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Qasemi said, “According to the Oil Ministry’s future plans, we will cut our exports to certain countries.”
“Less than 20 percent of Iran’s oil exports are destined for Europe,” he said, adding that the sanctions will take their toll on the European people and will not create a problem for Iran’s oil exports even if exports to Europe are halted.
The Iranian parliament is discussing a plan calling for a halt to Iran’s oil exports to the European countries that voted for sanctions on its oil industry.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

George H.W. and Jeb Bush Pay Obama an Unscheduled Visit - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

George H.W. and Jeb Bush Pay Obama an Unscheduled Visit - Politics - The Atlantic Wire
NUFF SAID.
What the EFF were they talking about?
They are all one happy family.
Jeb will be coming out soon.
His grooming is still in progress.
O must be getting a few pointers [orders] from Papa.

Flickr/White House

George H.W. and Jeb Bush Pay Obama an Unscheduled Visit - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

Wall Street execs are major Obama fundraisers - Contraception - Salon.com

Barack Obama (Credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Youth in Seoul search for a break

Over educated - under skilled.

China gifts the African Union with a home

David Stockman Interview On Crony Capitalism and the History of Bailouts

David Stockman on Crony Capitalism from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.

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Hekmatyar's never-ending Afghan war by MUJIB MASHAL

Hekmatyar's whereabouts remain uknown after he was expelled from Iran in 2002 [AP]

The year was 1985. In the heat of the CIA-backed Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, a delegation of Afghan resistance leaders met with US President Ronald Reagan in the While House, where they were declared the "moral equivalent" to the founding fathers of the United States.

But one prominent visiting commander, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, refused to see the US president, despite reportedly receiving a hefty share of the roughly $200m that the CIA funnelled annually to Afghan guerrillas for defeating the invading Red Army.

Hekmatyar's war never ended, as today, almost four decades later, he fights the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, probably with some of the same weapons that US tax dollars paid for. To many, he epitomises the short-sighted alliances of the US, siding with unreliable figures who, even during their cooperation, openly expressed their dislike for the US world view.

"Known for his Russian killing," as one analyst put it, Hekmatyar instead went on a speaking tour, addressing crowds - of mostly Afghan refugees - in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.