After Obama’s announcement that he was going to ask Congress to vote on a military strike on Syria the world relaxed a little. This article from Global Research, however, suggests we should still be holding our breath since he could decide to go ahead even if Congress vote against him. In that event it remains to be seen what David Cameron, Washington’s very own DC, will do…
A timely reminder from Global Research…
A Century of Lies: The Rationales for Engaging in Foreign Wars, A Century-old White House Tradition.
A shocking story that starkly highlights how we are now living in a world of capitalism-with-the-gloves-off. They don’t even try to justify the callous cruelty of it anymore as this extract shows:-
In a capitalist society, the motive behind the production of food is not to feed people, housing is not made to give them shelter, clothing is not made to keep them warm, and health care is not offered primarily to keep people healthy. All of these things, which are and should be viewed as basic rights, are nothing other than commodities—to be bought and sold—from which to make a profit. If a profit cannot be made, usually due to overproduction in relation to the market, the commodity is considered useless by the capitalist and destroyed.
Read the full story here:-
“American Dream”: Food loaded into Dumpsters while Hundreds of Hungry Americans Restrained by Police.
Another story from Global Research exposes a recent embarrassing mistake by the Daily Mail – they told the truth for once.
Britain’s Daily Mail: U.S. ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria”.