Free Talk Live - War

How the US public was defrauded by the hidden cost of the Iraq war

davidfordhere — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:37:27 +0000

"When the US invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration estimated that it would cost $50-60bn to overthrow Saddam Hussein and establish a functioning government. This estimate was catastrophically wrong: the war in Iraq has cost $823.2bn between 2003 and 2011. Some estimates suggesting that it may eventually cost as much as $3.7tn when factoring in the long-term costs of caring for the wounded and the families of those killed."

Bradley Manning Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

snowdog2012 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:51:21 +0000

Names put forward this year include Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private who has admitted sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secrecy-busting website WikiLeaks and 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, an education activist who was shot in the head by Taliban militants while on her way home from school in Pakistan.

Blowback: 92% of Pakistanis now disapprove of America

BLibertarian — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:08:42 +0000

A long term Gallup poll recently measured Pakistans disapproval of United States' leadership at 92%, with only a 4% approval. The lowest approval ever measured in the country by Gallup.

And it is no wonder why, if you are paying attention.

Obama only wants military leaders who 'will fire on U.S. citizens'

Freedomcam.net — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 06:51:25 +0000

“The new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens or not.” Those who will not are being removed.

Bomb, drone attack kill 16 people in Pakistan

seejase — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:03:27 +0000

President Barack Obama ramped up drone strikes in Pakistan when he took office in 2009. There were 53 attacks that year, more than in the previous five years combined. Many Pakistanis oppose the attacks because they believe they mostly kill civilians, an allegation denied by the U.S. Independent research indicates that a majority of those killed are militants, but civilian casualties also occur.

Did We Just Kill a Kid?: A Drone Operator’s Story

Deslock Darkstar — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:26:57 +0000

Bryant saw a flash on the screen: the explosion. Parts of the building collapsed. The child had disappeared. Bryant had a sick feeling in his stomach. “Did we just kill a kid?” he asked the man sitting next to him. “Yeah, I guess that was a kid,” the pilot replied. “Was that a kid?” they wrote into a chat window on the monitor. Then, someone they didn’t know answered, someone sitting in a military command center somewhere in the world who had observed their attack. “No. That was a dog,” the person wrote. They reviewed the scene on video. A dog on two legs?

Central Banking and War

kodgis — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:20:19 +0000

Central banking makes longer, more destructive wars possible, by obfuscating the cost of war through inflation. Without central banks, total war might not be possible, and would be far less likely.

Rand Paul stands alone against Senate's 'preemptive war'

FTL_Mark — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:05:18 +0000

The US Senate voted 90-1 early Saturday on a non-binding resolution to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Voting against the resolution was Sen. Rand Paul, arguing that the bill was a de-facto declaration of war.

Douche or Turd?

phonon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:08:54 +0000

A big fat turd or a giant douche! Which do you like best?