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Foundation Future of Freedom Foundation
by Michael Swanson

Today the United States is engaged in seemingly winless wars without end in Iraq and Afghanistan and has been engaging in interventions in places such as Libya, which seem to result in nothing but chaos. Libya has descended into civil war and the rise of ISIS is a fallout of the Iraq war. U.S. foreign policy has created a mess, but there seems to be very little debate over the wisdom of engaging in further interventions and wars in the world when it comes to the leaders of the two main political parties or on the television news and commentary channels, where the need for more interventions seems to be taken for granted. It is as if nothing has been learned from the past thirteen years. But this pattern of intervention goes back for decades and much can be learned from studying the past...

http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/militarism-our-civic-religion/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Libya
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bipartisan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=war
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=civil+war
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=interven
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Islamic+State
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michael+Swanson

Don North, Consortium News: The US government and NATO have entered the Brave New World of *strategic communications,* merging psychological operations (psy-ops), propaganda and PR in order to manage the perceptions of Americans and the world s public.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32669-us-nato-embrace-psy-ops-and-info-war



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=US+government
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=NATO
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=propaganda
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=psy-ops
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Don+North,+Consortium+News

By Paul Craig Roberts

America s descent into totalitarian violence is accelerating. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42778.htm



The Bizarre Suicide of the American Empire

By Adam

For individuals like myself, born inside the frontier and soaked in its propaganda, the U.S. seems like A Very Important Thing..

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42774.htm



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=empire
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=totalitar
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=violen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=propaganda
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Craig+Roberts

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: We are killing ourselves with coal, with chemicals, with carelessness and with greed. The people behind all this don t care, and won t care until they are made to. Greed dies hard, even when the rivers have turned to soot and the tap water catches fire.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/32389-greed-dies-hard-in-a-poisoned-land



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=greed
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=William+Rivers+Pitt

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/04/28/national-security-whistleblowers-call-repeal-patriot-act



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=national+security
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=whistleblow
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patriot+Act
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lauren+McCauley

The incident occurred March 20 when the officers responded to a service call at a hotel to help a man who was *down and out,* but instead of helping the man, Greer took another approach.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/report-reveals-officer-turned-cadet-screamed-whos-man-beating-homeless-man-turned-body-cam/



Woman was left scarred for life by cops who 'slammed' her to the ground face-first

Video

Sheehan, who said she s psychologically still recovering from the attack, suffered severe facial injuries and was left bloodied, lying on the ground after the incident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3056168/Megan-Sheehan-left-scarred-life-Oakland-BART-cops-grabbed-arms-slammed-ground-face-uncooperative.html


From Information Clearing House

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Baltimore s Disgrace Is History of Police Violence
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/04/28/baltimores-disgrace-history-police-violence



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=violen
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=police+officer
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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=disgrace
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Belén+Fernández

Scott Klinger, Center for Effective Government: The House of Representatives gave 25 of the nation's billionaires a $334 billion tax break on April 16 when it voted 240-179 to repeal the estate tax. The repeal would allow the nation's wealthiest citizens to pass on all of their enormous wealth to their heirs with no taxes paid.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30463-house-gives-334-billion-tax-break-to-25-richest-americans



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=House+of+Representatives
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=wealth
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=super+rich
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tax+break
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Klinger

Marjorie Cohn, Marjorie Cohn's Blog: Until we stop invading other countries, changing their regimes, torturing and indefinitely detaining their people and supporting other countries that illegally occupy other peoples' lands, we will never be safe from terrorism.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30468-challenging-american-exceptionalism



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=exceptional
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=invad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=regime+change
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=occup
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=detain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tortur
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Marjorie+Cohn

Despite its massive scale and scope, this secret global war across much of the planet is unknown to most Americans.

http://www.thenation.com/article/195409/us-special-forces-are-operating-more-countries-you-can-imagine


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=global+war
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=special+forces

Sarah Macaraeg, Truthout: Nine months after the fatal police shooting of their 14-year-old son, Laura and Pedro Rios Sr. filed a federal civil suit on April 9, alleging Chicago police officers struck Pedro Rios Jr. with their squad car before he was killed.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30152-pedro-rios-jr-civil-suit-chicago-police-struck-14-year-old-with-car-prior-to-fatal-shooting

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Police Propaganda Machine in Action

By Andrew Jerell Jones

*Feared for my life* has become a crutch for law enforcement in cases where an officer has used deadly force.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article41524.htm



Florida Cop Charged For Punching Homeless Man

The Fort Lauderdale police officer who was caught on video slapping a homeless man who wanted to go to the bathroom, is now facing charges for his brutality. The Broward State Attorney's Office just announced that they have charged Officer Victor Ramirez, 34, with two misdemeanor counts of battery as well as one count of falsifying records.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/video-florida-cop-charged-for-slapping-homeless-man/204089/


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=law+enforcement
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