http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/policy?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "policy" on Netvouz http://www.populistamerica.com/nam_war_raq_war Many people who observe current events in the United States and overseas have said, "We are fighting the Vietnam war all over again." As many military experts have noted, Iraq is not precisely Vietnam. But there are significant similarities. Clearly, some people did not learn from it. populist Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:46:24 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/an_explosively_penetrated_quagmire The coalition of the willing is paving way for the unilateralism of the brave. populist Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:42:27 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/candidate_hillary_does_iraq Hillary believes that "the President should abandon his escalation of the war." She chooses not to say "his" war because it could not have been "his" war without the help of people like "her." populist Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:12:40 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/easter_surprise_attack_on_iran_new_9_11_or_worse The Bush administration's message to its enemies has been very clear: if you possess WMD you're safe, and if you don't, you're fair game. Iraq had no nuclear weapons and was invaded, Iran doesn't as well and risks attack, yet that other "Axis of Evil" country, North Korea, reportedly does have nuclear weapons and is left alone. populist Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:42:35 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/how_quickly_we_forget It would seem to me that somewhere in this history should be a learning experience. What is happening in the world today is not working. We are destroying the planet through greed, and terror. We are recognizing no laws but force. Human beings are reduced to statistics, and the statistics are buried to be forgotten. populist Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:31:05 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_crisis_of_the_american_republic_part_iii The US Republic has yet to collapse, but an imperial presidency now places great strain on it with a dominant Pentagon and culture of militarism undermining Congress, the courts and our civil liberties. populist Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:06:08 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_crisis_of_the_american_republic_part_ii The Founders invented a system of constitutionally mandated republican government with a federal authority sharing power with the states and three separate branches in Washington - able to check and balance each other with the single most important power put in the hands of Congress so presidents would never have it - the ability to declare war. populist Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:34:18 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/militarism_mayhem_and_the_pursuit_of_profit The difference between what U.S. citizens think their rulers are doing in the world and what these rulers actually are doing is one of the great propaganda achievements of history. In reality, the overriding goal of U.S. policy is to make the world ever safer and more profitable for the Fortune 500 and international finance capital. populist Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:35:15 GMT http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/07/01/sanctions-are-preferable-to-war/ You hear this sort of thing all the time in American foreign policy discussions, even from liberals who sincerely want to avoid war. And it has a whiff of reasonableness to it, in that strangulation may be preferable to being shot in the forehead. After all, while death in the latter case would likely be instant, strangulation is gradual which may give the victim time to comply with the aggressor demands. populist Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:18:41 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/the_v_and_the_t_words Like the Iraq War, terrorism was a real phenomenon in the Vietnam War. However, it was never offered as its raison d'etre populist Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:07:28 GMT