by Daniel C. Maguire
Religion Dispatches Magazine
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/5857/
Rejecting War Crime Rationales
by Gary G. Kohls, Every Church a Peace Church, 5/1/12
Or, why is it that “Christians” support war? Or “What did you do during the war, Grandpa?” With stinging quote from Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy presentation 20 years ago (Aug. 9, 1992) at Auschwitz
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/05/01/rejecting-war-crime-rationales/
Student Petition Protests Commencement Speaker (John O. Brennan)
By Emily Arata, The Fordham Ram, March 28, 2012
John Brennan’s Selection as Fordham’s 167th Commencement Speaker: Stand Against This Outrage Initiated by Fordham students Michael Pappas and Scott McDonald http://www.change.org/petitions/john-brennan-s-selection-as-fordham-s-167th-commencement-speaker-stand-against-this-outrage
We ask that Fordham University choose an alternative commencement speaker Initiated by students at Fordham campus at Lincoln Center http://www.change.org/petitions/fordham-university-students-we-ask-that-fordham-university-choose-an-alternative-commencement-speaker
OTHER ARTICLE SPECIFIC TO FORDHAM
IRAN: WILL ISRAEL ATTACK BEFORE U.S. ELECTION?
Netanyahu v Obama: What Next?
http://www.alanhart.net/netanyahu-v-obama-what-next/
This article by one of the most experienced and credible specialists on the Middle East is six months old. It was just brought to my attention; it is the best I’ve seen on the issue.
I think Alan Hart has it right. And that is precisely why all steps should be taken to prevent a “false-flag” incident from getting us involved in a war with Iran.
At very least, the U.S. Navy and its Iranian counterpart need to be able to communicate directly with each other. A Pentagon proposal to enable this has been hung up in the Senate for over two months, apparently by senior Senators who look favorably, or at least with equanimity, at the prospect of war with Iran.
Vietnam: Nixon’s ‘Treason’ Squanders More Lives, by Robert Parry
Real Investigative Journalism; Not Hard to Visualize Similar Ploy as November Nears!
US Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb
Four Saturdays ago, the NY Times had a fact-based, page-one report on what U.S. Intelligence has been saying since 2007 about the (non-existent since 2003) Iranian nuclear WEAPONS program. The article’s appearance was a shock. Cynics dismiss it as a CYA operation, enabling the Times to dig out the article after the fact (of all hell breaking loose with Iran and still no sign of an active nuclear weapons effort there), and represent it as evidence that the Times had it right all along. We should, I suppose, be thankful for small favors. The Times avoided such precautions prior to the attack on Iraq….no doubt because it was going to be a “cakewalk,” remember?
No War on Iran: Memorandum for the President from Veterans for Peace on Washington’s 280th birthday
http://consortiumnews.com/2012/02/22/need-to-talk-sense-to-netanyahu/
An attempt to address the debilitating calcium deficit in the backbone of President Barack Obama — from Veterans for Peace (of which Ray is proud to be a member).