Rising Danger of War in Asia Pacific: U.S. v. China and North Korea?
National Security Strategy: Now 60% of U.S. Naval ships are in the Pacific
The Mainstream Media’s Unwillingness to Challenge U.S. Militarization, by Melvin Goodman
The simple fact is that mindless militarization is being challenged by neither the Congress nor the media. *** We need to stop bankrolling an American empire abroad and address the needs of education and technology; infrastructure; and public health that are the hallmarks of a successful nation. It will take a profile in courage to start the debate to redefine what true security means and to end the costly spiral of militarization.
Ben Norton: Debt ceiling hypocrisy: U.S. boosts military budget while restricting food stamps for poor
The Debt ceiling bill reflects the bipartisan consensus in Washington: cut social spending to further enrich military contractors. -Stephen Semler
DN!: Obama to Make History with Hiroshima Visit, as U.S. Quietly Upgrades Nuclear Arsenal
Despite the administration’s call for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the United States is pursuing a 30-year, $1 trillion program to modernize its nuclear weapon arsenal by designing bombs with smaller payloads.
Nuclear War if Necessary: An Interview With Frontline Filmmaker, John Pilger
That’s the point I was making, that propaganda always leads to war, and that the world war that has begun is the propaganda war … a kind of censorship by omission. You simply leave out the most salient points of the information that people have, and have a right to. This information shows the utter hypocrisy.
Robert Sheer: The Terror America Wrought
Sheer: Like most of the others killed by the two American bombs, neither the children nor the adults had any role in Japan’s decision to go to war, but they were picked as the target instead of an isolated but fortified military base whose antiaircraft fire posed a higher risk. The target preferred by U.S. atomic scientists—a patch in the ocean or unpopulated terrain—was rejected, because the effect of hundreds of thousands of civilians dying would be all the more dramatic.
Polly Mann: Japan—Can Pacifism Survive in the Pacific?
Today the Japanese government does not specify an enemy when discussing its defense strategy but it makes no secret that it perceives China generally as a threat. By Polly Mann WAMM Newsletter Volume 32, Number 4, Fall I, 2014 On June 30, 2014, several thousand people in Tokyo protested against their government's proposal to allow More
Video> The Sorrows of Empire – Chalmers Johnson
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgnKZ5UgYS0&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by talkingsticktv on Aug 21, 2006 Segment of interview with Chalmers Johnson author of "The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy and the End of the Republic" Watch the full interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDDkNixytd0 WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. You may also subscribe to More