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Jon Stewart on Bush’s Saudi fishing expedition

January 19th, 2008 • magix • 2 comments • Related • Filed Under

Watch this first

Then read this account of the $145B economic stimulus proposed by Bush. Then read how average tax paying Americans subsidize the very wealthy while sticking it to the working stiff.
Then read about the $20B arms deal with the Saudis and remember that US helicopters are being shot down over Iraq and Afghanistan with US made surface to air missiles purchased from the Tamil Tigers with opium money by the Taliban and others from previous US arms deals.
Finally, read Robert Fisk’s excellent perspective on all the above

Taliban rising from the ashes

November 13th, 2007 • magix • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

Asia Times has a two part report on the newly invigorated Taliban preparing to do battle with the Pakistan military. More on this later but read it here and here. Premium poppy crops are funding the purchase of weapons from many sources including surface to air missiles from the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka. Our troops are in harms way and our leadership is failing them.