War in the Caucasus: Dispelling the lies

Our editors have lined up a great set of materials from a variety of authors, including our own staff, to shed light on the real causes for this unnecessary tragedy. As usual, US foreign policy distinguishes itself for its criminal hypocrisy and wanton disregard for the right to peace of all peoples, including our own.

More ruminations on the Russo-Georgian war / John Steppling
August 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
“Sadly, the hawkish posture seems compulsory for any US politician, and whether it’s Obama or McCain or Bush or Lieberman or Rice or Biden, the language is the same, and the madness the same…” CLICK HERE

All the Propaganda That’s Fit to Print: The New York Times, Again, Tells It Like It Ain’t ‘ Sean M. Madden Can even the New York Times, propaganda-arm-extraordinaire, print this with a straight face? Bush –the million-plus-mass-murderer from Connecticut, I mean Crawford — is pointing out to Russia that it is risking its place in the “the diplomatic, political, economic and security structures of the 21st century,” by which he can only mean the New World Order, the very nature of which the world’s citizens have observed throughout the Bush years (I and II) is nothing if not diabolical.’ CLICK HERE

The Neocons Do Georgia / Paul Craig Roberts // That such evil people have control over the United States government and media damns the American public for eternity ...August 18th, 2008 CLICK HERE

Georgia On My Mind / Con Hallinan
August 17th, 2008 It is important to keep in mind the deep paranoia—a state of mind well founded in historical experience—that the Russians have over their borders. Those borders have been violated by Napoleon, and by Germany in both WW I, and WW II. In the later conflict, the Russians lost 27 million people. CLICK HERE

This is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression / Seumas Milne
August 15th, 2008 “War in the Caucasus is as much the product of an American imperial drive as local conflicts. It’s likely to be a taste of things to come…” CLICK HERE

INVENTING YOUR OWN HISTORY AS IT HAPPENS / JOHN STEPPLING
August 12th, 2008 · "THE NEW CONFLICT ALONG THE RUSSIAN BORDER suggests direct US support and perhaps even planning. But who knows to what extent. What is significant is the narrative being imposed on this event by western corporate media." CLICK HERE

Given the importance of this topic, more articles will be posted soon amplifying the existing materials. Please visit often and don't believe for a moment what the corporate media are telling you.