At least according to a US General, that is:

“Ultimately it comes down to the free flow of goods and resources on which the prosperity of our own nation and everybody else in the world depend.”

It’s almost a relief to hear one of them say it out loud. But not really.

Link ‘liberated for democracy’ from Metafilter.

Sick and tired of seeing your favourite comic books converted into Hollywood movies and being butchered in the process? Continue reading “A for Alan”

We’ve talked on VCTB a few times before about Iran’s supposed nuclear capabilities and her ‘ambitions to enhance them’. Recently there has been a lot of ‘leaked info’, that supposedly blows the whistle on these dastardly people trying to usher in the end of the world within the space of a month or two. A ’smoking gun’, to coin a phrase. Continue reading “More on Iran’s “nuclear ambitions”…”

They want nukes, y’know. That’s what we keep being told, despite protestations from a nation in no position to lie, thanks to the might of the West breathing down their necks. Continue reading “Smoke and Mirrors…the real reason the US are setting Iran up for a fall”

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall. Continue reading “Crichton/Dubya story gathers momentum”

It’s a weird world we live in, isn’t it? Continue reading “Rumsfeld wants more propaganda”

Had to happen eventually. Continue reading “MSM picks up the Crichton/Dubya story”

Chris Mooney at the Intersection follows up the earlier rumours about there being a mention of a meeting between Dubya and ‘award-winning journalist’ / technophobic-thriller author Michael Crichton. Continue reading “More on that Bush/Crichton meeting”

Oooooh, this Crichton business is starting to heat up. Continue reading “More on Crichton…did he meet with Dubya?”

Surely not…but a post at PhysOrg.net would appear to support this ‘crazy’ idea. Continue reading “US Middle East Policy based on outdated fears?”