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Even UN Notices Eroding US Human Rights | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/08/04/independent-assessment-human-rights-rapidly-eroding
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. Even UN Notices Eroding US Human Rights. August 4, 2015. Privacy and Human Rights trickling away…. Intro by Stuart Lyle. The article below by Peter Van Buren originally appeared in a July 31, 2015 post to his. In fact, according to a UN study, the self-proclaimed Exceptional Nation ranks with China, Bolivia and Djibouti. Yea us! A United Nations Human Rights Committee. Issued midterm report cards for several countries based on how well th...
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Obama: Lost Down the Rabbit Hole to the Middle East Wonderland | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/27/obama-lost-down-the-rabbit-hole-to-the-middle-east-wonderland
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. Obama: Lost Down the Rabbit Hole to the Middle East Wonderland. July 27, 2015. Obama, like Alice, lost in Wonderland. Alice may have survived her trip down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, but it is an unseemly place for the president of a powerful but feckless nation to venture. Nor is it likely that Obama will emerge unscathed or further enlightened. President Obama seems to have cut a deal. July 27, 2015. In US Foreign Relations. The Ira...
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The Iran Nuclear Deal: What It Really Means | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/28/the-iran-nuclear-deal-what-it-really-means
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. The Iran Nuclear Deal: What It Really Means. July 28, 2015. With Cuba and Iran, perhaps Obama is finally working to earn his peace prize? That kind of estrangement, bordering on the unhinged, is what is changing for the better because of the nuclear deal with Iran, notes Peter Van Buren at TomDispatch.com. In Van Buren’s words:. As Van Buren notes, diplomacy, at least for the time being, was allowed to work. In his words:. Not trust ̵...
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Surprise! Weapons Sales Are Booming | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/30/surprise-weapons-sales-are-booming
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. Weapons Sales Are Booming. July 30, 2015. Send some B-52s to Israel (U.S. Air Force photo). Any optimism that the Iran nuclear deal might slow the momentum of weapons sales to the Middle East has already been strangled in the cradle. Consider the following news item, courtesy of FP: Foreign Policy:. That’s $9 billion in Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) sales, a coup indeed for Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. At least the Patriot SAM is ...
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America’s Wars as Bloated Hollywood Productions | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/02/22/americas-wars-as-bloated-hollywood-productions
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. America’s Wars as Bloated Hollywood Productions. February 22, 2015. Age of Extinction, indeed (Source: Wikipedia). Like so many bloated Hollywood movies nowadays, America’s wars may bomb, but they always produce their own sequels. Look at the latest news from Iraq and Afghanistan. These wars have persisted for more than a decade, with several re-releases to include surges and repeats. The latest from Iraq is preparations to retake. Despit...
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The United States of Militarism | The Contrary Perspective
https://contraryperspective.com/2015/07/23/the-united-states-of-militarism
Provocative views on politics, society, and the state of humanity. The United States of Militarism. July 23, 2015. Waving the flag and wielding a gun: Hey, it’s the USA! Here we are, a century later, in a country that has taken up militarism, a country which is increasingly reactionary, authoritarian, and backward-leaning, a country that leads the world not in innovation for ordinary people as in the days of Edison and Ford, but in weapons exports to the world’s trouble spots. July 23, 2015. 16 thoughts ...