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By Charley Reese on June 11, 2008
Charley Reese poses some interesting questions with surprising answers
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Charley Reese on May 28, 2008
Iran fought a long, grueling war with Iraq, and I think what they want more than anything else is a little peace and prosperity. But I think they are worried about Bush, McCain and Israel, and I don’t blame them
Posted in Iran
By Charley Reese on July 22, 2007
Why accusations of “Anti-Semitism” against those who criticise Israel and its policies sound increasingly hollow
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Charley Reese on November 26, 2006
The real goal of the Iraq invasion has already been accomplished, writes Charley Reese. The actual objective was probably to half-destroy the country and create chaos: thus preparing the way for a new order in the Middle East to emerge out of that chaos
Posted in Iraq
By Charley Reese on February 21, 2006
The Bush administration has three goals in the Middle East. Firstly, to replace the present Syrian government with one more pliable to Israeli interests. Secondly, to build 4 permanent military bases in Iraq. Third, to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Charley Reese on January 4, 2006
With President Bush trying to persuade America that the war in Iraq is being won, it’s a good idea to go back to the basics and look at the pluses and minuses of this war
Posted in Iraq
By Charley Reese on August 24, 2005
As I watched the extensive, plainly sympathetic coverage of Jewish settlers being evicted from their Gaza homes, I couldn’t help but take note once again of the striking double standard applied by American news media as well as the U.S. government
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Charley Reese on August 12, 2005
Like the Vietcong before them, Iraqi insurgents know that even if they don’t win any conventional battles, in the long run they will still be there when US occupation forces are long gone
Posted in Iraq
By Charley Reese on December 13, 2004
George Bush is a master of deceit, or at least self-deceit, writes Charley Reese. As he sees a warlord-ruled, heroin-supplying Afghanistan as a triumph of democracy even though the president is holed up in a fortified palace surrounded by foriegn guards
Posted in "The War on Terror"
By Charley Reese on November 2, 2004
Regarding the situation currently unfolding in Iraq, Charley Reese writes: It would profit us to think about how the Vietnamese communists managed to win the war while losing every battle
Posted in Iraq
By Charley Reese on October 13, 2004
It is time for Americans to recognize that Israel’s interests are in direct conflict with America’s interests, writes Charley Reese
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Charley Reese on September 15, 2004
American politicians and much of the media seem to be terrified by the Israeli lobby, which says more about their cowardice than it does about the power of the lobby itself
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Charley Reese on September 6, 2004
If you want to win in the ‘War Against Terror’, you not only have to kill the terrorists, you have to have to correct the situation that made them resort to terror in the first place, writes Charley Reese
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Charley Reese on August 16, 2004
Charley Reese on why a Victorian writer who once extolled the virtues of Empire, is more pertinent now than ever before
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Charley Reese on July 10, 2004
In Afghanistan, the Taliban came to power as reformers, driving out the warlords, who were corrupt and brutal. We, of course, have brought the warlords back to power, and Afghanistan is now once again one of the world’s greatest sources for opium
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Charley Reese on June 29, 2004
In these Orwellian times, governments and corporations go to extraordinary lengths to disguise reality.
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Charley Reese on June 29, 2004
The most frustrating type of person to deal with is the militantly ignorant. I say “militantly” ignorant because we are all ignorant of some subjects. There is too much knowledge for one person to absorb, but the difference between the intelligent person and the ignoramus is that the intelligent person remains open to learning. The [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Charley Reese on June 29, 2004
Monday October 14 2002 There is a certain poem by Rudyard Kipling. I can’t quote it exactly, but the relevant two lines are something like “When they ask why they died, tell them it was because their fathers lied.”* Kipling’s son died on his 18th birthday in World War I. I believe the bitter little [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous