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Obama Deploys US Troops to Iraq as Insurgents Gain Ground

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“Obama has told Congress he will send about 170 of the troops to the U.S. Embassy to secure the scores of Americans still present there. The $700 million fortress is the size of 80 football fields, built to withstand attacks.  Obama is also considering sending in U.S. Special Forces – 100 in all — to help advise Iraqi forces. Those forces, some of which might be sent to Kuwait, could be used for airfield management, security and logistics support, officials said.   If the United States decides to attack, more options are also available. An aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf is capable of launching 40 fighter jets to strike ISIS militants.  Three other ships are also able to launch cruise missiles.”

http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-troops-head-iraq-insurgents-gain-ground/story?id=24169897

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Ron Paul: Haven’t We Already Done Enough Damage in Iraq?

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“Last week the second largest city in Iraq, Mosul, fell to the al-Qaeda allied Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Last week an al-Qaeda that had not been in Iraq before our 2003 invasion threatened to move on the capitol, Baghdad, after it easily over-ran tens of thousands of Iraqi military troops. The same foreign policy ‘experts’ who lied us into the Iraq war are now telling us we must re-invade Iraq to deal with the disaster caused by their invasion! The Obama administration has said no option except for ground troops is off the table to help the Iraqi government in this crisis. However, the administration does not consider Special Forces or the CIA to be ‘boots on the ground.'”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35399/Ron-Paul-Havent-We-Already-Done-Enough-Damage-in-Iraq/

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Iraq in Chaos. A Total Defeat for Bush’s Policies.

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“Trillions of dollars in Americans’ taxes and debts later, Iraq is in a civil war. What do American taxpayers have to show for Bush’s ‘I’m Macho!’ grandstanding? War debts and war dead. Plus this photo.  Stories about Iraq were buried even before Obama pulled out the visible troops. Iraq went down the memory hole.  Mercenaries have stayed behind. In addition, the U.S. government still operates military bases. The U.S. military has insisted that this will not change.  Did the neocons ever say, ‘We were wrong?’ Of course not.  Did they say we should pull out of Afghanistan? Of course not.  Are we going to pull out of Afghanistan? Yes. Every military invader of Afghanistan always has.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2014/06/12/iraq-chaos-total-defeat-bushs-policies-course/

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Obama, In Europe, Announces $1 Billion European Defense Plan

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“The $1 billion security plan [is] intended to demonstrate the United States’ ‘rock-solid commitment’ to stand with Central and Eastern Europe against Russian aggression, but it did not settle nerves rattled by the crisis in neighboring Ukraine.  Arriving here for the start of a four-day swing through Europe certain to be dominated by the continuing tension with Moscow, Mr. Obama announced a program to expand military training, joint exercises and troop rotations while prepositioning equipment in the region to bolster defenses for American allies.  The president’s main goal here in Warsaw was to reassure NATO allies that once were in the Soviet orbit that they could count on American support.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/world/europe/obama-in-europe.html?hp&_r=1

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Ron Paul: The VA Scandal is Just the Tip of the Military Abuse Iceberg

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“The president is right to be upset over the mistreatment of US military veterans, especially those who return home with so many physical and mental injuries. But his outrage over military abuse is selective. He ignores the most egregious abuse of the US armed forces: sending them off to fight, become maimed and die in endless conflicts overseas that have no connection to US national security.  It is ironic that the same week the president condemned the alleged mistreatment of veterans by the VA, he announced that he was sending 80 armed troops to Chad to help look for a group of girls kidnapped by the Nigerian Islamist organization Boko Haram.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35338/Ron-Paul-The-VA-Scandal-is-Just-the-Tip-of-the-Military-Abuse-Iceberg/

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Paul Craig Roberts: Why War Is Inevitable

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“President George W. Bush’s repeal of the Constitution has been expanded by President Obama and codified by Congress and executive orders into law. Far from defending our liberties, our soldiers who died in “the war on terror” died so that the president can indefinitely detain US citizens without due process of law and murder US citizens on suspicion alone without any accountability to law or the Constitution.  The conclusion is unavoidable that America’s wars have not protected our liberty but, instead, destroyed liberty. As Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, ‘A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.'”

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2014/05/25/war-inevitable-paul-craig-roberts/

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US Sends Troops to Chad on Nigerian Schoolgirl Hunt

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“President Obama has informed Congress today that approximately 80 troops have been sent to Chad in a ‘support’ capacity to take part in the search for 276 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.  The troops, mostly Air Force personnel, will handle surveillance flights and drone flights over the area along the Chad-Nigeria border, where the girls are believed to be held.  The Predator drones are now being flown out of the Chad capital of N’Djamena, and officials say the troops maintaining those drones will remain until the kidnapping situation is resolved.  US flights have been scanning the area for 10 days, and have provided no details on what, if anything, they’ve found during that time.”

http://news.antiwar.com/2014/05/21/us-sends-troops-to-chad-on-nigerian-schoolgirl-hunt/

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Obama: We Will Go To War For Other Nations’ Petty Territorial Disputes

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“President Obama, who is in Japan today, has announced that the U.S. defense treaty with Japan applies to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. Japan and China are in dispute over who has sovereignty over the largely uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea, but Obama’s statement, simultaneously meant to reassure Tokyo and threaten Beijing, made clear that the U.S. will go to war against China if the territorial dispute erupts into conflict.  The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands are not a vital U.S. interest. The dispute over them between Japan and China has nothing to do with Americans. But Obama just promised the world he’ll go to war over a bunch of rocks in the East China Sea, if he has to.”

http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/04/24/obama-we-will-go-to-war-for-other-nations-petty-territorial-disputes/

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Could They Really Take Away Your Citizenship?

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“A law proposed in 2010 would revoke the citizenship of individuals – including native-born Americans – deemed to be ‘engaging in, or purposefully or materially supporting, hostilities’ against the United States.  This would spare the Uncle Sam the embarrassment of assassinating his own citizens, although this is now established US policy. The Obama administration admits to killing at least four US citizens in drone strikes, including a 16-year-old boy.  In addition, hundreds of dual nationals traveling outside the US have been stripped of their US passports and have no way to re-enter the US. Under the Obama doctrine, they could be targeted for assassination anytime.”

http://www.nestmann.com/could-they-really-take-away-your-citizenship

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Obama ordered to divulge legal basis for killing Americans with drones

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“The so-called targeted-killing program—in which drones from afar shoot missiles at buildings, cars, and people overseas—began under the George W. Bush administration. The program, which sometimes kills innocent civilians, was broadened under Obama to include the killing of Americans.  Government officials from Obama on down have publicly commented on the program, but they claimed the Office of Legal Counsel’s memo outlining the legal rationale about it was a national security secret. The appeals court, however, said on Monday that officials’ comments about overseas drone attacks means the government has waived its secrecy argument.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/04/obama-ordered-to-divulge-legal-basis-for-killing-americans-with-drones/

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