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Iraq war killed 120,000 and cost $800 billion, study estimates

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“At least 116,000 Iraqi civilians and more than 4,800 coalition troops died in Iraq between the outbreak of war in 2003 and the US withdrawal in 2011, researchers estimate. Its involvement in Iraq has so far cost the United States $810 billion (625 billion euros) and could eventually reach $3 trillion, they added.  ‘More than 31,000 US military personnel were injured and a substantial percentage of those deployed suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other neuropsychological disorders and their concomitant psychosocial problems.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/15/iraq-war-killed-120000-and-cost-800-billion-study-estimates/

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France adds Jersey, Bermuda to tax-haven blacklist

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“France has added Jersey, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands to its list of uncooperative tax havens.  The entry gave no reason for the move. According to data compiled by the French government through to August 2011, Jersey and Bermuda had responded to all French requests for information. The British Virgin Islands had responded to 31 out of 41 requests.  Tax has always been a sensitive issue for France, which has among the highest tax takes in the developed world, but President Francois Hollande has been under pressure to regain the initiative after the embarrassing resignation of his budget minister this year over a secret Swiss bank account.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/france-tax-jersey-idUSL6N0GU3PR20130829

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France backs action on Syria as U.S. seeks coalition

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“French President Francois Hollande gave a boost Friday to US hopes of forging an international coalition for possible strikes against Syria after British lawmakers rejected any involvement in military action.  The White House had signalled Thursday that President Barack Obama, guided by the ‘best interests’ of the United States, was ready to go it alone on Syria after deadly chemical weapons attacks last week.  But Russia, the Syrian regime’s most powerful ally, warned any military strikes would ‘deal a serious blow to the entire system of world order’. While Germany and Canada ruled out joining any military strikes, Hollande said the British vote would not affect his government’s stance.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/30/france-backs-action-on-syria-as-u-s-seeks-coalition/

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The Trick to Suppressing Revolution: Keeping Debt/Tax Serfdom Bearable

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“In a way, a belief in the value, transparency, trust and reciprocity of the System is like a religious belief. The converts, the true believers, are the ones who work like crazy for the company or the service. And when the veil of illusion is tugged from their eyes, then the Believer does a reversal, and becomes a devout non-believer in the System. He or she drops out, moves to a lower position, or ‘retires’ to some lower level of employment. At what point do people choose to opt out of debt/tax-serfdom? What triggers their decision to renounce debt, go off the financial grid, and escape serfdom by fashioning a low-cost lifestyle in the cash economy?”

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.de/2013/05/the-trick-to-suppressing-revolution.html

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The Empire’s Next Effort to Extract Your Wealth

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“Since before the tech bust, we’ve been suggesting that while Americans ‘think’ they’re getting richer… they’re actually heading in the other direction. They’re getting poorer. This proposition has been easier for folks to entertain since housing busted and the financial crisis reversed the “wealth effect” in 2008. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the logic of the American Empire and what you can expect in the year(s) ahead.”

http://dailyreckoning.com/the-empires-next-effort-to-extract-your-wealth/

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Why Conservatives Accept High Taxes, the Federal Reserve System, and Fiat Money

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“The alliance between the modern welfare state and the modern warfare state is based on the legitimacy of an ever-growing federal government:  an ever-growing federal deficit, ever-increasing tax rates, and the permanence of the Federal Reserve. The liberals do not want to change the prevailing political system, and neither do the conservatives. The liberals want their welfare checks to go out, and so to the conservatives. The liberals want to push foreign nations around, and so to the conservatives. This is why taxes will not go down, the Federal Reserve will not be abolished, and the gold coin standard will not be re-established until such time as the Great Default bankrupts the federal government.”

http://www.garynorth.com/public/10910.cfm

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Sibel Edmonds Explains Who’s At The Top Of The Pyramid

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Sibel Edmonds Explains Who’s At The Top Of The Pyramid

“In this sixth part of the ongoing Sibel Edmonds Gladio B conversation, we ask the question: Who is at the top of the pyramid. We look beyond the usual suspects and follow the money back to the industries and lobbies whose existence depends on the perpetuation of boogeymen enemies.”

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Our American Dream Has Become The World’s Nightmare.

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“Shortly after the 2003 intervention into Iraq I remember viewing a TV interview with Noam Chomsky where he compared America’s pre-emptive actions there with Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939. At the time I thought his language was over-the-top and quite disingenuous. America was not National Socialist Germany. But Chomsky was precisely and prophetically correct. Everything from the time of 9/11 has been propelling the United States into an authoritarian fascist state. Our American dream has become the world’s nightmare.  Where other nations once viewed us with emulation and envy, now it is with fear, loathing, and revulsion. We have become what our parents fought WWII against.”

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/134211.html

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Why Is the U.S. Destabilizing One Country After Another?

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“[..] Sixth, the military-industrial complex and its lobbies on the Hill thrive on the profits, the work of war, the advancements, and the demand for their services that instability brings. The DHS thrives on an atmopshere of war and fear. Members of Congress thrive on making speeches about promoting rights and democracy, even though they are promoting war, instability, refugees and death. The State Department appears to have abandoned diplomacy and become subservient to the neocon influences. Seventh, the U.S. has a ready-made pro-war interest group in many churches. [..]”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/why-is-the-u-s-destabilizing-one-country-after-another/

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How Empires Fall

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“Rome didn’t fall so much as erode away, its many strengths squandered on in-fighting, mismanagement and personal aggrandizement/corruption. More telling for the present is Goldsworthy’s identification of expansive, sclerotic bureaucracies that lost sight of their purpose. The top leadership abandoned the pursuit of the common good for personal gain, wealth and power. This rot at the top soon spread down the chain of command to infect and corrupt the entire institutional culture.  As the empire shrank and lost tax revenues, the Imperial bureaucracies continued growing, much as parasites attach themselves to a weakened host.”

http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.de/2013/04/how-empires-fall.html

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