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Afghan democracy postponed in an orgy of hypocrisy

November 3, 2009 – 1:43 pm

Thus predicted this outcome so long ago and so many times that I can scarcely be bothered to highlight our previous posts. Yet the grotesque reality of the US, Britain, NATO and especially the UN rewarding endemic fraud, corruption and weak government by a second term, all enacted under the banner of democracy, surpasses all [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Development, Global security, Insurgency, citizens' rights, democracy, ethnic cleansing | Comments (0)

Ashraf Ghani runs for Afghan Presidency on anti-corruption ticket

June 28, 2009 – 11:53 pm

Afghanistan could become Obama’s Vietnam, if it isn’t already. Al Qaida, the Taliban and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse have never been in ruder health. By John J Kelly.

Drone bombing insurgents, much less civilians, will not win the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan, which has now spread to Pakistan, enabling the possibility of a [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Development, Global security, Insurgency, Law and order, Middle East, US Politics, United Nations, War on Terror, democracy, human rights abuse | Tagged Afghan elections August 2009, Afghanistan, Afghanistan could become Obama's Vietnam, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Former Pakistani SIS head, fundamentalism, Hameed karzai, Iraq, Lt-Gen (rtd) Hameed Gul, Mahdi Army, Obama, Osama Bin laden, Pakistan, Pashtun, Russians in Afghanistan, Taleban, US Middle East policy, War on Terror | Comments (0)

We have ways of making you talk, Mr Blair

June 21, 2009 – 2:35 pm

It used to be difficult to shut Tony Blair up, especially on the subject of Iraq. Remember his epic war speech to Parliament, when the phrase ‘weapons of mass destruction’ was repeated more than 15 times? Now he only speaks for $400,000 a pop to neocons or lectures the Pope on theology. He might yet [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Global security, Insurgency, Iraq, Middle East, Policy, Political spin, Spin doctors, Totalitarian drift, UK politics, War on Terror, citizens' rights, miscarriage of justice | Tagged (Sir) John Chilcot, Add new tag, Alastair Campbell, Basra, Blair, Blair's 1999 Chicago 'Humanitarian Intervention' speech, Butler enquiry, by John J Kelly, David Miliband, Dodgy Dossier, General Sir Richard Dannatt, Gordon Brown, in the interests of national security, International Criminal Court at the Hague, Iraq War, Iraq War enquiry, John Scarlett, M16, Mossad, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Thus Magazine, weapons of mass destruction, Yellow Cake Nigerian uranium | Comments (0)

Do as we say, not as we do, the new model of Democracy Inc.

June 20, 2009 – 6:28 am

Not long ago, in a country far away, the world held its breath as a tightly-fought election drew to its climax. The popular democratic candidate appeared to have won, but at the last minute, 25 key votes from the electoral college of a state run by the candidate’s brother assured victory for the son of [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Barack Obama, Genocide, Global security, Intifada, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, ethnic cleansing, gaza | Tagged 2000 US election, Afghanistan, Democracy Inc, Global security, Iran elections, Iraq, US foreign policy, War on Terror | Comments (0)

Israel lobby victorious as BBC refuses to help with humanitarian appeal

January 25, 2009 – 6:21 pm

In a display of lip-curling spinelessness, the BBC has refused to air the non-aligned Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Humanitarian Aid to the victims of the Gaza conflict. Other UK (commercial) TV channels, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, have agreed to air the appeal. Sky Television is considering its position. (UPDATE: unsurprisingly, Sky has [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Genocide, Intifada, Israel, Palestine, Totalitarian drift, UK politics, citizens' rights, ethnic cleansing, gaza, human rights abuse | Tagged aid appeal censored, andy burnham, BBC, BICOM, Disasters Emergency Committee, Donate to the Gaza appeal and don't pay your BBC licence fee, Douglas Alexander, Friends of israel, Gaza Humanitarian Appeal, hazel blears, Humanitarian Aid to the victims of the Gaza conflict, inhumanitarian aid to Gaza, John J Kelly, Thus Magazine | Comments (0)

Bloodshed and Diplomacy in Gaza: Where will it end?

January 8, 2009 – 6:46 pm

Nothing from me about Gaza, but I trust the judgement of my friends at The Economist who, even though they are not allowed into Gaza, know plenty of people who are. I am a good friend of one of the people who wrote this piece. Like me, the piece conjectures that Israeli politicians are having second [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Genocide, George W Bush, Insurgency, Intifada, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Political spin, citizens' rights, ethnic cleansing, gaza, human rights abuse | Tagged Ceasefire proposals, Egypt, Gaza bombardment, Israel/Palestine, Israeli blockade of Gaza, The Economist | Comments (0)

I know nothing at first hand about Gaza so I should stop commenting . . . . . . .

January 8, 2009 – 9:56 am

. . .and it would be a good idea if other people did the same. However, I do know a bit about media. It is pointless of Israel to complain about the possible bias of quoted ’sources in Gaza’ from the world’s news gatherers if they employ totalitarian tactics (selectively used by the US in [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Genocide, Global security, Human rights, Insurgency, International Affairs, Intifada, Israel, Law and order, Middle East, Palestine, Political spin, Totalitarian drift, United Nations, War on Terror, ethnic cleansing, gaza | Tagged "We don't do subtle" should be the Mossad strapline., Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, BBC, Censorship, Daily Mail, Hamas, Hizbollah, Israel, Jews, Media, Palestine, Telegraph, US | Comments (0)

Jerusalem Post reports 'no international pressure to end op' (Gaza ethnic cleansing)

December 29, 2008 – 5:21 pm

“After all, who remembers the Armenians?” (Adolph Hitler). By John J Kelly.
Israel is feeling “no real pressure” from the world to end the operation in the Gaza Strip, and the amount of time the international community will sit relatively quietly on the sidelines depends on how things develop, senior diplomatic officials said Sunday. According to [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Genocide, George W Bush, Global security, Human rights, Insurgency, International Affairs, Intifada, Israel, Law and order, Middle East, Palestine, Political spin, Totalitarian drift, War on Terror, citizens' rights, ethnic cleansing, gaza, human rights abuse | Tagged Adolph Hitler, AIPAC, Armenians, by John J Kelly, gaza, International response, Israel, Israel Lobby, Jerusalem Post, UN Security Council, US, War on Terror, West Bank | Comments (0)

Israel delivers a housewarming present to Obama – Armageddon

December 28, 2008 – 7:18 pm

Remember the PFLP? Well, they’re back, thanks to helicopter gunship diplomacy. By John J Kelly from sources in Gaza
There is still time for Israel to pull back from the endgame, but we are being told that the wanton slaughter of the past two days has met with ‘widespread public approval on all sides of the [...]

By John Kelly | Also posted in Genocide, George W Bush, Human rights, Insurgency, Israel, Law and order, Middle East, Palestine, Political spin, Politics, Totalitarian drift, US Politics, Uncategorized, War on Terror, citizens' rights, ethnic cleansing, gaza, human rights abuse | Comments (0)

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