Americas

"The roots of the Iraq profiteering scheme are deeply planted in the back yard of the White House.."

"Ex-Ambassador Joe Wilson took the gloves off in a lecture that he gave on Nov. 14, 2005, in Baltimore. He ripped into the “Brownshirts” in the Bush-Cheney Gang; hack columnist, Bob Novak; and the indicted and “cowardly” White House operative, Irv “Scooter” Libby. Wilson speculated that the “outing” of his wife as a CIA agent was done in an attempt to make others “afraid” to speak out about how the country was dragged into the Iraqi war."

"The truth is that the story about Saddam supporting al Qaeda was a key component in case for war and the administration worked non-stop to promote it even though the basis for the story was debunked early on by intelligence officials."

"One can not imagine that the people of Australia indiscriminately would like to see those kinds of laws and severity on the people which could change the face of Australia internationally."

"In 1901, newly independent racist White Australia, having largely exterminated the indigenous aboriginal population (from 1 million in 1788 to about 0.1 million in 1900), wanted to introduce explicit "White Australia" legislation but was dissuaded by Great Britain (which did not want the Japanese offended, nor the hundreds of millions of non-European, mainly Indian, subjects of the British Empire). The solution was to bring in the 1901 Immigration Act that did not actually mention RACE but allowed the racism to be effected in secret by Ministerial and other executive discretion (and, when necessary, by application a fraudulent "dictation test in any modern European language" to weed out non-European applicants who did not realize that Australia had an un-written White Australia Policy)."

"The Arab world, rich in history, has an even greater future. Many Arab governments have embarked on reform efforts, and it is a growing topic of discussion across the region. Change will come. But its advent can be hastened through a constructive partnership between government and the private sector, both business and civil society."

"...this formula is not viable as a permanent solution of the dispute. However, there is no harm to consider it as an interim solution without compromising on the right of self-determination of the Kashmiris as it may lessen the sufferings of the people for the time being."

"Perhaps no other American War has seen such avaricious war profiteering by a sitting Vice President and other senior government officials. The no-bid contracts awarded to Halliburton by Douglas Feith scream for public scrutiny. Feith also steered Iraqi construction business to his former law partner and the Chalabi clan."