en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/21934272 Comments by wallyjamblat http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57172.htm#IDComment1116235691 When the boot is on the other foot will Israel expect mercy from the Palestinians and the Arabs in general? History is long, one day Israel may not be as all powerful as it is today. It may lose support from the US. Palestinian access to weapons may improve. What is the long- term prospect for Israel? Nobody seems tp be looking to the long-term future. Tue, 9 Aug 2022 16:30:33 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57172.htm#IDComment1116235691 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57174.htm#IDComment1116235583 Dear Batco, You say it yourself 'Russian strikes killed civilians and destroyed civilian infrastructure.' If the Ukrainians have transgressed humanitarian law the sin of the Russians is far greater, they should not have invaded in the first place and their aim appears to be to destroy Ukraine completely. War is a dirty business get used to it. Tue, 9 Aug 2022 16:15:42 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57174.htm#IDComment1116235583 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57105.htm#IDComment1115498649 I think the point is did the Pentagon want this war, in which case it's a proxy war, a war that Europe could do without as you say. As one US general once said if the Europeans are dumb enough to have two wars on their soil why not a third. Wed, 6 Jul 2022 20:39:40 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57105.htm#IDComment1115498649 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57105.htm#IDComment1115498517 Although I agree that sending 300,000 troops to the Baltic states is very bellicose,and that the Ukraine war is a proxy war between the US and Russia. I cannot agree that NATO started it. Russia invaded Crimea in 2014 and has been fighting in Ukraine since that time. So there is no question that the Russians started it. Why Putin wants to enlarge the largest country on earth is a question for him. Israel also believes in 'Eretz' Israel a larger version of what they already occupy. Syria also would like to swallow up Lebanon to create a larger Syria. One imagines that this plan is on hold for some considerable time as Syria's infrastructure has been decimated by the Russians and many others. Putin loves other dictators such as Bashar al Assad who is very nearly as odious as Putin. Wed, 6 Jul 2022 20:31:52 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57105.htm#IDComment1115498517 https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57047.htm#IDComment1110563741 Oh| American Nazis are just hippies that have run out of 'pot'. Pull the other one Roger. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:09:47 +0000 https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57047.htm#IDComment1110563741 https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57047.htm#IDComment1110563608 The Fox news report has a serious ring of truth about it. It's devastating to think that the US actually wants war with Russia. Has the elite in the US forgotten about M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction)? Once the Russian army is decimated, the only option open to them is Nuclear War. Someone in the Pentagon isn't thinking too clearly. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:05:46 +0000 https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57047.htm#IDComment1110563608 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57002.htm#IDComment1109428295 Correct me if I am wrong but Biden didn't order 150,000 troops to Ukraine's borders, Putin did, In which case he is falling into America's political trap, if indeed the US wants war with Russia, meanwhile the whole of Europe holds its breath terrified by what could be an existential threat. It is incorrect to posit the idea that Russia hasn't attacked another country since the fall of the Soviet Union. They have invaded Chechnya, Crimea, and fought in Syria on the wrong side, not to mention poisoning a large area of Britain with nerve agents. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:55:54 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57002.htm#IDComment1109428295 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57006.htm#IDComment1109427375 Pilger is undoubtedly right in most that he says,but he can't tell us why 150,000 Russians are surrounding the Ukraine suited and booted and ready to attack Ukraine. Truss is undoubtedly in need of a geography lesson,but she has a point when she says that it is inconceivable that their army is in position but doesn't pose a threat. The threat doesn't just apply to Ukraine but to the whole of Europe and perhaps the whole world. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 13:33:58 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57006.htm#IDComment1109427375 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56270.htm#IDComment1097185187 It is interesting to note that Information Clearing House must use a system of key words to censor comments. It has happened several times to me and I have never used swear words and have remained for more restrained than many other commentators. PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS HYPOCRISY Mon, 1 Feb 2021 17:42:58 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56270.htm#IDComment1097185187 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089320745 As my comment was deleted, which is censorship you are not in a good position to judge whether it was a conspiracy theory or not or perhaps you take the extreme position that the Vietnam War never happened! Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:07:21 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089320745 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089245017 Hope the editors of this journal have got over their hissy fit concerning my comments on Vietnam. Unfortunately truth can be uncomfortable - that of course is no reason not to print it. Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:53:28 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089245017 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089244940 Oh! I absolutely accuse the British Government of a cover up over the amount of deaths during the Covid19 outbreak. Government policy has led to what is tantamount to murdering the elderly in the Care Homes of the UK. They are only just getting around to giving PPE to the staff and the patients. (Personal Protective Equipment) Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:49:32 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/55075-c.htm#IDComment1089244940 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54092-c.htm#IDComment1088576423 Too much truth for the admin. boys to take in my previous message methinks. Wed, 1 Apr 2020 08:53:17 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54092-c.htm#IDComment1088576423 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54092-c.htm#IDComment1088576300 Patrick Cockburn is either very youthful or very forgetful. One of the longest wars in the 20th century was the Vietnam War - the habit of losing wars started there. The US not only lost money and some 70,000 of their own troops but killed at least a million Vietnamese, proved that they were vicious murderers and torturers, used napalm, used more bombs than all the bombs used in WW2 by both sides, on losing they then took economic revenge making Vietnam the poorest country in the world. Yes, the white stetson looked more than a little tarnished after that one and that's before we get to the present century. Wed, 1 Apr 2020 08:49:55 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/54092-c.htm#IDComment1088576300 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/53082-c.htm#IDComment1087533747 To describe the regime of Bashar al Assad which destroyed the 'Spring Revolution' as legal is a travesty. Assad is one of the biggest criminals in the Middle East. He has relentlessly waged war against his own people killing more than Daesh could have even have dreamed of. The Russians have cynically supported this megalomaniac for their own geopolitical interests. Assad is as wonderful for the Syrians as Franco was for Spain. Wake up people! Interesting that he is not mentioned once in this article. Sun, 8 Mar 2020 18:18:24 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/53082-c.htm#IDComment1087533747 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52562-c.htm#IDComment1083698278 Panorama have done an excellent job in uncovering a massive scandal and coverup by the British Ministry of Defence. ( M.O.D. ) should be disbanded right away they are appalling. Soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan return to Britain with post traumatic syndrome and are thrown on the scrap heap, they end up homeless and alcoholic their marriages wrecked because they are impossible to live with. It does not make you proud to be British to know that some soldiers from one of the most experienced armies in the world are sadistic murderers and torturers, and that this has been covered up by senior officers and of course the revolting (M.O.D.) These vile soldiers have betrayed generations of soldiers who served honourably in past conflicts such as WW1 and WW2. We marched in our millions across the world to register the fact that ordinary people did not want wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Tony Blair and Bush Jnr. chose not to listen. It rings a bit hollow now to say we told you so, but the warmongers cannot claim ignorance. These warmongers have ruined the opening years of this 21st Century. Johnny Cash sang 'I hang my head in shame.' Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:09:13 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52562-c.htm#IDComment1083698278 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52287-c.htm#IDComment1081020133 Almost no mention of the huge suffering of the Yemenis, Finian. All that counts is oil. Who is more disgusting The Saudis or the US. It's a tough call isn't it? Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:35:28 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52287-c.htm#IDComment1081020133 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52264-c.htm#IDComment1080801291 2 gangsters dividing the spoils, but isn't it great to see Israel get a bloody nose in these negotiations? If only the US the Israeli paymasters could be pulled up short from time to time. It is not good to be all powerful, it leads to arrogance and both Israel and the US have it in spades. Sun, 15 Sep 2019 07:43:34 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52264-c.htm#IDComment1080801291 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51947-c.htm#IDComment1077700062 Finian is right Western bullying should stop. The damage started years ago when first the robber barons ripped off Iran. The first were the British stealing Iran's oil resources and then when their star waned. The US stepped in and the plunder continued, when Mossadeq their leader at the time who happened to be left wing started to disagree he was replaced by the Shah of Iran by the Americans. Iran's leadership crisis went from bad to worse when Khomeini took power and the religious fanatics took over, they are still in power. Iran could be a progressive modern country by now but for foreign intervention. Jimmy Carter, lost his presidency largely because he sent an invasion force into Iran when the Iranis took over the US embassy. One thing we can be sure of, the US will continue to be slow to learn from the lessons of history. Good morning Vietnam, wake up and smell the coffee. Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:54:33 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51947-c.htm#IDComment1077700062 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51918-c.htm#IDComment1077238904 Yes, it's good to have confirmed that the Israeli state and the intelligence of that country are interfering in the politics of the UK. I suspected it all along, why then is Corbyn so spineless not to come out with it? He is doing his party and the country a disservice, he has been spineless on the issue of Brexit as well, so for those reasons and not his left wing politics he will not make a good Prime Minister in my opinion. It is such a shame. His agenda for change is excellent but he is completely failing in getting his policies across. Mon, 15 Jul 2019 08:29:49 +0000 http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51918-c.htm#IDComment1077238904