Oh, and look who made the paper again:
Retired Army Captain Westley Moore (left) and retired Army Staff Sergeant Christopher McGurk concluded their testimony yesterday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (Win Mcnamee/Getty Images)
Here is why they do: CodePink is a CIA Front of Controlled Opposition
If it or they appear in the agenda-pushing paper, readers, there is a reason. Gives AmeriKa the appearance of dissent, doesn't it?
Where is the 9/11 TRUTH, ladies?
"Afghan veterans offer stories from 7-year US involvement; Sobering views but no calls for withdrawal" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | April 24, 2009
WASHINGTON - One held the hand of a dying fellow soldier and told himself that the sacrifice would not be in vain. Another watched an Afghan tribal leader risk his life to seek US protection for his village - only to be told that it was not possible. A third interviewed insurgents who said they expect American troops to get tired and go home. A fourth beat suspected terrorists, only to find out later that they were innocent.
The veterans of the Afghan war testified yesterday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about a seven-year conflict that has attracted little debate, even as President Obama sends reinforcements to take on the Taliban.
Thanks to whom, lying agenda-pushers?
The hearing took place as instability in Afghanistan spreads through neighboring Pakistan, and a day after the 38th anniversary of committee Chairman John F. Kerry's testimony - as a Vietnam veteran - against that war in 1971. Yesterday, the young veterans offered a sobering picture of the failures of US policy, but none advocated a complete withdrawal.
However, one veteran - Rick Reyes, a former corporal in the US Marines - called Obama's decision to send 17,000 additional combat troops to Afghanistan "a mistake." "At a minimum, this occupation needs to be rethought," he said.
That must have been the vet the Globe claims it couldn't contact!
Reyes, who was among the first US forces sent to Afghanistan after the 2001 terrorist attacks, said he arrested Taliban and Al Qaeda terrorism suspects in their homes based on tips by paid informants. "Almost 100 percent of the time, we would find that the suspected terrorists were just innocent civilians," he said. "We began to feel we were chasing ghosts. How can you tell the difference between members of the Taliban from Afghan civilians? The answer is: You can't."
Yeah, WE KNOW!!!!
In his written testimony, Reyes said he and his fellow Marines sometimes broke "hands, arms, legs" and wrecked homes during their midnight raids. But he did not describe these incidents to the committee yesterday, saying later that he did not want to distract from his message of opposition to a troop increase.
We call it liberation.
However, three other Afghan veterans argued passionately for a stepped-up US commitment, saying the mission could be saved by more troops and smarter tactics....
Fine. You wanna stay there and die, be my guest. I'm so sick of these damn wars based on endless lies. Fuck American troops. If the American people won't put a stop to this, then fuck 'em!
I've spent over three years hollering for an end to the occupations (one of the original reasons I started to blog) and nothing. I'm fucking tired of it. We ain't getting no change, so accept it and move on. Fuck your war dead, AmeriKa!!!!=
Only a half dozen antiwar protesters attended the hearing, underscoring how little attention the war is getting compared to the Vietnam war in the 1970s. But the hearing also highlighted growing discomfort about Afghanistan.
Yeah, and WHOSE FAULT is THAT, MSM?
As for that discomfort, how can that be when the Globe spent the last two days assuring the readers how much support Afghanistan still has amongst the American public -- unless they are lying about that, too!!!
Kerry said he does not believe that withdrawal is the answer, but he raised the possibility of alternatives to a large military build-up. But he also suggested that patience with the war might be wearing thin, saying that Congress will enact "strict standards of measuring the progress" against extremists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "We are no longer offering either country a blank check," he said.
Whatever, John! You ever end up looking into the collapse of WTC 7?
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WASHINGTON - Expressing concern that business is getting a poor reputation in the wake of the current economic downturn, leaders of some Massachusetts businesses in sectors ranging from higher education to pharmaceuticals yesterday pledged to help create a "sustainable economy," focusing on business practices that consider not just profits, but people, and the environment.
Pfffft!!
The Massachusetts chief executives joined a conference held by the Progressive Business Leaders Network aimed at creating socially and environmentally responsible economic growth.
"It is harder during an economic crisis to hold yourself to a higher standard of people and planet in addition to profits. But, in many ways, it's the perfect time," said Tom Dretler, the president of the network and chief executive of Eduventures Inc., a Boston higher education consulting firm.
Same old agenda-pushing bullshit. I suppose all the lies are also for our own good.
The mantra for many at the conference was adhering to a "triple bottom line" - people, planet, and profits, Dretler said....
Joshua Boger, the chief executive of
What a LYING FRAUD!!!
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. chief executive Joshua Boger was paid $8.5 million last year, up from $8.2 million in 2007, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That does not include the $2.8 million Vertex recently agreed to give him in severance after he steps down on May 23.
Nice going away gift, 'eh?
And yet this cretin got a raise?
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So what does the lying s***ter have to say?
"Never waste a crisis," he said. "Crises are not fun to be in, but they're tremendous opportunities for change. People will drop all kinds of predispositions in a crisis."
I HATE that kind of TALK and here is why:
Rice: 9/11 an “enormous opportunity”
Rumsfeld: "Why Not another 911"Of course, they are CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE, not an agenda!
For Boger, social and environmental responsibility begins with his company's basic belief and business plan, as highlighted in its mission statement and investor presentations: Benefits to the patient come first, and profits will naturally follow.
Yup, lie after lie after lie after lie in my newspaper.
Other Massachusetts attendees included chief executives Jim Boyle, of Sustainability Roundtable Inc., Paul Sagan, of
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And that's who the senator does listen to!
