morganucadon.com The whole world is watching

original article @ www.hnn.us/
By Peter N. Kirstein

Mr. Kirstein is professor of history at St. Xavier University. He debated David Horowitz on his campus in Chicago on March 29 on "The Iraq War: In the Classroom and Beyond." These were his remarks on the Iraq war. Kirstein's blog is http://english.sxu.edu/sites/kirstein.

www.juancole.com

Juan Cole discusses his new book, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East and the relevance and lessons of Napoleon's expedition in Egypt to the current American occupation of Iraq.

Pitching the Imperial Republic
Bonaparte and Bush on Deck
original article @ www.tomdispatch.com
By Juan Cole

Alistair Horne, discusses the similarities between the Algerian war of liberation against the French colonial rule and the ongoing resistance against the invaders in Iraq... and prescribes solutions ..I'll leave you with the rest.

Alistair Horne
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Alistair Allan Horne (born November 9, 1925) is a British historian of modern France. He is the son of Sir James Horne and Lady Auriol Horne (formerly Auriol Hay).

55 min 12 sec

Transcript is from www.chomsky.info
Delivered at Harvard University, February 2002

Thanks. I just got back from Brazil where they don't have any fire codes and if you think this is uncomfortable you should see a meeting there -- people packed so tight that there was a good question whether the oxygen level would suffice. Fortunately, there wasn't a fire or it would have been a huge catastrophe.

Zeitgeist Films
18 min 23 sec

An oldie, but a goodie.
This is fun to watch. William F. Buckley is as fatuous as ever; he behaves like he might of had one too many martinis over lunch.
On the other hand, Chomsky is razor sharp and does not let Buckley get away with anything.

Noam Chomsky, a libertarian socialist, and William F. Buckley, a conservative, debate foreign policy. The Greek Civil War, American supported terror, The Vietnam War, and other Cold War issues are addressed.

BBC
53 min 11 sec

text below is from thinkingpeace.com

Rise of a new imperialism

It is nearly 10 months since September 11, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked and humane response to that momentous day, the rulers of the world have since ground our language into a paean of cliches and lies about the "war on terrorism" - when the most enduring menace, and source of terror, is them.