They Got the Wrong Guys by Malcom Lagauche
Posted By T. F. Kelley on January 28, 2010
January 25, 2010
On Monday, January 25, 2010, Ali Hassain al-Majid, better known as “Chemical Ali” was hanged by Iranian-backed Iraqi stooges. Slightly more than thee years ago, Iraq’s President, Saddam Hussein, was executed as well be the same Iran-lovers. Both shared the dubious title of having gassed Iraq’s Kurdish population at Halabjah in 1988. However, few people in the West checked out any facts to verify the guilt or innocence of the two Iraqi leaders.
THe most damaging and damning incident for the Iraqi leadership was the gassing of Halabjah, a Kurdish town, in 1988. Halabjah came under attack with chemicals and the world saw the tragedy as people were strewn on the streets. However, the media did not pay a great amount of attention to the incident and it quickly was replaced in the international press. (more…)
Iran: Our Relationship Explained
Posted By T. F. Kelley on October 1, 2009
A first brief meeting (September 30) between our diplomat William Burns and the Iranian official Saeed Jalili in Geneva marks a good time to review the troubled relationship between our two countries. With Iran, once valued as an ally and best friend we have gone from meddling to shunning, from friendship to hostility. Why, what happened? (more…)
New Opportunities for May Day
Posted By T. F. Kelley on April 7, 2009
The original May Day, known as International Workers May Day, marked the success of a decades-long campaign that began in the 1860s for the recognition of a standard eight-hour workday. Now it is celebrated in very few countries and here Labor Day took its place.
Mayday, the international code word for distress is appropriate for marking the Iraqi war. It should remind us of the needless deaths of almost 4,200 of our children and grandchildren and the crippling, blinding and/or maiming of over another 30,000. (more…)
Evaluating a New Message from Our Leadership
Posted By T. F. Kelley on October 7, 2007
Administrations have lied to people for generations. An imaginary attack on a Navy destroyer led to the Gulf of Tonkin resolution and the unlimited expansion of the Vietnam War. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq did not adequately alarm the American people until a young woman, testifying before Congress, told of witnessing Iraqi soldiers taking neonates from their incubators and throwing them on the floor. The young woman, later revealed as the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador, had not even been in Kuwait. The whole sad story was a public relations stunt. (more…)
