EDITOR—The Israeli propaganda machine and the Western media have been making a big amount of noise about HAMAS using civilians or prisoners as “human shields”. While that accusation needs to be carefully examined before accepting it at face value, there’s no need to wait to see that the IDF routinely, and for a long time, has used Palestinians, usually kids, as human shields. There is a mountain of evidence proving that tragic fact.
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BILLY BOB—Scott Ritter joins guest Ian Kummer at the Blowback roundtable. Scott shares his thoughts and analysis on the Israel Palestinian conflict and the recent Hamas incursion. He also discusses his evolving perspective and his disdain for Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. Scott’s expertise provides great insight and has lots of anecdotes, which result in an astute and compelling analysis.
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TELESUR—The Venezuelan president ordered the Vice-President, Delcy Rodríguez, “to lead a process of reforestation, afforestation and recovery of environmental balances; for which the Council of Vice-Presidents and the Presidential Council for Science, Technology and Innovation must be summoned.” According to the president, a team of scientists and experts of the highest level and from different disciplines will work in the area to achieve its reforestation and the recovery of the environment.
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CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—It’s a mistake not only because assuming that the center position must be the best one is a type of fallacious reasoning known as the middle ground fallacy (the correct position between “Drink a gallon of bleach daily for good health” and “Drink zero bleach daily for good health” is not “Drink half a gallon of bleach daily for good health”); it’s also a mistake because the entire framing arises from a situation that has been artificially engineered by the powerful.
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KIT KLARENBERG—Subsequent investigations showed how Henry Kissinger helped oversee the recruitment of 400 high-ranking Italian and NATO officers as P2 operatives in 1969. The US was so grateful for Gelli’s anti-communist purge that it made him a guest of honor at the inauguration ceremonies of US Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
