"They Hate Democracy" so said Bill Clinton

After sending 75 tomahawk cruise missiles in the general direction of Afghanistan and Sudan, Mr. Clinton said this about Osama bin Laden and the "terrorists"....

Mr. Clinton neglected to mention the "terrorists" clearly stated reasons for their hatred towards the U.S.  These include quotes from bin Laden himself which outline his 3 major grievances towards America:

1. "The ordinary man knows that [Saudi Arabia] is the largest oil producer in the world, yet at the same time he is suffering from taxes and bad services.  Now the people understand...that our country has become an American colony.  They act decisively with every action to kick the Americans out of Saudi Arabia. 

2. "The evidence overwhelmingly shows America and Israel killing the weaker men, women and children in the Muslim world and elsewhere.  A few examples of this are seen in the recent Qana massacre in Lebanon..."

3. "...and the death of more than 600,000 Iraqi children because of the shortage of food and medicine which resulted from the boycotts and sanctions against the Muslim Iraqi people"

Content and Osama bin Laden quotes from 1996 as reported by PBS Frontline

Bombs Away U.S. of A.

How many countries has 'the United States of America' attacked this month?

16 Years Ago the U.S. Starting Bombing Afghanistan

Today marks the 16th anniversary of the initial attempts by the U.S. to kill Osama bin Laden.  In 1998 Mr. Clinton ordered 75 cruise missiles to be launched at Afghanistan and Sudan with the hope that one of them would hit bin Laden.

They missed, he escaped.

21 other people were reported killed by the missiles.

Mr. Clinton explains that there was "compelling evidence that bin Laden...was planning further attacks against...freedom loving people"....

Social Outcast Harbored by TIME Magazine

Before I saw this clip I thought I had heard everything.  Now I know otherwise.

Towards the end of this three minute debate with Joe Scarborough on the topic of killer computers in the sky (i.e. drones) Joe Klein from TIME says "The bottom line is...whose four-year old gets killed".

 

Conspiracy at The Washington Post

"What the American Public doesn't know is what makes them the American Public."  

Ray Zalinsky from the movie Tommy Boy

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. White House inadvertently released the name of a CIA chief based in Afghanistan.  In the small world of "National Security" this is a big no-no.  We are told that the identities of government bureaucrats living off the backs of the taxpayers must be protected.

Fortunately for this CIA guy (or gal) The Post is conspiring with The White House to keep their name hidden from the American Public:

The Post is withholding the name of the CIA officer at the request of Obama administration officials who warned that the officer and his family could be at risk if the name were published. The CIA and the White House declined to comment.

Nothing like a nice transparent state.  Ha, ha.

  

U.S. Taxpayers Bailing Out Canadian Ruling Class

Did you feel a little lighter in the pockets after filing your 1040 this month?  U.S. taxpayers are another $37 million in debt thanks to the Canadian ruling class.  Back in December of 2012 the U.S. Pentagon announced a new contract for Canadian millionaires to perform work in Afghanistan for the Air Force.

UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND

            Canadian Commercial Corp., / Canadian Helicopters Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is being awarded a $37,103,792 option year modification for rotary wing aircraft, personnel, equipment, tools, material, maintenance and supervision necessary to perform passenger and cargo air transportation services.  Work will be performed in Afghanistan, and the option will start Dec. 1, 2012, to be completed by Nov. 30, 2013. 

Contract here

So who is the Canadian Commercial Corp.?  Their website describes their duties pretty clearly:

A Crown corporation of the Government of Canada, the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) acts as Canada’s international contracting and procurement agency.   

CCC helps Canada live up to its responsibilities as an active partner in North America’s integrated defence industrial base. 

Every year, CCC manages an average of $1 billion in contracts for goods and services to be delivered by Canadian companies to the U.S. DoD and NASA. 
Over the past 55 years, Canada’s DPSA contracts have totalled more than $30 billion.

Did you vote to spend that $30 billion?