U.S. Economic Growth Improves to 2 pct. Rate in Q3

AP newsroom now imitating Comedy Central, reports bullshit Obama criminal regime numbers as if they were real and without question; tell that to the homeless poor now on the streets, the masses of unemployed, the Seniors, Veterans, the starving children of families who have had their homes foreclosed on by Obama supported criminal banks and bankers - and just in time for the presidential "election"

Associated Press
10/26/2012

WASHINGTON —

The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by an uptick in consumer spending and a burst of government spending.

Oh yeah, everything is just ducky in Obamaland:  Just ask this man

The Commerce Department says growth improved from the 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter.

The pickup in growth may help President Barack Obama’s message that the economy is improving. Still, growth remains too weak to rapidly boost hiring. And the 1.74 percent rate for 2012 trails last year’s 1.8 percent growth, a point GOP nominee Mitt Romney will emphasize.

The report is the last snapshot of economic growth before Americans choose a president in 11 days.

Growth was held back by the first drop in exports in more than three years and flat business investment in equipment and software.

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U.S. Must End Suicide Mission in Afghanistan : Expert

Obama's CIA murderers better off committing suicide before they wind up like William Buckley   

PRESS TV
10/26/2012

A political analyst says Washington must end the “suicide mission” in Afghanistan as the long-drawn-out war in the country continues to claim more lives, Press TV reports.

Murdering CIA scum long overdue for a taste of their own medicine

“It’s a crazy situation. We should have been out of there long ago and any attempt to fight this kind of counter-insurgency war… is doomed to failure,” Edward Spannus, a Washington-based expert with the Executive Intelligence Review weekly magazine, told Press TV on Friday.

The analyst said the US would not have repeated its mistake of acting as “the military arm for the British Empire” had it learned a lesson from the Vietnam War four decades ago.

“Picking up the role of the colonialist army, the occupying army, it’s a suicide mission and our leader should get our troops out of there,” Spannus stated.

On Thursday, two US soldiers were killed in the central Afghan province of Uruzgan after a man in Afghan National Police uniform opened fire on them, following the death of an Australian soldier in another attack by Afghan forces.

The Afghan Interior Ministry on Friday rejected claims that the killings of US-led foreign forces were carried out by militants infiltrating the Afghan police force, stressing that the shootings were the result of the US-led troops’ disrespect for the Afghans and their Islamic values.

Spannus acknowledged the influence of US-led forces' sacrilegious moves but attributed the rise in the anti-US sentiments in Afghanistan to the occupying nature of the presence of the Washington-led forces in the war-weary country.

“You can’t really blame the Afghans for trying to throw the US out. We shouldn’t be there,” he emphasized.

“The United States has been acting as the military arm of the British Empire which is not our nature, we should not be doing it,” Spannus concluded, urging an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan before further casualties.

Over the past months, there has been a rise in the ‘green on blue’ attacks in Afghanistan, in which Afghan security forces turn their weapons on US-led foreign troopers. Over 50 foreign soldiers have been killed in the attacks so far in 2012.

MRS/HGH/SS

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Did Obama Just Play His Iran Card?

Obama, his CIA murderers, Clinton, Panetta playing with fire in the Middle East and is setting himself, his criminal regime, Israel and his Arab dictator "allies" up to get burned to the ground   

World News
By Dallas Darling
10/24/2012

"Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked... and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead." - General Omar Bradley, General of the U.S. Army (1893-1981)

By the time President Richard Nixon told his Chinese hosts during a banquet toast, "Let us start a long march together, not in lockstep, but on different roads leading to the same goal, the goal of building a world structure of peace and justice," U.S. colonialism and militarism had caused the deaths of six million people. Still, it took foresight (even if it was for ulterior motives) to initiate secret talks with China and thus undercut Chinese support for the North Vietnamese war effort. Determined to withdraw all U.S. troops from Indochina and hoping to improve relations with both Communist China and Communist Russia, it also took great courage to accept an invitation by Chinese leaders. In 1972, President Nixon played his China Card and visited China. A historic handshake occurred between Chinese Leader Mao Zedong and President Nixon.

When it was reported that that Iranian and U.S. negotiators have reached an agreement that calls for Iran to halt part of its nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of many of the U.S. sanctions against Iran's Republic, did President Obama just play his Iran Card? A high ranking anonymous source in Iran's government also claimed that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, expects a letter from President Obama in a few days guaranteeing the detail of the agreement, which occurred during secret negotiations in Doha, Qatar. Once Iran receives America's guarantees, it will authorize an announcement on a solution to the nuclear crisis before U.S. presidential elections.(1) The agreement calls for Iran to halt partial uranium enrichment after the U.S. removes many of its sanctions, ones that have not only caused mass inflation but civilian suffering, even death.

Regarding America's brutal wars in Indochina and attempted conquests of Asia, President Nixon recognized the world had shifted from a bipolar to a multi-polar framework, let alone a unilateral one where it was attempting to militarily enforce its will. He also understood that the nation's decades-long anti-communist crusades were very costly and had created a foreign policy that was too rigid, often working against the nation's interests. By secretly engaging and then visiting China, President Nixon forged a new path of negotiating with Communists. This diplomacy of detente helped bring an end to the U.S.-Vietnam War. It also averted a future war, the U.S./Taiwan-China War. While lifting trade and travel sanctions against China, the U.S. withdrew its Seventh Fleet and military installations from defending Taiwan, announcing a more reconciliatory solution.

If President Obama did just play his Iran Card, there are other cards that the U.S. could play to promote peace and prevent wars. One is removing its Fifth Naval Fleet from Bahrain while closing dozens of military installations throughout the Persian Gulf region. Another is withdrawing all security personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, which clearly threaten Iran. Military incursions and using deadly drones in Pakistan, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, and other parts of North Africa, should cease. Eliminating the funding and training of terrorist organizations and assassination rings, that have led to dozens of deaths in Iran, would be a conciliatory move. Another important card, one that must be played in the U.S., would deal with a broader foreign policy agenda and accepting a multi-polar view of the world, specifically as it relates to Islamic democracies and republics.

Eventually, the U.S. will also have to apologize for its crusades against Iran's Islamic Republic, including its lengthy military occupations of Iran after World War II, its funding of Saddam Hussein's armies during the Iran-Iraq War, and, of course, the downing of Iranian Flight 655 that killed 300 innocent civilians. By utilizing engagement and diplomacy instead of punitive economic sanctions and military aggressions, the U.S. will have a more significant and legitimate role in bringing Iran and Israel to the negotiating table. At the same time, just imagine what would happen if President Obama played the ultimate Iran Card and announced during a banquet in Iran, "Let us start a long multilateral revolution together, not in lockstep, but on different roads leading to the same goal, the goal of building a world structure of peace and justice."?

One only has to look at what happened when President Nixon played his China Card, when he shook hands with Chinese leader Mao Zedong, and how U.S.-Chinese relations have developed and blossomed since then. Iran is a major player in the eastern Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions, including Asia. Iran's influence could be used to help restore peace and stability in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, even in parts of Africa. Trade and disarmament and demilitarization agreements between the U.S. and Iran would be extremely beneficial for each nation, and the nations of the world. By working together, their shared goals in combating terrorism and drug cartels would have a more positive impact. And regarding upcoming presidential elections, can one really envision Republican candidate Mitt Romney playing his Iran Card?

Dallas Darling (darling@wn.com)

Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501: An A-Z Reading on Conscientious Political Thought and Action, Some Nations Above God: 52 Weekly Reflections On Modern-Day Imperialism, Militarism, And Consumerism in the Context of John's Apocalyptic Vision, and The Other Side Of Christianity: Reflections on Faith, Politics, Spirituality, History, and Peace. He is a correspondent for www.worldnews.com. You can read more of Dallas' writings at www.beverlydarling.com and wn.com//dallasdarling.

(1) http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-cuts-deal-with-iran-over-nukes. (Reza Kahlili)

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