Thursday, April 28, 2011

A More Militarized CIA for a More Militarized America

A More Militarized CIA for a More Militarized America
by Glenn Greenwald article link
April 28, 2011 | Salon
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... The nomination of Petraeus doesn't change much; it merely reflects how Washington is run. That George Bush's favorite war-commanding General -- who advocated for and oversaw the Surge in Iraq -- is also Barack Obama's favorite war-commanding General, and that Obama is now appointing him to run a nominally civilian agency that has been converted into an "increasingly militarized" arm of the American war-fighting state, says all one needs to know about the fully bipartisan militarization of American policy. There's little functional difference between running America's multiple wars as a General and running them as CIA Director because American institutions in the National Security State are all devoted to the same overarching cause: Endless War. ...

New Men, New Missions at Pentagon and CIA
by Alan Silverleib article link
April 28, 2011 | CNN

Like the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars? You'll LOVE This!
by Tom Andrews article link
April 28, 2011 | CommonDreams
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If you like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then you’ll love what Senator John McCain and Congressman “Buck” McKeon, the new Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, are proposing: Congress should give the President and the Secretary of Defense a blank check to wage war against anyone he or she declares “associated” with al-Qaeda or the Taliban – anytime, anywhere, anyhow. ...

... It is arguably the greatest ceding of unchecked authority to the Executive Branch in modern history. Not only would this bill abdicate Congress’ authority to declare war, it would relieve the Administration of the need to seek Congressional resolutions of support or authorizations for new military actions. ...

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