Silence is Consent

If you don't speak up you accept what is happening. This site was born out of the mainstream media's inability to cover the news. I am just an American cititzen trying to spread the word in the era of FCC consolidation, post 9/11 Patriot Act hysteria, hackable voting machines and war without end. I rant and post news items I perceive to be relevant to our current situation.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Friday, November 19, 2004
 
Powell lies again, More troops for Iraq, Herion and Iraqi elections
Really?
Nuclear Disclosures on Iran Unverified
Secretary of State Colin L. Powell shared information with reporters Wednesday about Iran's nuclear program that was classified and based on an unvetted, single source who provided information that two U.S. officials said yesterday was highly significant if true but has not yet been verified.

Escalation
US expected to boost troop levels in Iraq
Amid a spike in violence in Iraqi cities coinciding with the Fallujah offensive, the US military is now planning to boost combat forces to secure the country for elections in January.
So they're going to boost forces for the election. What about after the election? OK, you're a resistance fighter and you know more troops are coming, what do you do? Lay low. Then the troops move our after the election what do you do? Attack. Is that straight out of the Aft of War.

Success in Afghanistan
Afghan Poppy Growing Reaches Record Level, U.N. Says
Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the source of most of the opium and heroin on Europe's streets, was up sharply this year, reaching the highest levels in the country's history and in the world, the United Nations announced on Thursday.

"In Afghanistan, drugs are now a clear and present danger," said Antonio Maria Costa, director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, on the release of the 2004 Afghanistan opium survey. "The fear that Afghanistan might degenerate into a narco-state is becoming a reality."

Juan Cole updates us on Fallujah
Did Fallujah Sink the Elections?
Among the justifications given by the US for its campaign against guerrillas in Fallujah was that it would prepare the way for elections in January. It was said that elections could not be held as long as major cities were not even in government control.
Who's running? When are the conventions? Who is Saddam Hussein endorsing? Next, on Hardball.

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