Bill Hicks on US arms dealing

Sunny has a good post over at Pickled Politics about the US and its arms deals. Funny stuff to make a serious point although personally I think Bill Hicks does it better…

War 2.0

Remember kids, technology doesn’t just make military action easier for us…

The Power of Nightmares

This is the kind of thing they should show politics students as well as have a DVD release. Not being able to release this on DVD (apparently the level of archival footage presents a copyright nightmare) viewing it online is the next best thing.

Dear Mr Straw…

Some of us would like our elected representatives to do a bit more regarding Israel’s Lebanon invasion…

We, the undersigned, write to you as leader of the House of Commons to ask you as a matter of urgency to make representations to the Speaker of the House of Commons to instigate a recall of parliament, under standing order No13 of the House of Commons, on a matter of serious public interest.

There is huge concern in the country about the current Middle East crisis, and fear that the early failure to insist that Israel and Hezbollah observe an immediate ceasefire has cost many innocent lives and may continue to do so.

In addition, the use by US supply aircraft to refuel at Prestwick airport when transporting bombs and military hardware to be used by the Israel Defence Force in air-raids on densely populated civilian areas has given the impression that the UK has assumed a tacitly active and less than impartial role in the conflict. Link

“Nobody holds the moral high ground by force of arms”

Mr Angry makes an impassioned plea:

I don’t think there’s a nation or creed on this planet that can hold its head up and say “Well at least we’ve never done anything morally reprehensible that’s caused untold pain, suffering and death or at least stood by and done nothing while said acts were perpetrated in out name.” But every now and then things come to a head and I think why don’t you people just sit back and relax with a big frosty can of calm the fuck down? Seriously, neither then end of the world not the price of petrol going over $5 a litre by the end of the month fills me with joy. Link

Brave words given the current climate of imperial ambition…