Phil Restino - Veterans for Peace
8/25/10 Meria interviews Phil Restino, Co – Chair of Central Florida Chapter of Veterans for Peace on impeaching Obama. Who are Veterans for Peace? Any veteran can join; veterans are listened to more than others – why ? 9 years of an illegal war of aggression; doing the same things the Nazi’s were tried at Nuremberg for; 9/11- why won’t peace groups pay attention? Why didn’t we go after Saudi Arabia and Bandar “Bush”? is this a “just” response? the anti war movement vs. 9/11 truth; divide and conquer; the Oathkeepers; Bush impeachment protests vs. Obama’s; Why play the race card? Why did Veterans for Peace change from their impeachment plans from 2005? What’s different about the Obama administration; worrying about funding or truth; the resolution which passed locally but was shot down nationally; duty; willful ignorance; Being against the war doesn’t mean being against the troops. Where are the anti war protests? What will it take?
7/29/10
Debra Sweet, World Can't Wait!
Meria interviews Debra Sweet, National Director of World Can’t Wait on the illegal wars. 9 yrs of an illegitimate invasion of Afghanistan, America’s longest war; Obama expanded Bush’s blunder; Wikileaks; whole world paying for it; creating more enemies, breaking the bank; August 1 webcast 4:30-6:30 pm Eastern.
In the news: deflation warning; tracking internet activity pushed by Obama; protests in Arizona; Judge kills 50% of Immigration Bill; oil spill near Lake Michigan; Az. concealed weapons starts today; Russians stop hijacking; 6,600 unknown soldiers in Arlington; 3 Earthquakes; smooth exit; Supertanker explosion in Persian Gulf; BP spill poisoning millions; vanishing oil in Gulf; settlements paid by taxpayers for bad cops; Tony Hayward’s golden parachute; China’s acid rain & acid soil; another oil leak in the Gulf; toxic chemicals and kids; China’s oil spill damage; U.S. funds Israel’s anti-missile system (while we starve); Michigan cuts off electricity to 160,000 (while we bring electricity to Afghanistan); Oliver Stone’s latest; 3 yr carpet bombing of No. Korea by U.S. (why do they hate us); China’s floods; plane crash in Pakistan; bedbugs are back; 1300 laid off from Space Program; weapons buried at sea; Moscow – hot and smoggy; California wildfires; unemployment up, and more “stuff”.
Conn Hallinan, journalist
2/17/10 Meria interviews Conn Hallinan, Analyst “Foreign Policy in Focus” and columnist for Berkeley Daily Planet. Is Afghanistan a “good war”? Is Yemen the new enemy? U.S. involvement in Yemen goes back forty years; Control of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea – China; Checkmating China; Afghanistan and Yemen are connected, the regional impact of Afghanistan on India and Pakistan; war games could go nuclear; no such thing as “a local nuclear war”; Giving India nuclear material a big mistake, starting a whole new nuclear arms race; India not a signer on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; scattering the Taliban we’ve made it worse; political differences cannot be solved militarily; energy security and Afghanistan, the crossroads to Asia and Caspian oil reserves; Controlling China’s energy sources; England’s 4th war in Afghanistan; will there be a draft? 3 Talibans in Afghanistan; the Taliban Peace Plan; surge won’t work; U.S. has been in Yemen since 1979; USS Cole; Underwear bomber; Port of Aden; Horn of Africa – the jugular veins of China; Africom – why? End of old empires; solutions for future; Afghanistan-the graveyard of empires.
Ray McGovern
2/12/09 Meria interviews Ray McGovern, 27 yr retired CIA Analyst “Speaking Truth to Power”. Yes we can? Robert Gates? troops for Afghanistan; we need real wise men and women in office; good war? Obama needs to assert his power over the military; FCM; Maliki won in Iraq (anti-American won); Why Israel isn’t the 51st State; Bush’s legacy on Iraq; 5 million orphaned; rules of war; disrespect and contempt for Int’l. law on war; Rahm Emmanuel-offensive pick, Israeli intel as Chief of Staff! Jews in the CIA; pro-Israel think tanks; tax evader leading the Treasury; George Mason and the Constitution; Impeachment- Obama has no choice; Obama, JFK & LBJ; 9/11 and the Saudi’s; Hillary-friend of the Israeli lobby; Rove & Bush; the ex-Presidents and lots more.
