Johnson and Biden hit a reboot on the US-UK relationship by signing Atlantic Charter 2.0, invoking the war spirit in a post-pandemic world. Let’s hope they can stick to the principles more successfully than their predecessors.
The new Netflix documentary
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal carries an unorthodox tagline for a nonfiction film: Starring Matthew Modine. The award-winning actor, best known for his fictional roles in
Full Metal Jacket,
Vision Quest and
The Dark Knight Rises, plays William Rick Singer, whose academic-coaching business was a front for an elaborate cheating and bribery scheme to get the children of wealthy parents into universities that included Harvard, Georgetown and Stanford. Although
Operation Varsity Blues has plenty of talking-head interviews with real-life witnesses and participants in the scam, most of the players were not available for filming.
America only cares about its Democracy: A few stories of other democracies overthrown by the United States
“…the elimination of Mossadeq by assassination or otherwise might precipitate decisive events except in the unlikely alternative that the Shah should regain courage and decisiveness…Mullah Kashani has been a key figure in promoting the pro-Shah street demonstrations. He has also led Parliament’s attack on Mossadeq. If Mossadeq were to disappear, Kashani would be a serious contender for his position. Although personally not acceptable to the Shah, the latter would be inclined to appoint him prime minister if recommended by Parliament…” – Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Dulles to President Eisenhower (March 1, 1953)
By Reese Erlich
I’ve
always been puzzled by the State Department list
of State Sponsors of Terrorism. It supposedly designates
countries aiding terrorist organizations. But it includes
countries that don’t support terrorism and excludes
countries that do.
Currently the list consists of
North Korea, Syria, and Iran. Missing from the list are US
allies that actually do sponsor terrorist groups: Saudi
Arabia and Pakistan.
In an email exchange, linguist
and activist Noam Chomsky decries the hypocrisy of the
list.
“Either eliminate it, or make it honest,” he
tells me.
That hypocrisy becomes clear looking at the
listing of Cuba. Ronald Reagan put Cuba on the list in 1982,
I’ve always been puzzled by the State Department list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. It supposedly designates countries aiding terrorist organizations. - Reese Erlich for Antiwar.com Original