Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Max Blumenthal
An in-depth look at Glenn Beck and the new extreme right with Nation writer Max Blumenthal and his new book, Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party; also, a new United Nations report accuses Israel of potential major war crimes and crimes against humanity during its recent bombing siege and attacks on Gaza, we’ll speak to the top UN investigator for human rights in occupied Palestine, Richard Falk.
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Guests:
Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Max Blumenthal, award-winning investigative reporter and author of Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
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President Obama has a stated goal to reduce the size of our military in a way that does not destroy our economy, considering we have had a defense economy for 70 years, since 1939. So he proceeds to:
(1) Threaten sanctions and possible military action against Iran if it refuses to stop building nuclear electric plants.
(1) Sets up a dozen new bases in Afghanistan forcing Russia and China to beef up their military.
(2) Adds three new bases in Columbia forcing Venezuela to buy 6 billion in weapons from China.
(3) Refuses to end the coup in Honduras forcing all the Americas to go military hardware in a big way.
(4) Places more restrictions on North Korea causing it to develop a better and cheaper way to build nuclear weapons.
His words go in the reverse direction of Bush, his actions are four more years of Bush, so I guess that is real change we can believe in.