War & Peace: America's hidden agendas

History of the Wars of the World since America became a nation, told by Michael Rivero. Agree with his ending opinion though his version of what - and who - started some of the wars seemed overly simplified (i.e. War of Independence, War of 1812, etc.).

An article written by an award winning journalist in 2007 turns out to be prophetic and now playing out in real time.

U.S. study challenging government figures on death rates from drones. Given how they've grossly underestimated Iraqi civilian deaths, it wouldn't surprise me at all that they're doing the same thing here. And for the government to say that when they happen they're only accidental is disingenuous at best.

Sad trend of treating whisteblowers as spies.

Nominating Chuck Hagel would definitely be a step in the right direction for the U.S., both in terms of not blindly following Israel's policies, and also in terms of cutting back on defense spending for "wars of choice" not necessity.

Abby Martin at Breaking the Set suggests watching the full documentary called, "The Power of Nightmares'.

This is an absolute MUST SEE movie. If every American saw this movie, the Department of "Defense" would be out of business. It puts our current wars in context with history but more importantly it describes the role media is playing in keeping Americans in the dark about what's really going on behind the scenes with all the wars we're waging around the world.

What's behind our relationship with Israel - VERY powerful lobbies.

The following quotes from the article above describes how the major TV news networks are directly tied to military/defense spending (and hence "pro-war"):

"Most of the corporate-owned media have close relationships to the military and industry: The chair of Capital Cities/ABC, for example, is on the board of Texaco, and CBS's board includes directors from Honeywell and the Rand Corporation."

"Bringing the Facts to Light: GE/NBC:

... No news outlet is as potentially compromised as NBC, wholly owned by General Electric. The Boston-based corporate watchdog group, INFACT, reports that in 1989 alone GE received nearly $2 billion in U.S. military contracts for systems employed in the Gulf War effort. Conflicts-of-interest at NBC were an ongoing problem, as when the network aired a laudatory segment on the Patriot missile (1/18/91), for which GE produces parts. Brokaw called the Patriot "the missile that put the Iraqi scud in its place."

NBC's potential conflicts go beyond weaponry. The government of Kuwait is believed to be a major GE stockholder, having owned 2.1 percent of GE stock in 1982, the last year for which figures are available (OPEC's Investment and the International Financial System, by Richard Mattione).

Having profited from weapons systems used in the Gulf, and anticipating lucrative deals for restocking U.S. arsenals, GE is also poised to profit from the rebuilding of Kuwait. GE told the Wall Street Journal (3/21/91) it expects to win contracts worth "hundreds of millions of dollars."