And the Whirlwind Swept the Land

A foretelling from the past, as the United States unleashes fire and devastation. [here]

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A War for Bananas? - Part VIII, ThugPolitik-- Full Spectrum Dominance

Part VIII of Woodchip's featured series on U.S. Middle Policy concludes with a peek at America's new Thug Politik . [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part VII, Oil and Water - The Israeli Factor

Part VII of Woodchip Gazette's feature on U.S. Middle East policy takes a look at Israeli' interests in the region and its influence on American strategies. [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part VI, When First You Fail, Try.... What?

Part VI of our featured series on U.S. Middle East policy examines the interests and manoeuvering of oil companies. [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part V, Politics on the Stump and the Politics of the Pump

Part V of Woodchip's series on U.S. Middle East policy, examines the domestic politics and propaganda of the issue. [READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part IV, Iraq

Part IV of Woodchip Gazette's series on U.S. Middle East policy takes a look at the oil reserves and pipelines in Iraq. [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part III - An Afghanistan Sharing Our Values

Part III of Woodchip's featured series on Middle East policy examines the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part II, Caspi-Stan & The Eternal Pillars of Fire

Part II of Woodchip Gazette's seried-feature on Middle East policy takes a look at the oil and gas pipelines in the region. [ READ ]

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A War for Bananas? - Part I, Peeling the Options

In Part I of an eight-part feature, Woodchip Gazette examines the political and economic motives behind U.S., policy in the Middle East and the looming war on Iraq. [ READ ]

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The Last Liberal

Woodchip reflects on the Before and After of Jack Kennedy [here]

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Bound & Gagged -- The Policy, not the Rag.

About a month ago when we were rounding up the Taliban, we Chipsters read on CNN.com that the surrendered or captured fighters were being led off to their place of detention "shackled, blindfolded and gagged".  Gagged?     [ read ]

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Stupidities - Vol MCCCCLX, Part II, ch. 19

Stupidities of the Week [ here ]
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