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Trump Dead Wrong on Socialism
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 8th, 2025 “This election will decide whether we save the American Dream or whether we allow a socialist agenda to demolish our cherished destiny.”Donald Trump, in 2020 Well, you can’t expect a man who’s filed for business bankruptcy six times to know much about the economy… Perhaps the best way to answer Trump on this silly charge is to offer concrete examples of socialism that every American knows, and to just let citizens use their own working knowledge of these examples. Decide for yourselves whether these examples of socialism are destroying your dreams. Medicare is…
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House Democrats Advance Iraq War Plan
Can the Democratslive up to one of thekey promises whichswept them intopower?House Democrats Advance Iraq War PlanBy Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 8th, 2007In a direct assault on President Bush’s “fruitless…
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Iraq Bombers Massacre Shiite Pilgrims
It’s not too early tojudge the results ofBush’s ‘fruitlessnation-building’ inIraq.Iraq Bombers Massacre Shiite PilgrimsBy Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 6th, 2007It just gets worse in Iraq.Today two suicide bombers turned a…
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Are Britain’S Anti Terrorism Laws Really Better Than America’S?
A leading studyprepared for theU.S. Congressappears to say ‘no’.Are Britain’s Anti-Terrorism Laws Really Better than America’s?By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 2nd, 2007A blunt Congressional Research Service (CRS) report reveals that…
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Bush’S ‘March Of Democracy’ Creates Backlash
News flash: Forcingothers to accept ourworldview andlifestyle isn’t working.Bush’s ‘March of Democracy’ Creates BacklashBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 27th, 2007A December 2006 Senate committee report concerned the current attempt to…
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How Congress Can Rein In Bush’S War Powers In Iraq
Can Congresslegally limit Bush’swar powers? You’dbetter believe it…How Congress Can Rein In Bush’s War Powers In IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 22nd, 2007The Congressional Research Service (CRS) creates numerous fine…
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Why Should Bush Single Out Iran?
Many powers,including the BushAdministration andSaudi Arabia, arepushing their willonto Iraq.Why Should Bush Single Out Iran?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 16th, 2007The issue of the moment may be the sudden increase…
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Is Iran The New Bush Target?
Why Iran may be thenext Mideast countryto be in thecowboy’s crosshairs.Is Iran The New Bush Target?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 12th, 2007Perhaps precisely because of its hopeless blunders in Iraq,…
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House Panel Questions Lost Cash Shipments To Iraq
What happened to$12 billion dollars ofIraqi oil money?House Panel Questions Lost Cash Shipments To IraqBy Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 9th, 2007A U.S. House committee report on Tuesday questioned whether nearly…
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Are U.S. Embassies Becoming Semi Military Posts In Counterterror Campaigns?
How closely shouldAmericanembassies workwith the Pentagon?Are U.S. Embassies Becoming Semi-Military Posts In Counterterror Campaigns?By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 5th, 2007Is it wise for the Bush Administration to continue embroiling U.S.…
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What Are China’S Military Hopes?
We can glean a fewhints from China’sown report on thesubject.What Are China’s Military Hopes?By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 25th, 2007Below are extracts from a report issued by the Chinese Information…
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Iraq Parliament Exists Only In Name
How can America’save Iraq’ whenIraqis won’t helpthemselves?Iraq Parliament Exists Only In NameBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 24th, 2007It usually doesn’t make the American corporate news, but these days the Iraqi…
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U.S. Considered Sunni Offer To ‘Clean Up’ Iraq’S Pro Iranian Militias
The U.S.ambassador to Iraqnegotiated with thereligious groupwhich backedSaddam Hussein.U.S. Considered Sunni Offer to “Clean Up” Iraq’s Pro-Iranian MilitiasBy Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 8th, 2007U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad negotiated with Iraqi…
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Iraq’S ‘Protection Service’ Source Of Death Squads
How anAmerican-created’protection service’became the mainsource of deathsquads in Iraq.Iraq’s ‘Protection Service’ Source Of Death SquadsBy Cliff MontgomeryIraq’s Facilities Protection Service (FPS), created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has become…
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Are Attacks On U.S. Troops Meant To Keep Them In Iraq?
Our enemy may wellbe using violence inIraq to keep us in afool-hardy, losingsituation.Are Attacks On U.S. Troops Meant To Keep Them In Iraq?By Cliff MontgomeryLeo Tolstoy once wrote that the…
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Are Islamists Real Winners Of Iraq Occupation?
Let’s ask a simple question: Why are we in Iraq?Are Islamists Real Winners Of Iraq Occupation?By Cliff MontgomeryLet’s begin by telling a simple truth: The Bush Administration invaded Iraq with…
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Loss Of Personal Information Widespread In Government
Why can’t the Fedsprotect their ownsensitiveinformation?Loss of Personal Information Widespread in GovernmentBy Cliff MontgomeryA new report from the House Government Reform Committee shows that the loss of personal data is…
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Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?
Are some of the veryIraqi groups the U.S.created to maintainorder nowspreading death inBaghdad?Are Iraqi Forces Behind ‘Death Squads’?By Cliff MontgomeryThe drama unfolds again and again throughout Baghdad: people are quickly…
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In Iraq, U.S. Forces Resort To ‘Collective Punishment’
Iraq locals areaccusing U.S.forces of creatingthe very climate offear they aresupposed to stop.In Iraq, U.S. Forces Resort To ‘Collective Punishment’By Cliff MontgomeryAccording to residents and officials living in Ramadi, Iraq,…