Sunday 22nd of December 2024

on militarism & the american empire .....

Why do they hate us?

 

Distinguished social scientist & public intellectual Chalmers Johnson, joins host Harry Kreisler for a conversation on the nature of the American Empire & its costs & consequences for the future of American democracy & power in the world, including the ‘blowback’ from America’s secret foreign policy.

 

Chalmers Johnson: Militarism and the American Empire

slow learners .....

Gallup: 50% of Americans Now Say Bush Deliberately Misled Them on WMDs

Half of all Americans, exactly 50%, now say the Bush administration deliberately misled Americans about whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, the Gallup Organization reported this morning.

 

Latest Gallup Poll

on the nose .....

‘The US is increasingly viewed as a "culture-free zone" inhabited by arrogant & unfriendly people, according to study of 25 countries' brand reputations.

 

 

 

The findings, published online today, will add to concerns that anti-Americanism is hurting companies whose products are considered to be distinctly "American".

 

 

 

The Anholt-GMI Nation Brands Index found that although US foreign policy remained a key driver of hostility, dissatisfaction with the world's sole superpower might run deeper.’

 

 

 

World Turning Its Back On Brand America