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I created this non-commercial site as a counterweight to the "received wisdom" propagated by the mass media. This "received wisdom" includes the following:

  • The US economy is improving. If we forget the rising unemployment, the falling stock market, the corporate accounting scandals, the falling dollar, the increasing foreign trade deficit and the national debt of over $6 trillion.
  • Yasser Arafat Hamas is solely responsible for the violence in the Middle East. If we ignore the nearly 40 years of Israeli illegal military occupation, the continued expansion of illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories, the brutal suppression of the Palestinians and the theft of their land and water.
  • George W. Bush is doing a great job as US president. To mention the fact that he was not even elected, that his "War on Terrorism" has not achieved anything tangible, that Enron financed his campaign, or that his reaction as Commander-in-Chief to the attacks of September 11 was to run away and hide, is anti-American.
  • The attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon was an attack on American freedom and democracy. It had nothing to do with the US military and financial support for Israel's policies in the Middle East, the US-led sanctions against Iraq that have cost millions of lives, or the US support for evil dictators.
  • Saddam Hussein was entirely responsible for the death of at least 500,000 children in Iraq. The destruction of Iraq's infrastructure, including water purification, and the sanctions preventing medicines and equipment necessary to rebuild the infrastructure from reaching Iraq and the statements by ex-UN coordinators and inspectors are not relevant.

I have no political agenda – the purpose of this site is to educate and inform. If you find the articles of interest, that's fine. If not, that's okay as well. This site does not generate any income by advertising, referrals, requesting donations or whatever.

On a personal note, I'm just an individual with no political affiliations, living in the Netherlands. I was born in the United Kingdom but prefer not to live in the "51st state", prefer wine to beer, rock music to classical music and make a living from mainframe computers when I'm not travelling.

mail Cliff Jackson (The Netherlands)