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The Moral Depravity of "Lincoln" The Moral Depravity of "Lincoln" By Sam Husseini February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  There is not a substantial character in the movie "Lincoln" who argues -- on moral grounds -- that African Americans are equal to whites.  The movie opens with President Lincoln listening to a soliloquy of a young black man who argues for how he wants to get ahead; which is fine I suppose, but hardly the same as a moral case against slavery.  Abolitionists -- who should be regarded as heroes -- are viewed throughout the movie as near nut jobs on the few occasions when they are not ignored.  The radical Republican congressman Thaddeus Stevens is depicted going through contortions to  not argue that blacks are inherently equal to whites.   A pivotal scene is between him and Lincoln in which he pleads for Lincoln for follow his moral compass. Lincoln responds that one cannot go straight north when there is a swamp t...

When “War is Peace”: “Peace Prizes” Awarded to War Criminals February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  French President François Hollande was awarded UNESCO’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize for  “valuable contribution to peace and stability in Africa”  according to the United Nations website:  www.un.org .  Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, chaired the Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize stated that “After analyzing the global situation, it is Africa that held the attention of the Jury with the various threats affecting the continent”  with instability affecting Northern Mali by various Al-Qaeda elements created by the west, gave France an opportunity to invade the former colony.  “Having assessed the dangers and the repercussions of the situation on Africa, and on Mali in particular, as well as on the rest of the world, the Jury appreciated the solidarity shown by France to the peoples of Africa.”   Does appr...

Egyptians Playing into Zionist Hands Israel’s designs call for the reoccupation of the Sinai, supporting the creation of a Coptic state in upper Egypt and two Sunni states in the North and in the South

Israel Instructs Obama: “Iranian And Syrian Sanctions Are Not Painful Enough!” February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  Damascus:  On 3/26/2013 Iran is expected to meet with other world powers in Astana, Kazakhstan to discuss its nuclear program. Discussions that the occupiers of Palestine fervently hope will not be successful. It is toward this end that their key demand this week to the US Congress, the White House and the European Union is “to cast responsibility on the Iranians by blaming them for the talks’ failure in the clearest terms possible.”

Stephen Lendman Washington Backs Syrian Anti-Government Terrorism February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  Make no mistake. Syria is Washington's war. It was planned years ago. Regime change is policy. At issue is replacing Assad's government with a pro-Western puppet one.