Chris Djiongouros – Thoughts on Politics & Law

Is the US a police state?

Iraq outraged by Blackwater case dismissal

Iraq has criticized the US court’s dismissal of all charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of killing seventeen Iraqi civilians in 2007. The country’s government has vowed to pursue the case itself. Blackwater contractors – a US private military company – was sent to Iraq to assist the US army in 2003. In 2007, 17 [...]

Endless war as a means to keep Pentagon’s budget

Today the US is spending more on war than the governments of 50 American states spend on education, healthcare and welfare of the American people, says journalist Sherwood Ross. “American people who voted for peace are finding that we have a greater war economy than ever before,” said Ross. “The idea of the Pentagon and [...]