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War is never justifiable
From: charleydan
Sun 2/15/09 2:17 PM
In reply to LiveJournal post, " Apocalypse Nigh: Cindy Sheehan" :
What experience and history teach is this -- that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles.
George Wilhelm Hegel
I would like to stipulate for this essay that Barack Obama is honorable and really wants ( Read more... ) -
Iraq unveils statue dedicated to man who threw shoe at Bush
Iraq unveils statue dedicated to man who threw shoe at President Bush: http://ping.fm/F2oYG
via http://ping.fm/o5aXr
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War Resister Update on Resisters still in Canada: Jan 26, 2009
War Resister Update on Resisters still in Canada: Jan 26, 2009
To guests who are attending War Resister Action : Let Them Stay week : Jan 19 - 24, 2009
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Secrets of Iraq's death chamber
Independent.co.uk
Prisoners are being summarily executed in the government's high-security detention centre in Baghdad. Robert Fisk reports
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Like all wars, the dark, untold stories of the Iraqi conflict drain from its shattered landscape like the filthy waters of the Tigris. And still the revelations come.
The Independent has ( Read more... ) -
Bush administration creates crises to 'enrich themselves and their friends'
War Is A Racket, by Major General Smedley Butler, 1935
David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster
Published: Friday October 3, 2008
On Thursday's edition of The Colbert Report, bestselling author Naomi Klein argued that the Bush Administration creates crises in order to "enrich themselves and their friends," drawing parallels between the torture of ( Read more... ) -
How Forgotten Iraq May Elect the Next President
Update
Iraq: They Make It a Desert and Call It Peace
Whose War Will Win the Election -- McCain's or Obama's?
By Ira Chernus
In 1932, in the midst of a disastrous economic meltdown, Franklin D. Roosevelt made "the forgotten man" the centerpiece of his presidential election campaign. Far more than we suspect, this year's election may turn not on a ( Read more... ) -
Why we're not -- and we can't win in Iraq
Remember Iraq?
The drop in violence has made the war an afterthought -- and allowed McCain to claim we're "winning." Here's why we're not -- and we can't.
By Gary Kamiya
Sep. 30, 2008 | With Congress rejecting the $700 billion bailout package, the Dow falling 700 points and the U.S. economy on the edge of a cliff, no one is paying much attention to ( Read more... ) -
The Hidden Cost of War
- Video by: Matt Owens , Michael Schaubach, Rus Garofalo, MacKenzie Fegan, Lindsay Utz, Morgan Currie | Music by: Audio Dregs Recordings ( Read more... )
