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Marc Estrin: Hearts and Minds : A Valentine’s Day Love Offensive
Israeli school children are shown writing messages on shells meant for targets in Lebanon. The incident took place July 17, 2006, near the northern Israeli border. The messages reportedly included hearts, a star of David, and the words “From Israel … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Israel, Kurt Vonnegut, Marc Estrin, U.S. Military, Valentine's Day, War Crimes
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Sgt. Travis Bishop : Ft. Hood War Resister to Get Out Early
War resister Sgt. Travis Bishop flashes peace sign to supporters as he is taken to the Bell County (Texas) Correctional Unit after being sentenced to one year in prison at court martial on August 14, 2009. Photo by Eric Thompson.Afghanistan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement, Texas, Travis Bishop, U.S. Military, War Resisters
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Tom Hayden : Afghanistan and a Reluctant NATO
Cartoon from Florida Times-Union / Netizen News Brief.The Peace Exchange:NATO and the Afghan War By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2010 The White House and Pentagon are lobbying hard for an increased NATO troop commitment for … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Europe, Imperialism, NATO, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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U.S. in Afghanistan : 1979-2009
Afghanistan: Mujahedin in 1984. Photo from U.S. Foreign Policy in Perspective.The thirty years war:The United States in AfghanistanBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 27, 2009 When the Soviet Union sent 85,000 of its troops to Afghanistan in … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Cold War, Harry Targ, Imperialism, Jimmy Carter, Soviet Union, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Grisly Calculus : Fudging on Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Sar Bland, an Afghan man who was injured in a rocket attack in Tagab, lies on bed at a hospital at the U.S. base at Bagram, Afghanistan. An official said the death of civilians in U.S. rocket attacks presumably aimed … Continue reading
John Ross : Days of Dementia in Obamalandia
The Zhu Zhu virtual hamster: Dementia in Obamalandia. Photo by Rex Larsen / The Grand Rapids Press.On the loose in Obamalandia:Days of Dementia (‘Is the war over yet?’) Yes, Baracko, the economy is booming again for Chinese-made mechanical hamsters but … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American Society, Economic Crisis, GI's, John Ross, Obama Administration, PTSD, The Left, U.S. Military, Unemployment, War on Terror
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Harm’s Way : Escalation and the GI Suicide Crisis
Mental health and the suicide rate:Sending soldiers into harm’s way By Michael Anthony / The Rag Blog / December 4, 2009 President Obama recently stated that sending more troops into harm’s way in Afghanistan is a solemn decision — one … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, GI's, Iraq Veterans, Mental Health, Michael Anthony, Suicide, U.S. Military, Veterans, Veterans Administration
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Tom Hayden : Time to Strip Off the Obama Sticker
Image from Zazzle.com.Obama’s Afghanistan escalation:Latest in a string of disappointments I’ll support Obama down the road against Sarah Palin, Lou Dobbs or any of the pitchfork carriers for the pre-Obama era. But no bumper sticker until the withdrawal strategy is … Continue reading
The War President : Barack Obama at West Point
President Barack Obama announces his escalation of the War in Afghanistan at the US Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., on Tuesday night. Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP.The War President at West Point:Great speech, bad message By Ted McLaughlin … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Obama Foreign Policy, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Military
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Obama and Afghanistan : The Permanent War Economy
Imperialism (War Economy), by Jolan Gross Bettelheim, lithograph, c.1940.Obama on Afghanistan:He cannot believe what he is saying By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2009 After a 1966 presentation by Dean Rusk before the Senate Foreign Relations … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Harry Targ, Obama Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, War Economy
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Afghanistan : Escalation or Social Justice?
Image from AfterDowningStreet.Obama’s escalation in AfghanistanFaces immediate opposition By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2009 Tonight at 8 p.m. EST President Barack Obama is set to announce his commitment to the worst blunder in U.S. policy … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Harvey Wasserman, Obama Foreign Policy, Peace Movement, Political Protest, Social Action
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : 10 Best Reasons to Send Troops to Afghanistan
Ten best reasons to send more U.S. troops By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2009 10. If you want to breed and train more would-be terrorists who hate the USA, the best way to do … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Imperialism, Peace Movement, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, U.S. Military
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