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Ron Jacobs : Raining Shock and Awe in Iraq
Image from Popular-Pics.com. Raining shock and awe:‘Mission accomplished’ in Iraq? There was nothing good about this war unless you owned stock in the arms industry. Thousands of U.S. men and women were sent to Iraq over and over again to … Continue reading
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Tagged Desert Storm, George W. Bush, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Ron Jacobs, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military
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David Bacon : Iraqis Call for Real Democracy
Unemployed men demonstrate outside the office of a contractor who had promised them work. Photo David Bacon. Image from Truthout.Eight years of occupation:Iraqis take to the streets, call for real democracy By David Bacon / The Rag Blog / March … Continue reading
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Tagged David Bacon, Democracy Movements, Iraq Occupation, Labor Unions, Social Action
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Alice Embree : Protesters Block Fort Hood Troop Deployment
Participants in the blockade action at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 23, 2010. Left to right: Iraq Veterans Bobby Whittenberg-James and Crystal Colon, Jeff Grant, Military Spouse Cynthia Thomas and Afghanistan Veteran Matthis Chiroux. Photo from Fort Hood Disobeys. Protesters … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Direct Action, Fort Hood, Iraq Occupation, Peace Movement, Political Protest
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Tom Hayden : Will Iraq ‘Invite’ Us to Stay?
Image from Progressive America Rising.U.S. combat ends in IraqBut will Iraq ‘invite’ us to stay? By Tom Hayden / The Rag Blog / August 21, 2010 See ‘The myth that the combat troops are leaving Iraq’ by Col. Andrew Berdy, … Continue reading
Clare Bayard : Soldiers Charge Troops Unprepared for Deployment
Troops in Afghanistan: How prepared are they? Photo by Brennan Linsley /AP.Army Weak:Reserve members facing deploymentCharge their company not fit for battle By Clare Bayard / The Rag Blog / August 12, 2010 See ‘A call to action at Fort … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War GIs, Clare Bayard, Fort Hood, Iraq Occupation, IVAW, PTSD, U.S. Army, U.S. Military
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Howard Zinn on the 4th of July : Put Away the Flags
Image by Darren Wamboldt / Shutterstock / Journal of the American Enterprise Institute.The self-deception of exceptionalism:Put away the flags By Howard Zinn / July 3, 2010 [People’s historian Howard Zinn died on January 7, 2010. This piece was originally distributed … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, American Exceptionalism, American History, Howard Zinn, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Nationalism
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The ‘Nation-Building’ Mirage : A Trillion Dollars and Counting
U.S. Marine in Afghanistan. Photo by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters.From anti-terrorism to ‘nation building’:Paying dearly for Bush’s wars By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 28, 2010 In October of 2001, President Bush invaded Afghanistan. About a year … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bush Legacy, Iraq Occupation, Military, Peace Movement, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Larry Ray : Killing and Dying in Vietraqistan
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Vietraqistan:One, two, three, four…What are we fighting for? By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2010 “We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Fatalities, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Larry Ray, Military, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam
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Danny at McDonalds : ‘I Got Tired of Killing Farmers’
An Iraqi farmer speaks to Sgt. Bryon Clark in the village of Ka bashe in Kirkuk, Iraq, May 31, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bobby Allen / Flickr.Why Danny quit the army:‘I got tired of killing farmers’ By Leslie … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Austin, Iraq Occupation, IVAW, Leslie Cunningham
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KBR and the Army : Rewarding Incompetence and Scandal
Image from Ms. Sparky.Repeating bad behavior:Houston’s KBR gets $2.8 billion contract By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 7, 2010 It looks like the United States Army is incapable of learning from past mistakes. On Tuesday, the Army … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Abuse, Corruption, Houston, Iraq Occupation, KBR, Military Contractors, Ted McLaughlin, U.S. Army
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Tom Hayden Comic : The Long War
The Long WarText by Tom Hayden.Illustrated by Sam Marlow and Ellis Rosen. Edited by Paul Buhle.Published by The Rag Blog. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE See additional frames, Below. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American History, Comics, Imperialism, Iraq Occupation, Pakistan, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Scott Ritter on ‘Victory’ in Iraq
Iraqi national police stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad two days before U.S. troops withdraw from the city, as a sandstorm blankets Iraq’s capital. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP.So This Is What Victory Looks Like?By Scott Ritter / July 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Middle East, U.S. Military
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