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Paul Buhle : An ‘Obama Force’ (Swords into Plowshares)
“Beating Swords into Plowshares.” Photo by I Like.For an ‘Obama Force’(Aka a foreign policy note from the Left)By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2009 The blogosphere is now thick with foreign policy discussions about the impending … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Military, Obama Presidency, Progressives, The Left
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POETRY / Larry Piltz : People of a Jealous God
move Air Wing One to Sector Nineand Air Wing Two just across the linerefresh the map at Sector Rnow flood the field with hover carclick it once to enlarge the gridencrypt the code for Captain Kidddelete and clear each square … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Breaking from BushCo Policy and Catastrophe to a Viable Future
The Afghan government says that at least 70 people including women and children were killed in the ‘careless’ attack by US forces on Azizabad village in northwest Afghanistan. Photo: AP.Operation Enduring Disaster: Breaking with Afghan PolicyBy Tariq Ali / November … Continue reading
Casey Porter : Stop-Lossed in Iraq
Eddy Porter holds a photo of his son, U.S. Army Spc. Casey Porter, who is returning for his second tour of duty in Iraq under the Department of Defense’s “Stop-Loss” program. Photo by Ronald W. Erdrich / Abiline Reporter-News.Casey Porter … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Austin, Filmmakers, GI's, Iraq Veterans, Iraq War, Military, Texas
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Iraq Report: the al Anbar Handover
Sergeant Jesse E. Leach carries Lance Corporal Juan Valdez-Castillo after he was shot by a sniper during a patrol in Anbar Province, Iraq on October 31, 2006. (Photo: Joao Silva for The New York Times)The Fake U.S. Victory in IraqBy … Continue reading
Rachel Papo : Face of the Day
See Rachel Papo’s statement about this series below. One photograph from Rachel Papo’s photo series on female Israeli soldiers. At an age when social, sexual, and educational explorations are at their highest point, the life of an eighteen-year-old Israeli girl … Continue reading
Why Does This Look So Much Like Vietnam?
Occupation’s security: “Burning a village to the ground in order to save it”By Imad Khadduri On August 10, 2008 (in Arabic with pictures – not to be seen on CNN or FOX), an entire Iraqi village in Baladrouz, Diyala was … Continue reading
Iraq Report: Tense in the North
An Iraqi soldier inspects weapons which were found during military search operations in different parts of Diyala province.Outbreak of armed conflict in tense Kirkuk fearedBy Basil Adas / August 10, 2008 BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has commissioned … Continue reading
This Is How the United States Has Always Run Its Dirty Little Wars
A U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne Division walks past a member of the Iraqi CLC (Concerned Local Citizens) guard during a patrol in Baiji Dec. 27, 2007.‘We Were Basically Hiring Terrorists’By Anna Badkhen / August 6, 2008 The … Continue reading
Houston Cong. Ted Poe : ‘Our Country Cannot Deceive Its Citizens’
Hah, hah …. Who is Ted Poe trying to kid? Living in Amerikkka is one gigantic deception, dude !!! Just where do you think you’ve been all your life? Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Threats, Lies and AudiotapeBy Amy … Continue reading
Returning Soldiers Still Struggling
VA Gets 55,000 Plus Suicide Calls: A Suicide Hotline Is Turning Into A Life Line For Veterans In CrisisBy Pia Malbran / July 28, 2008 More than 55,000 people – including about 22,000 who identified themselves as veterans – have … Continue reading
Pvt. LaVena Johnson ‘Committed Suicide’ and ‘Was Not Brutally Raped and Murdered’
Pvt. LaVena Johnson.Another cover-up in a war full of cover-ups and liesby Meg White / July 29, 2008 They don’t care. They put on a uniform and they say honor and integrity and they have no morals, no honor and … Continue reading
