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Monthly Archives: July 2006
Ships and Planes and Déjà Vu – S. Russell
A young John Kerry, testifying for Vietnam Veterans Against the War, was famously asked “how” we could get out of Vietnam. “Ships and planes, Senator, ships and planes.” We now know that LBJ also desperately wanted out of Vietnam, but … Continue reading
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A Letter from Beirut – courtesy J. Jones
I am writing now from a cafe, in West Beirut’s Hamra district. It is filled with people who are trying to escape the pull of 24 hour news reporting. Like me. The electricity has been cut off for awhile now, … Continue reading
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Jesus as anti-imperialist
by Bill Meacham I have been reading works by radical Christian theologians John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg, and recently attended a conference featuring them both. Crossan in particular is a very rigorous historian who uses textual analytics, history, sociology … Continue reading
No Bravery – J. Blunt
As the Iraqi single mother writes on her blog, An Iraqi Tear: “hear the song in the link below and see the photos, then ask your self: WHY?”No Bravery Or as a seventeen year old Iraqi girl writes in her … Continue reading
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Liars – M. Wizard
Liars liars said we were against our troops. they said it then. they’re saying it now. it’s harder, this time, to be real supportive. things have changed. you’re all volunteers. your Mamas should have told you what was going on. … Continue reading
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Sir! No Sir! – courtesy L. Hansel, D. Zeiger
If I had seen this film while I was in Iraq , things would have been much different. -Garett Reppenhagen, Army Sniper and OIF Veteran. Co-Founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War This is powerful stuff, offering us not only … Continue reading
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Developing US Confrontation with Venezuela – D. Hamilton and C. Mychalejko
A serious confrontation is developing between the US and Venezuela over the next seat open on the UN Security Council to be filled by a Latin American country. This change is to take place January 2007. The decision is to … Continue reading
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