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Tom Hayden on Iraq and Afghanistan : Partial Peace, Looming War
President Obama announced his plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 27. Photo by Doug Mills / The New York Times Obama’s official stance comes after many months of appearing to support the notion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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PTSD Meds: Killing Soldiers When the Battle’s Over
Veterans’ families question cause of deaths: Post-traumatic stress syndrome treatment citedBy Julie Robinson / March 1, 2009 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Stan and Shirley White’s son Andrew, a Marine reservist, died at home 2 1/2 years after he returned from Iraq. … Continue reading
Online Porn : Conservative Americans are Biggest Users
‘Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by,’ says Benjamin Edelman of Harvard. By Ewen Callaway / February 27, 2009 Americans may paint themselves in … Continue reading
America’s Unpleasant Tendency to Bury the Past
Agent Orange Landscape. This area was defoliated with dioxin at the request of the South Vietnamese. The VC were attacking their training bases nearby from the hills. It now looks a bit like Scotland. Photo source.Obama please note: Those who … Continue reading
US Iraqi Refugee Program: Not Exactly Successful
Tarek Darwish kisses his wife Nahida Mahmoud goodbye outside the family’s apartment. For for Iraqi attorney Tarek Darwish, his wife Nahida Mahmoud and their 5 children, the hope of obtaining the “American Dream” was quickly fleeting in the five months … Continue reading
Cole: Financial Trouble in the Newspaper Industry
The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?By Juan Cole / March 1, 2009 You wonder if the last front page article in the last newspaper will be about the demise of the newspaper? I especially regret … Continue reading
Ni’lin: Opposed to Israeli Occupation, But Sympathetic to the Suffering of the Jews
A Ni’lin anti-Wall protest (PIC, 12/17/08).And Now For Something Completely DifferentBy Rebecca Vilkomerson / February 28, 2009 For a change of pace from our usual dose of death and destruction, an inspiring story: The village of Ni’lin has paid a … Continue reading
NATO Has Developed a Strict Scenario to Convey Its Positive Message
A US soldier poses with a dead Afghani man in the hills of Afghanistan.Truth in Reporting: Meaningless to NATO in AfghanistanBy Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog / February 28, 2009 Thanks to Wikileaks, we now know with certainty that … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, NATO, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Government, U.S. Military
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Beckett on the Two-State Solution
A Palestinian man sits next to a whimsical stenciling on Israel’sseparation barrier in the West Bank village of A-Ram.Too Late for Two-State? The Battle for the Future of Palestine and IsraelBy Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / February 27, … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation, Paul Beckett
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If Not Now, When? Ending the Drug War
Wizard’s culture-jammed version of a print ad for a popular cleanser envisions potential benefits of medicinal cannabis, still illegal in 36 states, if US researchers were freed of prohibition-mandated limitations.IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Ending the drug warBy Mariann G. Wizard … Continue reading
Bageant Goes Trippin’
Skinny Dipping in Reality: A coot’s account of the great hippie LSD enlightenment search partyBy Joe Bageant / February 17, 2009 There’s nothing better that 250 mics of good acid to kick start the cosmic coonhunt for Enlightenment. It takes … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Not Winning Hearts and Minds
Wounded Afghans recover after air strike bombings.Losing the People: The Cost and Consequences of Civilian Suffering in AfghanistanBy Erica Gaston / February 26, 2009 For the last year, I have been living in Afghanistan interviewing civilians harmed in the conflict … Continue reading
