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Afghanistan Escalation : Footprint We Can’t Afford
Ecological footprint. Image from Sprayblog.Escalation in Afghanistan:What’s the carbon/health footprint of another senseless war? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2009 The Afghan War may now doom our ability both to cope with the global climate … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Obama is ‘Kicking the Can’ on Afghanistan
Kicking the can. Image from Oskar Rough.Obama’s Afghanistan policy:Playing to the imaginary center Like President Johnson before him, President Obama is squandering any hope for his progressive domestic agenda by this tragic escalation of the war. By Tom Hayden / … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq War, Obama Foreign Policy, Political Opinion, Tom Hayden, Vietnam
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Life During Wartime : The Great Society
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
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Tagged Afghanistan, LBJ, Political Cartoon, Political Satire, Vietnam
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Obama Presidency : One Term if by War, Two if by Peace
Barack Obama and the Afghanistan decision:One (term) if by war, two if by peace By Harvey Wasserman / November 17, 2009 As the world awaits Barack Obama’s decision on Afghanistan, a lethal myth has spread. It says that standing up … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Military, Obama Presidency, Peace
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Curbing John O’Neill : The Pipeline and the Saudi-Al Qaeda Connection
The late John P. O’Neill, former assistant director of the FBI, saw threat of bin Laden early on. O’Neill’s attempts to investigate connections with Saudis were thwarted.John O’Neill, the Trans Afghanistan Pipeline:The Saudis, the Bushes and bin LadenBy Sherman DeBrosse … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Pipeline, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden, Espionage, FBI, George W. Bush, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Special Delivery : Ft. Hood GI Gives Letter to Obama
Pfc. Michael Kern. Photo from Cynthia Thomas / Under the Hood Cafe.Stopping by the barracks:GI Michael Kern hands Obama IVAW letter What happened at Fort Hood has made it abundantly clear that the military mental health system, and our soldiers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Anti-War GIs, Fort Hood, Iraq Veterans, IVAW, Mental Health, Military, PTSD, Victor Agosto
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Hey Obama : Ride ’em Cowboy!
C’mon Obama,Let’s have a real buildup in Afghanistan! Barack Obama told the nation/‘Have no fear of escalation/I am trying everyone to please…’(With apologies to Tom Paxton) By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2009 To Barack Obama: … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, LBJ, Military, Political Satire, Veterans Day, Vietnam
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Matthew Hoh and Vietnamistan : Déjà vu all Over Again
A bright and shining lie:Hoh’s Afghanistan and John Paul Vann’s VietnamBy Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2009 I just got a copy of diplomat Matthew Hoh’s resignation letter from a friend in Canada. I don’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Books, Matthew Hoh, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam, World History
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Sherman DeBrosse : Pipeline Politics and the Afghanistan War
Worth all the blood?The Trans Afghanistan Pipeline By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / November 6, 2009 President Barack Obama recently honored eighteen fallen American soldiers at a midnight ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Let us … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Afghanistan Pipeline, Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Energy, Taliban, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Alice Embree : Here’s to the Soldiers of Fort Hood
Jackie Thomas at Under the Hood Coffeehouse near Ft. Hood. Photo by Cynthia Thomas / The Rag Blog. Thoughts of Charles Whitman on the tower,And the soldiers who come back broken from war Bring the troops home and take care … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War GIs, Central Texas, Ft. Hood, Peace Movement
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Barack Obama : Stop the Runaway Train
President Obama: Stop the runaway train of globalization.Long range strategic innovation: Globalization, the financial crisis, environmental planning, and getting out of Afghanistan By Ray Reece / The Rag Blog / November 5, 2009 Call this a lesson in how to … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Legitimacy Crisis and the Vietnam Syndrome
Public suspicion of government on the rise:The return of the Vietnam Syndrome By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 3, 2009 I teach a course on United States foreign policy. I was just finishing up a discussion of … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, American History, American Society, Social Change, U.S. Foreign Policy, Vietnam
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