Nov 04 2015
Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead? By Robert Fisk, 3 November 2014 I turned on the television in my Damascus hotel room to witness a dreary sight: all the boys and girls of BBC World wearing their little poppies again. Bright red they were, …
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Oct 30 2015
Yes, the Civil War Was About Slavery By Bruce Gourley, December 24, 2010 INTRODUCTION Baptists and other white Americans North and South during the Civil War-era were unequivocal: secession, the existence of the Confederate States of America, and the Civil War were all the result of slavery, the immoral (or moral, depending on one’s race, …
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Aug 06 2015
Obama Isolates Netanyahu as Head of Warmongers By Barak Ravid, Aug 06, 2015 12:34 AM WASHINGTON – Some 200 people gathered at a plaza named for Saudi King Salman at American University in Washington on Wednesday and waited for U.S. President Barack Obama’s address on the nuclear deal reached last month with Iran. A …
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Jul 17 2015
Dear editor, This is a letter about funny things. A random collection perhaps, but some readers may discern a veritable fountain of flummery, deep and wide, that flows through them all. Funny thing about that young bigot slaughtering all those people away yonder in a Charleston church just a few weeks ago. Suddenly there’s a …
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Jul 04 2015
Ode to Nam on the 40th Anniversary of its End By J. Randall O’Brien, February 15, 2015 He came home from Nam But never made it back. I saw him last just before He left for the war. We celebrated his return His presence being our only lack. Cheering glasses were raised Repeatedly before …
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May 21 2015
America’s Virulent, Extremist Counterterrorism Ideology By Micah Zenko, May 21, 2015 Throughout the 13-plus years of the war on terrorism, one line of effort that everyone in Washington agrees on is the necessity to counter the ideology put forth by terrorist groups. Unfortunately, everyone also agrees that U.S. government agencies have done a terrible …
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May 05 2015
Too By The Observer (Arkansas Times), April 23 2015 There’s an enemy out there, lurking in the dark. It’s the enemy of every human being and — The Observer has become convinced over the years — the root of all evil, no matter what you’ve heard about the Greenback Dollar. Money, it turns out, …
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