Mar 23 2013
What America Learned in Iraq By John A. Nagl, March 19, 2013 The costs of the second Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, are staggering: nearly 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, many grievously; tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis wounded or killed; more than $2 trillion in direct …
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Mar 23 2013
The Crucifixion of Tomas Young By Chris Hedges, Mar 10, 2013 I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary “Body of War.” He was one of …
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Mar 23 2013
What drives jihadism? Clue: it’s not what you think By Memphis Barker, Tuesday 19 March 2013 Did you hear the one about the jihadist cleric? According to a new Harvard study, the main reason Islamic imams start to talk up the wholesale murder of Western civilians has nothing to do with top-to-toe ideological hatred. …
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Mar 23 2013
The Iraq War Was My Fault By Wes Magruder, March 23, 2013 I remember what it felt like ten years ago this week. The dread had been building for months. The sabers had been rattling for some time. Though there were certainly plenty of folks who were ready to “finish off the job” that …
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Mar 17 2013
Why do we cosy up to these Wahhabi tyrants? By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 17 March 2013 OMG, what was she thinking? Camilla, wife of our future king, wore a flimsy, unsecured headscarf on her trip to Saudi Arabia. It rebelliously slipped off and almost uncovered all her hair! According to the strict, conservative …
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Mar 17 2013
The cost of war must be measured by human tragedy, not artefacts By Robert Fisk, Sunday 17 March 2013 What is a child’s life worth against all the antiquities of Syria? Any reflection of Syria’s architectural disasters must include this question. The child, a humanitarian must say, is worth all the columns of Palmyra …
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Mar 17 2013
The defence of freedom begins in the military By KC Boyd, 17 Mar 2013 13:01 The first protest rally since the Vietnam era took take place on Friday, March 8 outside the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). This time the focus was not on the subject of war but on the pervasive Christian …
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