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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Mar 16 2013
Rachel Never Died By Aisha Aijaz, Mar 16th, 2012 Rachel Corrie, beautiful soul, born in Olympia, Washington was no ordinary child, no ordinary 23 year old student and no ordinary human being. And people, who are extraordinary, never die. They live for ever in the hearts and minds of their followers. They give direction …
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Mar 06 2013
Bradley Manning’s American dream, if only… By Mark LeVine, 04 Mar 2013 15:10 Bradley Manning obviously still believes in America, in a country that cares about the rule of law, fairness and human rights for all. His naivete might well cost him his freedom for the rest of his life. Reading through Manning’s statement …
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Feb 24 2013
War on terror is the West’s new religion By Robert Fisk, Sunday 24 February 2013 Mohamed al-Zawahiri, younger brother of Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman, made a particularly intriguing statement in Cairo last month. Talking to that wonderful French institution Le Journal du Dimanche about Mali, he asked the paper to warn France “and …
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Feb 22 2013
Israel’s Script Turns Sour By Lisa Goldman, February 22, 2013 For years, Paul Newman and his blue eyes shaped America’s perception of Israel. Newman starred in Exodus, a 1960 Hollywood blockbuster set in 1947, the final year of the British mandate in Palestine. The film depicts Ari Ben Canaan, played by Newman, as an …
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Feb 09 2013
The Evolution of Irregular War By Max Boot, February 5, 2013 Pundits and the press too often treat terrorism and guerrilla tactics as something new, a departure from old-fashioned ways of war. But nothing could be further from the truth. Throughout most of our species’ long and bloody slog, warfare has primarily been carried …
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