Aug 17 2011
Mr. Mileikowsky and the “seal of Netanyahu”: the perilous encounter between modern nationalism and ancient history By Hussein Ibish, August 17, 2011, 6:21pm … I may be trying people’s patience a little with my recent riff on nationalism in general, and particularly the Israeli and Palestinian versions, but further exchanges with some of my interlocutors, …
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Aug 13 2011
Jesus, Bombs and Ice Cream By Shane Claiborne, 8/13/11 12:04 PM ET … I was in Baghdad in March 2003, where I lived as a Christian and as a peacemaker during the “shock-and-awe” bombing. I spent time with families, volunteered in hospitals and learned to sing “Amazing Grace” in Arabic. There is one image of …
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Aug 08 2011
The US military’s secret military By Nick Turse, 08 Aug 2011 06:05 … Somewhere on this planet a US commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done … for the day. Without the knowledge of much of the general American public, a secret force within the US military is …
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Aug 07 2011
Hiroshima’s Lessons: The Air Force, Just War and Nuclear Weapons By Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, 8/7/11 12:21 AM ET … Faced with secular activists’ furor over the separation of church and state, the Air Force recently shelved a mandatory ethics training for nuclear missile officers following a report that the session employed Christian theology and Bible …
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Aug 07 2011
A utopian response to the Obama administration By Clancy Sigal, Sunday 7 August 2011 18.00 BST … A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism … OK, it’s done, the party’s over. For the umpteenth time, President Obama …
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Jul 30 2011
…on Highway 84, about five miles northeast of Bismarck, Arkansas: What it fails to mention is that some estimates of Iraqi civilian casualties are as high as 1,455,590. Afghan civilian casualties are more difficult to estimate, but the United Nations recently reported that civilian casualties in Afghanistan are worse than ever. Almost 1500 civilians were killed …
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Jul 28 2011
Censorship of war casualties in the US By Ted Rall, 28 Jul 2011 11:32 … Why is it so easy for political leaders in the US to convince ordinary citizens to support war? How is it that, after that initial enthusiasm has given away to fatigue and disgust, the reaction is mere disinterest rather than …
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