Author: Norman Solomon
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These Colors Won’t Run…Afghanistan
Is your representative speaking out against escalation of the Afghanistan war? Last week, some members of Congress sent President Obama a letter that urged him to "reconsider" his order deploying 17,000 additional US troops to Afghanistan… One of several journalists in Afghanistan on a tour "organized by the staff of commanding Gen. David D. McKiernan,"…
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Where the money goes
Early this winter, the PBS "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" interviewed the medical director at a community clinic in Northern California. He recalled the sight of military equipment moving along railroad tracks next to his office. "I've joked with my colleagues," Dr. David Katz said, "if we could just get one of those Abrams tanks we…
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Freeing Up Resources…for More War
Hours after President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, The New York Times printed the news that he plans to gradually withdraw "American combat forces" from Iraq during the next 18 months. The newspaper reported that the advantages of the pullout will include "relieving the strain on the armed forces and freeing up…
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Afghanistan, the Next U.S. Quagmire?
by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 (IPS) – The United States is planning to send an additional 17,000 troops to one of the world's most battle-scarred nations – Afghanistan – long described as "a graveyard of empires". First, it was the British Empire, and then the Soviet Union. So, will the United States be…