Category: Afghanistan
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Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life
When the US military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over the weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come with the territory of war and occupation. A month ago, President Obama pledged $100 million in US government aid to earthquake-devastated Haiti. Compare that to the…
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Don’t Call It a ‘Defense’ Budget
This isn’t “defense.” The new budget from the White House will push U.S. military spending well above $2 billion a day. Foreclosing the future of our country should not be confused with defending it. “Unless miraculous growth, or miraculous political compromises, creates some unforeseen change over the next decade, there is virtually no room for…
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Norman Solomon on war, conformity, and the Democratic Party
Norman Solomon interview 1/27/10 from Jon Stiffler on Vimeo.
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Flares in the Political Dark
The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. “In a dark time,” wrote the poet Theodore Roethke, “the eye begins to see.” After a year of escalation in Afghanistan, solicitude toward Wall Street and the incredible shrinking healthcare reform, we ought to…