Tag: war
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September 20, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
As a rookie reporter, I once received a letter – and a lasting lesson -- from a great American. It may seem odd in this highly partisan political age, but I was a war-protesting radical rabble-rouser . . . more
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July 14, 2006 05:23 PM EDT --
©This article copyright Sean-Paul Kelley
Since the war started we've been repeatedly told that we're building Iraqi schools, healthcare centers, and my personal favorite: turning the electricity . . . more
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May 24, 2007 08:47 PM EDT --
I did see the movie “Borat” and yes, I am stealing that joke for the title of this piece. Our ‘War of Terror’ is defined by the applause that backs it up during an event like the . . . more
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August 23, 2008 01:54 AM EDT --
I'm inclined to extend this analogy a little further when it comes to the US versus the Russians in strategic terms: it's more like chess players versus checkers players. But still, this graf . . . more
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June 13, 2006 01:50 PM EDT --
The day before yesterday and a few days before that I made allusions to and wrote about Dr. Brydon and what happened during the First Afghan War. In late 2001 I was pretty darn convinced that what is happening . . . more
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July 05, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
This post comes from a comment made in this post. It is about why we cannot discuss Israel in this country like mature adults:
If they want to discuss the role of AIPAC on American foreign policy, well, . . . more
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September 05, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
Here's what the Democrats want to see in Iraq:
(1) transitioning the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter-terrorism, training, logistics and force protection; (2) beginning the phased redeployment of U.S. . . . more
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June 30, 2006 12:37 PM EDT --
I'd always thought the point of a university education was to learn how to be open-minded, to learn how to think critically, to learn how to learn. I guess all that has changed. It now looks increasingly . . . more
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June 30, 2006 04:31 PM EDT --
I'm appalled at what the Israelis are doing to the Palestinians right now. What is happening right now is out of all proportion to anything the Palestinians did or possibly were planning to do. I watched . . . more
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July 25, 2006 06:44 PM EDT --
Interesting...
Half of Americans now say Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded the country in 2003 -- up from 36 percent last year, a Harris poll finds. Pollsters deemed . . . more
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September 05, 2006 05:25 PM EDT --
Even as some are saying that we should declare victory in the war on terror, the President reminds us all of the danger that still exists and why it is important to continue taking the fight to the enemy: . . . more
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September 11, 2006 10:26 AM EDT --
You're going to be reading and watching a lot of remembrances of 9/11 today. Some will be horrifying, some will be bittersweet. All be tinged with the sort of melancholy you expect from citizens grieving . . . more
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November 29, 2006 01:45 PM EST --
Many critics of the war in Iraq are fond of saying that it has nothing to do with fighting terrorism. Their answers to questions about what the war is really about, if not terrorism, are varied. . . . more
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May 16, 2007 01:17 PM EDT --
I had just assumed that upon the death of the last WWI combat veteran there would have been some mention of him in the major media, after all World War One was our official coming out party as a great . . . more
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August 12, 2006 01:14 AM EDT --
And by that I mean she's offering to harbor fugitive cowards who desert the American military on her land in Crawford, Texas.
It was at the Veterans for Peace national convention in Dallas last year . . . more
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August 14, 2006 01:09 AM EDT --
Ugh...
Israel's failure to quickly defeat Hezbollah forced the U.S. to make significant compromises at the United Nations and looks likely to leave U.S. policies in the region as well as Israeli Prime . . . more
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August 27, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
Not that it really matters, and not that many people will believe Nasrallah is sincere, but today he apparently says he regrets giving orders to kidnap Israeli soldiers, which started a brief, 34 day . . . more
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May 15, 2006 04:10 PM EDT --
This is a bit depressing.
When Libya first renounced its weapons of mass destruction programs in the wake of the invasion of Iraq I heralded it as a victory for President Bush's foreign policy. When . . . more
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July 22, 2006 02:29 AM EDT --
David Bogner:
This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten so badly that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting desperately to step in and stop the carnage... but knowing . . . more
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July 23, 2006 09:41 AM EDT --
Hmm, it seems that some Iranians aren't gung ho about the support of Hizbollah. Of course, this could all change if Iran got more directly involved in the assault on Israel. If the US was . . . more
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