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Our Amnesiac Torture Debate

Bush’s choice of Panama to make his declaration that America does not torture “is a little like dropping by a slaughterhouse to pronounce the United States a nation of vegetarians.”

Posted on Mar 8, 2006 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


Former Top Mideast Analyst: Intel Misused

Foreign Affairs magazine (not to be confused with US Weekly) publishes a devastating essay by a former senior Middle East intel officer.
“Intelligence was misused publicly to justify decisions already made ... and the intelligence community’s own work was politicized.”
Also in the mag, a think-tank guru writes that Washington should stop mistaking Iraq for Vietnam and start seeing it for what it really is.
(via The PeaceMajority Report)

Posted on Mar 7, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Withdrawal From Iraq? Not With All These Shiny U.S. Bases…

TomDispatch warns that the presence of American “super bases” in Iraq belies the idea that the U.S. will pull out of the country any time soon.

Posted on Feb 24, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


In Pictures: Ron Kovic Today

Paralyzed from the chest down by Vietnam War wounds, and confined to a wheelchair for almost 40 years, Ron Kovic stands as a symbol of the brutality of war. He also exemplifies a man’s ability to transform such tragedy into a lifelong pursuit of peace—for himself and his country.  Listen to the audio, then come view the site’s Kovic photo gallery.

Posted on Jan 26, 2006 READ MORE


Mr. Fish - Liberal Phil

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Liberal phil looking at a waterfall of blood and finally beginning to feel less crappy about his party losing the presidential election in 2004 recognizing at last that the vietnam war and the invasion of both grenada and [anama and the bombing of libya and the wars against nicaragua and the gulf war and the current war with iraq were all bipartisan decisions
Posted on Jan 25, 2006 READ MORE  |  11 COMMENTS        


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Cronkite on Iraq: “Get Out Now”

He’s not just another pundit. The former CBS anchor is credited with helping turn U.S. public opinion against Vietnam in 1968. | story

Posted on Jan 16, 2006 READ MORE


Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.

By Blair Golson

Back in 1968, it wasn’t the Fox network but Time and the Washington Post that branded war critics as fifth columnists. Also, read about an illegal wiretap operation that makes today’s version look downright cordial.

Posted on Jan 15, 2006 READ MORE  |  14 COMMENTS


Alito, a Youthful Enemy of the Warren Court

The Washington Post details Alito’s long-held antipathy to the segregation-ending court. | more
Also, check out our extensive paper trail on the nominee. | link

Posted on Jan 8, 2006 READ MORE


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