Oh, look! Check out what today’s text is from the Lectionary! Matthew 5:38-48 38“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40and [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Matthew 5:38-48: Watch Those Preachers Tap Dance!
Posted: February 20, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Chicago, Christianity, hypocrisy, Jesus, militarism, nationalism, nonviolence
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On Anniversary of Marjah Push, Escalation Strategy Still Failing
Posted: February 13, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Because It's Time, counterinsurgency, escalation, Gates, Marjah, McChrystal, Obama, Petraeus, Rethink Afghanistan
Exactly one year ago, on February 13, 2010, the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan launched the first major military operations enabled by President Obama’s 30,000 troop increase. President Obama and the high priests of counterinsurgency warfare, Generals David Petraeus and Stanley McChrystal, made two major assertions about the escalation, that it would [...]
2010: Worst Year for Civilian Deaths of the Afghanistan War
Posted: February 2, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan Rights Monitor, Afghanistan war, civilian casualties, IEDs, ISAF, NATO, Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, war in Afghanistan
Last year was the worst year for civilian deaths in the war so far, and irregular armed groups backed by the U.S. and by the Afghan government are preying on the population while recruiting and abusing children. Go team. I’m almost numb from continually relaying reports like this, but every time I get an email [...]
