I put up a long post over at DailyKos on the sixth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. UPDATE: My post got picked up by Brave New Films, also. And my friend Jason also shared his thoughts on the six-year anniversary.
Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
The Business of Burning Human Beings
Posted: March 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: arms dealers, Christianity, Iraq, Irresistible Revolution, Jesus, Jesus for President, Lockheed Martin, nonviolence, Shane Claiborne, war profiteering
While U.S. manufacturing exports dry up, one particular group of U.S. exporters are still raking in money: the arms dealers. Via Trade and Taxes: It turns out that in 2007 the US had the lowest share of global manufacturing output on record. For the first time since the UN began keeping these statistics in 1970, [...]
The Day After Tomorrow
Posted: March 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, anti-war, biden, Iraq, Lynn Woolsey, McCain, Obama, Rumsfeld, surge
Thursday marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S.’s military assault on Iraq. The occupation continues today, although President Obama recently stated his intent to withdraw our forces: Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end….And under the Status of Forces Agreement with the [...]
War is Not Natural
Posted: March 3, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Bob Herbert, Gene Sharp, Iraq, New York Times, nonviolence, Seville Statement on Violence
Bob Herbert wrote another excellent column for the New York Times on Afghanistan. This piece highlights the terrible toll on our young people caused by giving and receiving violence: We’ve already paid a fearful price for these wars. In addition to the many thousands of service members who have been killed or suffered obvious disabling [...]
Q: When is a Withdrawal Not a Withdrawal?
Posted: February 27, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Iraq, military, Obama, peace and justice, status of forces agreement
A: When it leaves behind 50,000 combat troops and an uncertain number of “advisers.” From the Guardian UK: WASHINGTON – Democratic Congressional leaders have expressed dismay that President Barack Obama is planning to leave as many as 50,000 US troops in Iraq even after the long-awaited withdrawal of combat troops next year. Obama, on a [...]
Easier Not to Look
Posted: December 31, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Iraq, Jesus, nonviolence
From The New York Times: Quietly, as the United States presidential election and its aftermath have dominated the news, America’s three broadcast network news divisions have stopped sending full-time correspondents to Iraq. “The war has gone on longer than a lot of news organizations’ ability or appetite to cover it,” said Jane Arraf, a former [...]
This is a great idea! I mean, we tried it before… …and it didn’t come back to bite us, right? The U.S. government drew all the wrong lessons from the fall in violence following the ethnic cleansing(s) in Iraq, and insist on imposing their frame on Afghanistan. The surge did not cause Iraq violence to [...]
I’m no conservative, but The American Conservative nailed it: Nobody wants to recall what Americans believed back then. That’s OK: I’ll remember it. People thought that Saddam was “connected to” 9/11, and his agents were going to poison our water, nuke our cities, and gas our subways. At least they claimed to believe all that [...]
Blatant Self-Promotion
Posted: November 10, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Bush, Derrick Crowe, Iraq, Obama
I just posted on BraveNewFilms regarding the costs of an escalation in Afghanistan. Check it out. UPDATE: Part two of my “No Afghanistan Escalation” series is up on BraveNewFilms. Have a look. UPDATE II: We’re on the front page of AlterNet and BraveNewFilms! Weeeeeee! Also, I finally put up a bio about myself on the [...]
Two Bad Things, Worse Together: U.S. Widens Violent Conflicts as Forces Hit the Wall
Posted: October 29, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Iraq, Israel, Jesus, Lebannon, nonviolence, Syria
Strategy 101: When you overstretched your forces, Coalition forces in Afghanistan have “now reached their limit”, according to General Sir Michael Rose, former commander of UN forces in Bosnia…Gen Rose warns there are not enough combat troops to continue the momentum against the Taliban. do not do this: …[O]fficials said the raid Sunday, apparently the [...]
