“A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, “This way of settling differences is not just.” This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘war’
No More “King-Washing” the Pentagon, Please
Posted: January 16, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: Brave New Foundation, budget, debt, deficit, Derrick Crowe, Jr., Martin Luther King, Pentagon, Robert Greenwald, spending, video, war, war costs
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Why Did Dr. King Take on Anti-War Activism?
Posted: June 13, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Christianity, Gospel, Martin Luther King, nonviolence, peace, war
“…because I am determined to take the Gospel seriously.” –Martin Luther King, Jr., A Time to Break the Silence on Vietnam. Happy Sunday.
Dear President Obama: Easter Has Nothing To Do With War
Posted: April 4, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: antiwar, Christ, Christianity, Easter, Father Zabelka, Iwo Jima, Jesus, militarism, Obama, peace, war
President Obama Rejects the Narrow, Dogmatic Views of the Jedi
Posted: February 28, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Episode III, Gandhi, Jedi, King, Nobel, nonviolence, Obama, Revenge of the Sith, Sith, Star Wars, war, war in Afghanistan
Howard Dean on Continued War in Afghanistan: YEAAAGGGHHH!!!!
Posted: July 19, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Howard Dean, Kabul, Rule of the Rapists, war
Yeah, I went there. I rooted for Howard Dean until the end in 2004. I remember watching the video feed as he let out his infamous “Dean Scream,” thinking to myself that this man is trying just a little to hard to keep his supporters’ enthusiasm going. Most people who were paying attention to the [...]
Unchallenged “War” Frame Wrecking U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan
Posted: October 11, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Jesus, nonviolence, war
Noah Shactman’s latest post at his Danger Room blog is titled “How Screwed are We in Afghanistan? Discuss…” and it’s easy to see why he’s upset. The New York Times reports: A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral” and casts serious doubt on the ability of the [...]
At least 78 civilians in Afghanistan have been killed this month by forces fighting in our name
Posted: July 27, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, casualties, NATO, Taliban, war
From The Washington Post: U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led airstrikes that Afghan officials say killed at least 78 civilians this month. More collateral damage from our obsession with violence as a way to solve our problems. If the 151 million of us Christians in the U.S. [...]
