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It shouldn’t surprise anyone, but support for the longest U.S. war is dropping further and faster than ever. The latest national U.S. poll, released on May 9, shows 66 percent of Americans are against the war in Afghanistan – with 40 percent “strongly opposed.” And it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the wars continue since [...] Eddie Vedder. Hollywood antiwar rally. 2003 The United States seemingly has endless wars, conflicts, and invasions. In 2010 the United States accounted for a staggering 41% of worldwide military spending, dwarfing spending by any other country. We have military bases in dozens of countries and spend at least 20% of our entire budget on [...] It goes with the territory. If you publicly oppose government policies, you will be watched. Both parties do it. Susan Sarandon also says she was denied a White House security clearance. I took this photo of her at a Hollywood anti-war rally in 2003 that I helped organize. (As you can see, she looks very [...] Brick by brick– together you can build a new Afghanistan (Leaflet produced by the U.S. Department of Defense for air drops over Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, a response to the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11, 2001. Source: The Library of Congress) Gregory Djerejian at The Belgravia Dispatch views our 10+ [...] Afghanistan: The wheels are coming off This is a dead Afghan parrot Atrocities, however regrettable, are always the fault of lone psychos and must never be allowed to interrupt the mission. It is certainly not the fault of the military if soldiers get pushed into derangement by too many tours in war zones and the homes [...] The government is going to great lengths to imply the atrocity shootings of civilians in Afghanistan were the work of a deranged lone gunman. The spin is, as always, that the mission of our wars are sacrosanct and must not be questioned. Thus any derangement must only be due to the sad actions of the [...] Yet another rogue soldier in an isolated incident of regrettable violence. Seems to be a lot of that going around. The sergeant’s name has not been released, which seems odd to me. Afghanis say there must have been more than one shooter. The base is described as most troubled and was home to Thrill Kill [...] Interesting news analysis on Iran in today’s New York Times: Dispite a decade of war, most Americans seem to endorse the politicians’ martial spirit. In a Pew Research Center poll this month, 58 percent of those surveyed said the United States should use military force, if necessary, to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Only 30 percent said [...] America’s top spy: We don’t know whether Iran is even trying to build a bomb The US is ‘winding down’ the Afghanistan war by pulling out regular troops and boosting the number Special Forces. Gosh, that should work. Three things. 1) You just knew this whole new “combat mission ends in 2013, troops out by 2014″ was election-year spin, didn’t you? 2) This is yet another example of how special [...] |  | ||||
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