Category Anti-war

Afghanistan sergeant shooter

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…

Afghanistan slaughter

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…

Supernatural? Unreal? Enchanted?

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…

The Afghanistan War that never ends

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…