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“Beneath the Beauty of the Lilies Lies the Ugliness of War”

Posted in Opinion, War, tagged , , , on May 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The reality is that the greatest casualty of war Is our future. Somehow we don’t seem to acknowledge that the real loss lies under all those graves decorated with pretty flowers and flags.

Beneath the Beauty of the Lilies Lies the Ugliness of War

“Beneath the Beauty of the Lilies Lies the Ugliness of War”

 

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Truthout: The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion, It’s Time for New Priorities

Posted in Economics, Government Budget and Funding, military, Opinion, War, tagged , , , , on April 25, 2019| Leave a Comment »

“The F-35 is not just a bad plane that costs too much. It is a symptom of the mindset that is eating this country, and the world, alive.”

The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion

Truthout: The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion, It’s Time for New Priorities

 

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Pentagon spending and the endless war machine; a demand for investment in America (Video)

Posted in Donald Trump, Government Budget and Funding, military, Opinion, Politics, republicans, War, tagged , , on June 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Regardless of the needs of struggling Americans, of the need to rebuild America’s infrastructure, the need to improve health care, education, and housing, or regardless of whether the World is in times of peace or times of war, the United States government’s military budget will not go down. It will continue to rise year after year.

Pentagon spending and the endless war machine; a demand for investment in America (Video)

Pentagon spending and the endless war machine; a demand for investment in America (Video)

 

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Every American is a Casualty of America’s Wars, We Do Not Fight ‘To Keep Us Free’

Posted in military, Opinion, Politics, War, tagged , , , on May 29, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Americans have been encultured with the false belief that our wars have been fought to preserve our freedom. We have been hoodwinked into thinking that war is necessary because we fight against an evil of one kind or another guided by divine providence over which the United States has the sole authority and responsibility to eradicate. The guiding principle of American exceptionalism dictates “a moral certitude that the killing is just.”

Every American is a Casualty of America_s Wars

Every American is a Casualty of America’s Wars, We Do Not Fight ‘To Keep Us Free’

 

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Ron Kovic: Reflections on the Vietnam War: The Things a Warrior Knows

Posted in military, Opinion, War, tagged , , , , on May 28, 2018| Leave a Comment »

It’s important for veterans to speak out and share their experiences, for they are the evidence that we have failed at making the United States and our world a better place to live.

Reflections on the Vietnam War, The Things a Warrior Knows

Ron Kovic: Reflections on the Vietnam War: The Things a Warrior Knows

 

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The Greatest Casualty of War Is Our Future

Posted in military, Opinion, War, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Memorial Day serves as a reminder that “beneath the beauty of the lilies lies the ugliness of war.” The James Carroll metaphor perfectly captures the most profound meaning of war, and of all the things lost because of it.

The Greatest Casualty of War Is Our Future

The Greatest Casualty of War Is Our Future

 

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The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Son My Massacre

Posted in mass murder, military, Opinion, War, tagged , , , , , , on March 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Fifty years ago, March 16, 1968, all hell broke out in the hamlet of My Lai, South Vietnam. The day’s events became America’s worst atrocity in military history.

The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Son My Massacre

The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Son My Massacre

 

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Perspectives: Alternet — It’s Bizarre: American Generals Who Have Led Us to Disaster in the Mideast Are Treated as Superstars in Washington

Posted in Donald Trump, military, Opinion, Politics, War, tagged , , on September 16, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Americans now have three wartime generals who influence President Donald Trump’s thoughts, words, and actions. They are the ones who control the military and America’s war policy, and have convinced Trump “to release the military (and the CIA) from significant oversight on how they pursue their wars across the Greater Middle East, Africa, and now the Philippines. They even convinced him to surround their future actions in a penumbra of secrecy.”

Source: Perspectives: Alternet — It’s Bizarre: American Generals Who Have Led Us to Disaster in the Mideast Are Treated as Superstars in Washington

 

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Perspectives: CNN — Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’

Posted in Donald Trump, Foreign Relations, North Korea, Nuclear War, Opinion, Politics, War, tagged , , , on September 4, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war” as she urged the UN Security Council to adopt the strongest sanctions measures possible to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program.

Source: Perspectives: CNN — Haley: Kim Jong Un ‘begging for war’

 

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Perspectives: Vox — The America First president just announced he’s escalating the Afghanistan war

Posted in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Opinion, Politics, War, tagged , , on August 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Why did it take a prime time address to announce more troops being deployed to a 16 year long war? Trying to look more presidential perhaps? And by the end of Trump’s speech, his plan sounded a lot like someone’s who preceded him. Trump as did Obama said we need to win without a clear indication what it means to win.

Source: Perspectives: Vox — The America First president just announced he’s escalating the Afghanistan war

 

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