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Tag Archives: Vietnam War
We Must Not Need to Know
“If you don’t read the newspapers, you are uninformed. And if you do read them, you are misinformed.” –Mark Twain “A man’s judgment cannot be better than the information on which he has based it. Give him no news or … Continue reading
Posted in Dissent, Justice, Law, Media, Military, News and politics, Security
Tagged al-Qaeda, Common Dreams, drone strikes, mass protests, media distortions, Vietnam War, war on terror, Western interests, Yemen
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Once Must Not Be Enough
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” –Benjamin Franklin I keep saying I don’t understand much about people. And that’s true enough. But even so, this seems … beyond bizarre to me. I don’t get re-enacting wars … Continue reading
The Möbius Strip-Tease of History
“The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.” –Robert Lynd “War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the … Continue reading
Face the Music, and Face the Past
“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.” –Eleanor Roosevelt “War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.” –Howard Zinn If only procrastination were an Olympic sport, I’d have more medals than anybody. It’s stupid … Continue reading
Posted in Dissent, Media, Military, Music, News and politics
Tagged 'Bury Me Far From My Uniform', history, Joe Pug, procrastination, Vietnam War
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Take Heart! 