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5 hours ago ago from Nasir Khan blog
Bill Van Auken, wsws.org , Dec 16, 2009 With President Barack Obama approaching his first anniversary in office, his escalation of the Afghanistan war is writing a new chapter in the history of Washington’s shredding of democratic forms of rule in order to further militarist aggression abroad. This has become increasingly clear since the announcement earlier this month of the plan to send an additional 30,000 US soldiers and Marines ...
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I recently saw an article entitled Clinton: Iraq War Bush's Responsibility . I very rarely touch on political topics because I feel politics in general is such rubbish. Not to mention, it effectively creates the perception of separation and elitism which is totally against every universal and spiritual principle known to man. Nevertheless, I read about 2 paragraphs of the article and amazingly, Clinton and other people actually ...
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22 hours ago ago from Reboot The Republic
From Truthout.org In response to President Barack Obama's announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward! , comprising both veterans and active-duty members of the US military, has called on all soldiers to refuse their orders to deploy. March Forward! calls on all service members to refuse orders to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq, reads a press release ...
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23 hours ago ago from A Conservative View Point
The United States today has the greatest military in the history of the world. They have the best training, the best food, the best equipment, and the best military leaders in the world to lead them into battle. Whether some people will agree or not, it is not certain, but it is certain and without a doubt that we have a trained, determined, committed and courageous military that has and uses the most advanced technology in the world today ...
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23 hours ago ago from The Wheatley Chronicle
It seems a bit rash to believe that a country fighting against global terrorism could be looked down upon. However, due to the process the United States has gone through to engage with countries like Afghanistan and Iraq, the wont-take-no-for-an-answer attitude showing boldly when President Bush ignored the lack of a United Nations mandate, America is now viewed as irresponsible, carefree, and overall, quite unpleasant to deal with. The War ...
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15 hours ago ago from The New York Times
The Department of Defense has identified 4,361 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American on Monday : TELLO, Jhanner A., 29, Pvt., Army; Los Angeles; First Cavalry Division.
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