While Obama promises to simmer things down in Iraq, he has been calling for refocusing our troops towards Afghanistan… the supposed “good” war. Unfortunately, Afghanistan is only a “good” war in the sense that it is slightly less horrendous than Iraq by comparison. Slightly. Like Iraq, it is still unjustified carnage against [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Pilger: Obama, The Prince Of Bait-And-Switch
Posted in Politics, U.S. Intervention / "Peacekeeping", war on terror on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some Quick Thoughts On Obama
Posted in Elections, Politics, U.S. Intervention / "Peacekeeping", war on terror on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished reading a NYT Op-Ed by Obama that I found particularly refreshing. While he didn’t address the fact that his plans for troop draw-downs and redeployments don’t include the thousands upon thousands of privately hired mercs that flesh out the battlefield, he did say a few things that address some of the [...]
Darfur: A Primer
Posted in U.S. Intervention / "Peacekeeping" on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The crisis in Darfur is, by now, well-known to most people around the globe. With over 200,000 people dead and over 2 million people displaced from their homes, the conflict has gained the attention of the entire world. However, Darfur was already on the radar of countries like China and the United States [...]
