Category Archives: military

9/11 Explained–Now Move Along, Please

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Arlen Grossman
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Goodbye Blue Sky

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

This song by Roger Waters is from Pink Floyd’s 1979 double album, “The Wall.”

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Mark Twain: His Thoughts On War

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “We lost fifteen men killed outright. ..The enemy numbered six hundred, including women and children — and we abolished them utterly, leaving not even a baby alive to cry for its dead mother. This is … Continue reading →

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Either Way, People Die

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

BPR Quote of the Day “‘Terrorism’ is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it;  ‘war’ is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.”   Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986, American journalist … Continue reading →

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Our Way or Our Way

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

Washington Leads World Into Lawlessness by Paul Craig Roberts/ paulcraigroberts.org/ April 12, 2012 The US government pretends to live under the rule of law, to respect human rights, and to provide freedom and democracy to citizens. Washington’s pretense and the … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t the Afghans Love Us?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

The Inconvenient Truth the Pentagon Would Prefer We Didn’t See It is not photographs of US soldiers mocking Afghan insurgents’ bodies that incites violence, but the plain fact of US occupation by Ross Caputi/ The Guardian/ April 18, 2012 The … Continue reading →

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Exporting Democracy

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

from Amnesty International

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Is It Still Torture If We Do It?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

New Bush-Era Torture Memo Released, Raises Questions About What Has Changed And What Hasn’t by Dan Foomkin/ Huffington Post/ April 6, 2012 WASHINGTON — A six-year-old memo from within the George W. Bush administration that came to light this week … Continue reading →

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Ending Authoritarianism and Plutocracy in the U.S.

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

By Rocky Anderson  Presidential Candidate, Justice Party, March 26, 2012,  speaking at Hinckley Institute of Politics, at The University of Utah  Let us consider the fundamental guiding principles for the United States of America — freedom, equal opportunity, compassion, and security. … Continue reading →

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Victims of the American Empire: Us

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Arlen Grossman

EMPIRES THEN AND NOW By Paul Craig Roberts/ Institute for Political Economy/ March 26, 2012 Great empires, such as the Roman and British, were extractive. The empires succeeded, because the value of the resources and wealth extracted from conquered lands … Continue reading →

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