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For the love of god and country
I once opined that no one can face a fiercer opponent than someone fighting for what they hold most dear. We Americans, and really most Westerners, have a very romantic view of that idea. When we hear it, we see … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Entities, Foreign Policy, fundamentalist Islam, Government, Groups, Hamas, Hezbollah, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Nations, Syria, Taliban, Turkey, War on Terror, World Watch
Tagged Ideals, ideas, Reality, romance, War
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On the front lines of the rhetorical civil war
It is an idea that has dogged me for years now: that our nation has entered a kind of civil war fought mostly with words and mostly in the wild public spaces only the internet and omnipresent mass media can … Continue reading
Posted in Nations, News, Philosophy, Politics, Society, United States, World Watch
Tagged Consequences, People, rhetoric, rhetorical civil war, violence, War
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Ex post facto moral judgements
My friend Chris linked to a interesting article over on Facebook about a sober anniversary that comes around every August 6: the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The author makes the point that, without that bomb and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Military, News, Philosophy, Society, World Watch
Tagged Action, atomic weapons, Consequences, Hiroshima, History, learning, Nagasaki, Results, War, Weapons, World War II
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Fighting war in the public eye
The recent release of a previously classified military video by the website WikiLeaks has once again reignited the firestorm over the nature of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A central thesis of the people who oppose the war(s) based … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Culture, Current Operations, Entities, Ethics, Iraq, Media, Military, Nations, News, Philosophy, Society, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged Afghanistan, evidence, Iraq, Media, Military, War
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What good is war anyway?
War is not the answer! –a popular bumper sticker “Violence has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it … Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Government, History, Nations, Philosophy, Politics, Society, United States, World Watch
Tagged Consequences, History, Military, War
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