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Why is violence escalating in Iraq?

To understand why opposition to the US is growing around the world and in Iraq, you have to get inside the head of an average Iraqi. When was he last time you spoke to an Iraqi citizen living in Iraq? These average Iraqis have many reasons to commit suicide by bombing or shooting US troops or their…

The Nuclear Option and A Dictatorship Proposition

Radicals in Congress want absolute power in the Senate to appoint justices that will favor corporate interests over the public good and eliminate American values like determining our future through compromise and negotiation. To get absolute control and power, these radicals plan to use a…

Non Volunteers, Non-Recruiters, And A Non War

Recruiters have to be brave in order to keep working. They have to make dozens of calls every night to high school students at home. They are in essence nothing more than super aggressive sales people trying to sign young people up to a life of killing and violence. Surveys show that fear of death…

Iraqi Elections

Bush gained a small measure of respect worldwide when he did not delay the Iraq elections. I have to admit that I was surprised that he pushed the Iraqis to keep the election date. Why is he not pushing peace in the same way for the Isrealis and Palestinians? We will see if…

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