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Obama’s Third Afghan Way (Guest Voice)
The Moderate Voice —
Authority: 735
WASHINGTON — When there is no good solution to a problem, a president has three options. One is to avoid the problem. The second is to pick the least bad of the available options. The third is to mix and match among the proposed solutions and minimize the long-term damage any decision will cause. Afghanistan ...1 day ago -
Vietnam and Afghanistan
Old Hickory's Weblog —
Authority: 430
Reasoning by historical analogy is dangerous. But the American approach to counterinsurgency wars didnt spring full-grown from the brow of David Petraeus. It is heavily conditioned, if not completely dominated, by the experience of the Vietnam War. Ive seen a couple of good analyses lately of the Vietnam War that ...1 day ago -
Vietnam and Afghanistan
The Blue Voice —
Authority: 135
Reasoning by historical analogy is dangerous. But the American approach to counterinsurgency wars didnt spring full-grown from the brow of David Petraeus. It is heavily conditioned, if not completely dominated, by the experience of the Vietnam War. Ive seen a couple of good analyses lately of the Vietnam War that ...1 day ago -
Hearing History: Lyndon Johnson Escalates Vietnam
The Moderate Voice —
Authority: 735
Bill Moyers offers up a fascinating hour of history that is a must listen/watch for those of us who are seriously interested in considering the question of what to do in Afghanistan. Whether we agree or disagree, advocate more troops or pulling them out, like Obama or despise him, using LBJ’s taped phone ...2 days ago -
Afghanistan = Vietnam
Dangerous Intersection —
Authority: 140
On Friday’s show, Bill Moyers drew upon President Lyndon Johnson’s taped phone calls and commentary regarding the Vietnam war, before drawing the following conclusions: Now in a different world, at a different time, and with a different president, we face the prospect of enlarging a different war. But once again ...2 days ago -
Arrival of Imam Mahdi and Rise of Islam
Pak Alert Press —
Authority: 528
By Sajjad ShaikhThe coming of the Mahdi is one of the major signs of Judgement Day. Unlike the minor signs his appearance will signal that the Final Hour is near and that believers must ensure that they are ready to endure its trials and tribulations (fitan).The Mahdi will come at a time when Muslims will [...]2 days ago -
FedEx: Honoring the Sacrifices of the Vietnam War
Chaotic Synaptic Activity —
Authority: 409
I have been alerted of this recently begun project by FedEx to created a “Digital Wall,” to honor those service members who died in the Vietnam War. Impact: Huge. Ease of execution: Easy. Take up to three pictures of those any of the FedEx/Kinko’s offices to be captured for history. Do you have ...3 days ago -
Vietnam all over again
Rants From The Rookery —
Authority: 138
Bill Moyers shows the spooky parallels between Johnson struggling with Vietnam and Obama wrestling with Iraq and Afghanistan . You will even hear the same phrases being used. We havent learned a damned thing.3 days ago -
Freddie and Ilhan.
Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog. —
Authority: 421
Jason Crane directed me to a well made overview of political or as he describes it Conscious jazz There is a whole world of it out there and much is very good as music theater. You got me thinking about one very beautiful and controversial recording by Freddie Hubbard , of all people. It is called Sing Me a Song ...5 days ago -
Born to Fight – Colonel Lewis Millett
HistoryNet - From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher —
Authority: 133
A Vietnam magazine interview with Col. Lewis L. Millett, who served in two armies and three wars and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge in the Korean War.6 days ago -
Perils of ignorance: Vietnamnesia and why its dangerous that todays kids dont know their history
The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy —
Authority: 641
For weeks, weve been waiting for President Obama to decide whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, and, if so, how many. This ought to give Americans a worried feeling in the deepest levels of their guts. Afghanistan has been wearing down, chewing up and defeating invading armies for centuries. Think of the ...6 days ago -
Our Nation Divided
Murderous Musings —
Authority: 126
By Mark W. Danielson Currently, our nation is divided over our wars, health care, and the economy, and yet there is little vocal opposition. Compared to the citizens of the Vietnam era, we seem apathetic. As someone who grew up observing anti-war protests while working in Berkeley, I have spent countless hours ...6 days ago -
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Writing well is the best revenge —
Authority: 124
"It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years imaginative task; or how an Author feels as if he were dismissing some portion of himself into the shadowy world, when a crowd of the creatures of his brain are going from him for ever." ** Charles ...6 days ago -
Obama Should Bring Back The Military Draft
Socyberty —
Authority: 551
Part of the public debate in the United States about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is that the American military is spread too thin, especially the Army and the Marines. Even if no more troops are sent to Afghanistan, there are not enough boots on the ground. What’s the solution? Like many people I have a ...1 week ago -
Cynthia McKinney to President Obama: Turn Away From War
Nasir Khan blog —
Authority: 142
Open Letter From the Peace Movement to President Obama on His Upcoming Decision Regarding the Afghan War By Cynthia McKinney, Information Clearing House , Nov. 15, 2009 Dear Mr. President: According to press reports, you intend to decide between November 7 and November 11 whether or not to send tens of ...1 week ago -
Cynthia McKinney to President Obama: Turn Away From War
Dr Nasir Khan —
Authority: 485
Open Letter From the Peace Movement to President Obama on His Upcoming Decision Regarding the Afghan War By Cynthia McKinney, Information Clearing House , Nov. 15, 2009 Dear Mr. President: According to press reports, you intend to decide between November 7 and November 11 whether or not to send tens of ...1 week ago -
The anything-but-Islam pundits strike out
Stupidica —
Authority: 173
Not long after Major Nidal Malik Hasan had pulled the trigger for the last time at Ft. Hood, the mainstream media began assembling their anything-but-Islam narratives. A rationale was needed, something that could plausibly be claimed to motivate a killing spree. A desperate rush to explain his behavior in politically ...1 week ago -
Troubled vet journeys back to Vietnam to offer help
Wounded Times —
Authority: 152
Troubled vet journeys back to Vietnam -- to offer helpBy Moni Basu, CNNNovember 14, 2009 3:31 a.m. ESTSTORY HIGHLIGHTSVeteran who suffered 40 years with nightmares is returning to VietnamKevin... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]1 week ago -
See you at The Armory?
Tim Lennox OFFair and ONline —
Authority: 138
Im headed back in time today, not literally though. Ill be at todays reenactment of the Battle For The Armory in Tallassee for a story Im working on. Ive always wondered about reeenactments, and why it is that there are no Vietnam War or Korean War reenactments. And why---so far as I know---the ...1 week ago -
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Kasama —
Authority: 431
Film on William Kunstler — the beloved and notorious legal defender of revolutionaries and radicals — in a look back on his life created by his daughters, Sarah and Emily Kunstler.Screening dates >>Opening November 13 * Cinema Village, New York* Landmark, BostonOpening November 20 *NuArt Theatre, Los ...1 week ago
