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9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - The Persians Are Coming! · 0 replies · +13 points

The neocon logic is clear. Place more sanctions on Iran for not building a nuclear weapon. This wouldn't be the first time they whipped up a frenzy about fake nuclear weapons. Pat for president.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - Charlie Hebdo and the ... · 2 replies · +13 points

Good article. On a different subject, I would like very much for you to review American Sniper and it's Eastwood kinship to Dirty Harry or Bronson's Death Wish movies. It's possible Chris Kyle saw himself as Harry, claiming that after Katrina he killed 30 armed civilians in order to protect the public. He also claims, in the style of Harry, that he killed two car hijackers in Dallas. Neither of which could be confirmed.

An elderly lady told my wife she had seen American Sniper and "I now see why our boys had to kill those children over there." Mission accomplished.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - The Latest Blow to Isr... · 0 replies · +8 points

To borrow from the well worn jingoistic War on Terror rallying cry...Israel has declared a War on Peace.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - The Triumph of Stupid · 1 reply · +15 points

Mr. Rubio is precious. He would send our young men into the jungles of Columbia to fight guerrilla forces in order to protect the flower industry here in the US. This is getting out of control.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - Why Did They Torture? · 4 replies · +14 points

So Mr. Cheney if ISIS captures US troops stationed in Iraq ISIS also has the right to use torture on Americans to obtain strategic information. Correct?

9 years ago @ Information Clearing H... - US ... · 1 reply · +5 points

This is the very reason American's were complacent about thousands of soldiers losing their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. The national media obeyed the Bush/Cheney demand that no pictures be shown of caskets being unloaded carrying the bodies of slain US soldiers. No families were interviewed showing the devastating impact deployments, injuries and the deaths had on the families, choosing only to show heartwarming stories of returning healthy soldiers surprising their children as they entered classrooms.

One of the worst offenders of the practice of towing the government line is CBS's Face the Nation. When it comes to torture and starting needless wars FTN presents only pro war guest to give their opinions.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - A Russophobic Rant Fro... · 1 reply · +17 points

Nuland is a Israeli First neocon who would plant seeds of war all around the world in order to promote the PNAC and AIPAC view of the world.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - War in Mockingjay · 3 replies · +4 points

I saw the movie last week and thought....what a ripoff. Kudos to the producers for raking in a couple hundred million by producing a two hour commercial for the next movie. You could tell the director was using every bit of footage shot to stretch this stinker out.

Speaking of violence, one of the previews was of Clint Eastwood's latest film offering called American Sniper. The clip showed a young Arab boy carrying a munitions shell that was passed on to him by his mother for delivery to the rebels. The question is whether the sniper should shoot the young boy, who appears to be 10 years old, or let him deliver the shell to the opposition. Bill Kristol and the neocons who support needless wars in the middle east will love this one.

9 years ago @ Wonkette - Y'all Are Eatin' Colla... · 0 replies · +4 points

A plate full of collards, a slice of cornbread, a thin pork chop and leave me be.

9 years ago @ Antiwar.com Original A... - Why Do We Keep Thankin... · 0 replies · +12 points

Does anyone else have a problem with referring to our military personnel as "Warriors?" Sarah Palin and FOX have a penchant for calling everyone in uniform "Our brave warriors" and it makes my blood boil. Surely Bill Kristol and all the neocon warmongers would like to con unsuspecting young men into thinking they are superheros as they devise new unnecessary wars for them to die in. Think of it as a recruiting tool. You're no longer a young man without a purpose...you're now a warrior!

Even though our Defense Department has been turned into the Offense Department(Think Pre-Emptive Wars) we should not think of our military as Roman soldiers conquering foreign lands for the empire. I also think it is patronizing and dehumanizing to address men as young as 18 years old as warriors, giving them the impression they are video like characters justified in killing demonized Muslims without a justified reason.

I would prefer we get back to being peacekeepers as opposed to warriors.

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