Tag Archives: War

Rethink Afghanistan

Renee remin­ded me of this with a clip she pos­ted.
Brave New Films has part­ne­red with RAWA, to help Afghans dis­pla­ced by US war, focu­sing on what is really hap­pe­ning in Afgha­nis­tan as a result of US policy. The part­nership is to pro­vide direct aid to dis­pla­ced peo­ple living in des­pe­rate con­di­tions in suburbs of

The Last of the Scapegoats

Pia remin­ded me that Robert McNa­mara died.
I’m not as well schoo­led on the Viet­nam era as I am on other things, though I know more about it than most peo­ple my age, if only because I find it more inte­res­ting than shop­ping for Jim Choo’s  —  they are out of my price range and my legs

Silence is the Enemy

A rare cross pos­ting from Dar­fur: An Unfor­gi­va­ble Hell on Earth.
There is clearly a debate as to whether all publi­city is good publi­city. We won’t get into that here, but I lean on the side of usually, with excep­tions. “Silence is Not Gol­den”. As I’ve writ­ten about the situa­tion in the Congo here many

Come Cry With — Me Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all my rea­ders.
No reso­lu­tions here. Reso­lu­tions are such a waste of energy. Time would be bet­ter spent deman­ding the trea­sury figure out where all my bail-out money went, because they don’t appear to know. Bet­ter spent ans­we­ring the ques­tion asked of me recently, “have you ever loved anyone to