Phil Donahue on the Bleak Future of Iraq
The Young Turks : Iraq War
Why isn't Phil Donahue back on television? Because he speaks the truth.

The Young Turks : Iraq War
Why isn't Phil Donahue back on television? Because he speaks the truth.
Eric Foner : History
In This Republic of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust strips from the Civil War any purpose beyond massive slaughter.
As the elections approach, a former soldier, grieving the friendly-fire death of his brother in combat, asks: How has the most respected country in the world become so irrational, belligerent, feared and distrusted?
Christian Parenti : Afghanistan
If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer, then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant but necessary remedy.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Terrorism Targeting the US
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Christian Parenti : US Foreign Policy
The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.
Clive Stafford Smith : US Military
The US military is keeping the ongoing hunger strike and forced feedings of Guantanamo Bay under wraps. And an apathetic American media is showing no interest in exposing the situation.
Tim Burton enlivens the dark and gloomy life of corpses and aristocrats in Corpse Bride; Occupation: Dreamland offers an unsentimental view of Iraqi soldiers.
George Zornick : Internet & New Media
What began as an amateur porn site has become a magnet for graphic images of combat and derisive comments posted by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. But military officials are loath to condemn it.
The only way to wage this war effectively is to make sure that force is used within relevant frameworks of restraint.
The United States cannot condemn in others what it covers up when committed by its own.


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