Military Industrial Humor
What we call “defense” is pretty funny.
Hill Briefing: How Would You Spend $1 Trillion?
At this congressional briefing and screening view two four-minute compelling videos which chronicle how the filmmakers – and the people they interview – would spend the more than $1 trillion already spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The filmmakers will also offer brief introductions to their work and to life in their communities.
Economic Crisis, Unending War, and Rightwing Resurgence
Noam Chomsky and Phyllis Bennis will discuss the current wars and the forces driving them. They will examine together the implications of the economic crisis and the right-wing resurgence for new initiatives by the peace movement. Following their conversation, there will be time for brief comments and questions from the audience.
The Glory of War
Without the hype, presidents and generals wouldn’t be able to lure sane young men and women into the voracious maw of deathly chaos and unimaginable horror.
Who Assassinated Iraqi Academics?
Wikileaks has revealed information about U.S. involvement in civilian deaths in Iraq. There now should be an independent investigation into the murders of hundreds of Iraq academics.
Review: It Is What It Is
A British artist starts a conversation in America about a war in Iraq.
The U.S. Deserves Its Share of Blame for Fate of Arab Christians
The U.S. invaded Iraq despite warnings that its Christians would suffer reprisals.
Why Would U.S. Urge U.N. to Allow Iraq a Nuclear Energy Program?
How does this help the United States?
The Immorality of ‘America at War’
Americans pay far more attention to the World Series than to the ongoing carnage in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Americans Still Turn Blind Eye to the Savagery We Unleashed in Iraq
We seem to believe that Iraqis brought the violence that has consumed them on themselves.
Was Church Attack Blowback for Would-Be Koran Burner?
Does Rev. Terry Jones bear some of the blame for Baghdad’s most recent savagery?
WikiLeaks: An Inventive New Threat to the Propaganda System (Part 2)
A comprehensive overview of reactions to WikiLeaks’ Iraq documents.
WikiLeaks: An Inventive New Threat to the Propaganda System (Part 1)
A comprehensive overview of reactions to WikiLeaks’ Iraq documents.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Shattered Its Only Plausible Pretext for Iraq War
The United States deposed Saddam Hussein, but allowed the human-rights abuses he instituted to continue.
WikiLeaks: U.S. Soldiers Left Wondering “What’s the Moral Code This Week?”
What’s revealed in the WikiLeaks documents only further erodes other nations’ trust in the United States.