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	Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Has the Iraq war suddenly disappeared? clipped by: thinkingblue clippers remarks: It would seem so if you get your news solely from the mainstream media. Hardly a mention of the 5 American soldiers who were killed in Northern Iraq by a roadside bomb, the other day. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_080119205312 The anchors are all whooping it up over the presidential race. When they do get serious, the talk turns to how the economy is taking a dive. Anything to take the American viewer away from the illegal war. But for the ones who are still losing loved ones. It will never vanish for them. And also for those Iraqi unfortunates who havent the means to escape from the Bush/Neocon created HELLHOLE they call home. It will take at least a 100 years, if ever, for the nightmare to fade. Oh, there are articles of the pain and suffering because of this Illegal-War but you have to hunt for them. In case youre still interested, read this sad tale for starters: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-01-24-smalltowns_N.htm Clip Source: www.time.com Why Iraq Isnt Korea In the early days of the Iraq war, the analogy of choice for the Bush Administration was the post-World War II occupations of Japan and Germany. They had been bitter enemies of the United States; were both destroyed in a merciless world war; and eventually turned into peaceful, democratic allies of the first order. Anyone who said democracy couldnt come at the barrel of a gun was denying the obvious. talking point lasted until about the fall of 2003 clear that victory was nowhere near default position for cr was that Iraq had become Vietnam. in the midst of the Administrations surge strategy, comes the latest the Administration is now kicking around the idea of Iraq as Korea. this analogy is so ludicrous. Koreas Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has been simplicity itself: Iraq, which is the opposite of simplicity itself assumption for the Korea analogy appears to be that al-Qaeda and its remaining Sunni allies would be the bad guys threatening the U.S. bases. problem number one. Tags: iraq, war, bush, neocons zum Artikel... Anzeige Army Col -- Iraq hero -- runs for Congress clipped by: skydoc314 clippers remarks: Col Allen West discharged his pistol to gain terorist info from IP. Clip Source: www.foxnews.com Ex-Colonel Defends Controversial Actions in Iraq, Runs for Florida House Seat WASHINGTON ?  While former Vietnam POW John McCain campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination in Florida, another retired veteran is counting on his military experience to catapult him to victory in the Sunshine State. Retired Army Col. Allen West is campaigning in Floridas 22nd U.S. Congressional District, hoping to unseat freshman Democratic Rep. Ron Klein, who toppled 26-year Republican incumbent Clay Shaw in a contentious battle in 2006 Tags: congress, colonel, iraq, florida, fire pistol zum Artikel... Odd school designs (pics) clipped by: traviscrocker Clip Source: deputy-dog.com 4. monolithic dome school, arizona, usa 5. shipping container school, amsterdam, netherlands 1. cave school, ziyun, china 2. underground school, northern virginia, usa 3. floating school, halong bay, vietnam Tags: architecture zum Artikel... If I were a soldier ? this would be me ? eye witness account clipped by: timetoflush Clip Source: www.brasschecktv.com A soldiers view [Video] Common sense and patriotism For all its problems, the US military is a great reservoir of decency, courage, and true patriotism. It was the military - specifically enlisted men - who ended the Vietnam War by refusing to fight and threatening mutiny. One of the greatest hopes for the US is for this generation of military men and women to put their pledge to support the Constitution first and stop serving the crooks who have subverted the nation. Tags: optional. separate by commas., american government, war, ron paul, revolution, new world order, conspiracy zum Artikel... The Danse Macabre Of Us-Style Democracy clipped by: papananook clippers remarks: Another excellent Zmag rant with the usual disclaimer--a sustained article on ZNET--visit and join Travelling with Robert Kennedy in 1968 was eye-opening for me. To audiences of the poor, Kennedy would present himself as a saviour. The words "change" and "hope" were used relentlessly and cynically. For audiences of fearful whites, he would use racist codes, such as "law and order". With those opposed to the invasion of Vietnam, he would attack "putting American boys in the line of fire", but never say when he would withdraw them. That year (after Kennedy was assassinated), Richard Nixon used a version of the same, malleable speech to win the presidency. Thereafter, it was used successfully by Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and the two Bushes. Carter promised a foreign policy based on "human rights" - and practised the very opposite. Reagans "freedom agenda" was a bloodbath in central America. Clinton "solemnly pledged" universal health care and tore down the last safety Clip Source: www.zmag.org The former president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere once asked, "Why havent we all got a vote in the US election? Surely everyone with a TV set has earned that right just for enduring the merciless bombardment every four years." Having reported four presidential election campaigns, from the Kennedys to Nixon, Carter to Reagan, with their Zeppelins of platitudes, robotic followers and rictal wives, I can sympathise. But what difference would the vote make? Of the presidential candidates I have interviewed, only George C Wallace, governor of Alabama, spoke the truth. "Theres not a dimes worth of difference between the Democrats and Republicans," he said. And he was shot. What struck me, living and working in the United States, was that presidential campaigns were a parody, entertaining and often grotesque. They are a ritual danse macabre of flags, balloons and bullshit, designed to camouflage a venal system based on money power, human division and a culture of permanent war. zum Artikel... Uncovering the Psychological Roots of the Bush Tragedy clipped by: papananook Clip Source: www.opednews.com When we look deeper into Bush?s psyche, we find a self-loathing so intense that he feels the need to compensate for it through his belief that he has been especially chosen by God to be president of the United States. An idealized self-image, or a narcissistic personality disorder, or grandiose delusions are often coping mechanisms for self-loathing. This psychological assessment is consistent with Bush?s early experiences. He was exposed to his mother?s serious depressions and to his father?s extended absences from the family and hands-off parenting. Bush also faced the prospect of never living up to his father?s ?triumphant? achievements. In addition, he assimilated the shame of his dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and the painful perception of Jeb as favorite son. His referal to himself as "War" president is trying to make up for his cowardly stance being AWOL from his Air National Guard unit during the Vietnam war. zum Artikel... Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. 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EasyRSS: Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips

	Clipmarks | Vietnam Clips Reclaiming King: Beyond "I Have a Dream" clipped by: Rasmus clippers remarks: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." -- Dr. Martin Luther King jr, "Letter from Birmingham Jail", April 1963 Clip Source: www.alternet.org People usually focus on the historic "I Have a Dream" speech, but its the work King was doing at the end of his life that deserves more attention. The mainstream media would like us to look at "I Have a Dream" and virtually nothing else. They can package that speech as a nice two-minute nostalgia clip. But I believe every good progressive American should look more to the King of 68 for inspiration. During the final two years of his life, King took on the far more complex de facto racism of northern cities like Chicago, addressed labor inequality, and took a very bold and highly criticized stance against the Vietnam War: I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today, my own government. The far right still despised him and everything he represented. But even more telling was the rejection he received from the left. Tags: martin luther king, civil rights, 1968, election08, racism, vietnam, poverty zum Artikel... Anzeige Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de