Memorial Early
May 26, 2013War remembered by the dead. Today is the day before Memorial Day, which is tomorrow, Monday — a sober holiday in its intention, but nowadays more to the BBQ and cheap beer. America is fairly…
Category Archives: Just Plain War
Cradle of graves
February 17, 2013“I think things have gotten so bad inside Iraq from the standpoint of the Iraqi people, my belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.” — Dick Cheney, ‘Meet The Press,’ March 16,…
Heart Day — War Forever
February 14, 2013Thin ground fog and still a bit on the warm side for February along California’s northern coast, but still way-better than a lot of other spots on this fragile earth. On Tuesday night, President Obama…
Severe Unfavorable
September 16, 2012Six US GIs have been killed since Friday in a conflict Mitt Romney says is just a ‘word‘, four this morning, shot dead by an Afghan soldier during a firefight with insurgents in a remote…
CSA — Crime Scene Afghanistan
March 19, 2012Although the name of the supposedly “lone service member” who killed 16 Afghan civilians a week ago has finally emerged — Sgt. Bob Bales — the names of the victims of the rampage haven’t seen…
Afghan Reverse
March 11, 2012UPDATE BELOW From Aljazeera English: Â “We are now being told by the police sources that the US soldier left his base at three o clock this morning. It would have been pitch-black wherever he…
‘Nother ‘Nam
October 30, 2011“To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past. “To suggest we are on the edge of…
Canker in the ‘Predator Pie’
October 8, 2011“It’s getting a lot of attention,†the source says. “But no one’s panicking. “Yet.†(Illustration found here). The quote above comes from a Danger Room blog post on a computer virus that’s infested the US…
Toll of Endless War
October 5, 2011“How can we let this happen? How is that acceptable in the United States of America? The answer is, it’s not. It’s an outrage. And it’s a betrayal — a betrayal — of the ideals…
Dismay-In-Chief
April 13, 2011(Illustration found here via Google Images). One despicable poll out Tuesday from the American Red Cross really, really reveals just how far the US war machinery has influenced its people, especially the young. Nearly 3/5…