Category Archives: peace

Gra-nam Gra-nam Gra-nam

January 19, 2012 – 9:41 am

Last week the Thai police arrested a suspect purportedly planning to bomb the Bangkok Habad center and Khao San restaurants popular with Americans and Israelis. The US embassy issued a heightened alert on its website. January 13, 2012 This message alerts U.S. citizens in Thailand that foreign terrorists may be currently looking to conduct attacks [...]

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Eight And Out Of Iraq

December 18, 2011 – 5:08 am

On September 11, 2001 the United States was assaulted by three hijacked commercial airliners. A fourth jet crashed into a Pennsylvania field. 9/11 shocked the nation and its populace sought revenge. The President, CIA, and FBI laid the blame on supporters of Osama Bin Ladin. The Al-Quada leader was living in Afghanistan and the Pentagon [...]

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Cut And Walk

December 5, 2011 – 10:23 am

Ten years ago the Coalition of the Willing initiated Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban in Afghanistan in revenge for harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Quada. The Northern Alliance backed by NATO air strikes easily routed their fundamentalist foes, but the defeat partially came, because the war-ravaged country was on the verge of [...]

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Pinko Peacenik Pension

November 25, 2011 – 7:24 am

My older brother likes to tell a story about my protesting against the Viet-Nam War at holiday dinners. His wife is a big Bush supporter. America can do no wrong for the both of them. Several Thanksgivings ago he finished cutting the turkey with his electric knife and said, “One afternoon in my sophomore year [...]

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A Spade Calling A Spade A Spade

November 18, 2011 – 7:18 am

At last week’s G-20 meeting in Nice the French President Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard saying to President Obama, “”I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.” Obama was quick to defend his position with the Israeli PM. “You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you.” The off-the-cuff [...]

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