Posts Tagged ‘War’

Hiroshima

August 10, 2011Henry Baum 2 Comments »

Hiroshima after the Atomic Bomb (3 of 5) by Harbert F Austin Jr in Japan
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War as Purification

October 14, 2010Henry Baum 1 Comment »

Incredibly thought-provoking chapter here (via Disinfo). It begins:
Happy people don’t start wars. They don’t need “purifying” or “liberation,” and their everyday lives are already full of hope and meaning, so they don’t need a war to save them from anything.
What sort of strange emotional disorder is it that war cleanses, liberates and saves people [...]

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Mob Rule

August 23, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »

A man is sicked on by a mob for having dark skin and a Muslim-looking hat.  In reality, he’s a Ground Zero construction worker.  And perfectly exemplifies where the slippery slope of “mosques=bad” can go.

Though I disagree with the non-regulation of corporations of libertarianism, Ron Paul is very good on the anti-war effort.  He says,
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Pentagon Papers

July 26, 2010Henry Baum 1 Comment »

A must-watch about the WikiLeaks release on Democracy Now:
We host a roundtable discussion with independent British journalist Stephen Grey; Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg; former State Department official in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh; independent journalist Rick Rowley; and investigative historian Gareth Porter.
Democracy Now is why the web was invented.

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Iran

June 14, 2010Henry Baum No Comments »

Bill Kristol wants to go to war with Iran because it will be easy.  Because he is to be trusted:
If we carried out a targeted campaign against Iran’s nuclear facilities, against sites used to train and equip militants killing American soldiers, and against certain targeted terror-supporting and nuclear-enabling regime elements, the effects [...]

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