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Octafish

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5. William Blum notes we've been at war pretty steady since 1950.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 08:30 AM

Aug 2013

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Blum/KillingHope_page.html

Then the War Party's George W Bush gave us this at a press conference:

"Money trumps peace." Not even one reporter dared ask a follow-up on what he meant.

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Are We So Inured To War That When A New Front Opens, We Just Shrug [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

war is peace PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #1

A briliant passage from a novel becomes a cliche and then leaps to life cali Aug 2013 #2

Yes and yes. djean111 Aug 2013 #3

Yes. The WOT replaced the Cold War. The PTB are working on Cold War II.... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #4

yes, that's it. the new Cold War- except it's a hot war cali Aug 2013 #6

Second thought, they may merge... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #7

oh fuck. gee thanks. hadn't thought of that. what a cheerful way to cali Aug 2013 #8

That's probably the single most discouraging thing about being on DU for the last four years or so Fumesucker Aug 2013 #9

Yes it is. this morning someone posted, re Yemen cali Aug 2013 #14

I've been watching the demonizing of China and Russia in the media for some time now... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #13

It's far more fucked up than that. We're aligned with Al Qaeda in Syria, while Russia supports Assad JVS Aug 2013 #15

I know Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #16

William Blum notes we've been at war pretty steady since 1950. Octafish Aug 2013 #5

how can anyone watch the Manning video dtom67 Aug 2013 #10

The one where the helicopter shot a group of armed men out after curfew? Recursion Aug 2013 #12

Curfew, in the middle of the day? Shooting up a van with children in it? RC Aug 2013 #19

I think he means the one that shows all the war crimes. reusrename Aug 2013 #20

it appears that you don't understand, or really know much about this incident at all frylock Aug 2013 #22

Are we talking about "Collateral Murder"? Recursion Aug 2013 #23

yes, the collateral murder video.. frylock Aug 2013 #24

Edit: sorry, it was 9:30 am Recursion Aug 2013 #25

night vision w/shadows????? Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #26

You get shadows from the dawn in the east Recursion Aug 2013 #27

night vision at 09:53 no less.. frylock Aug 2013 #32

the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24am.. frylock Aug 2013 #28

9:30 AM is after curfew...and it's night vision....and.... Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #31

yeah, you get those long shadows in the dawns early light.. frylock Aug 2013 #33

Edited above. I was wrong about the time Recursion Aug 2013 #35

the two kids lit up by the 30mm double-tap.. frylock Aug 2013 #29

No, they were in a van that had stopped to help one Recursion Aug 2013 #36

Hey, we're in the Tenth Millennium of War Amonester Aug 2013 #11

Sorry for my cynical comment....But...We've been "Baited and Switched." KoKo Aug 2013 #17

You're right. They have been institutionalized and that's such bad news cali Aug 2013 #18

+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #21

It's certainly sad to see the democrats just sit back and let it happen. We've known all along that liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #30

You don't think Democrats supported war in the past? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #34