Pearl of wisdom from a Union private crossing the Rappahannock into Fredericksburg, December 1862: Shit! They want us to get in. Getting out won’t be quite so smart and easy. You’ll see. Apparently Shelby Foote’s The Civil War: A Narrative hasn’t worked its way into US naval doctrine yet.
The Case Against the Next War is “a concise package on foreign policy with Iran and Israel because [young activists] desired a resource to show parents and family something with integrity,” says Nick Hankoff. The 26 year old media consultant created the presentation for his local GOP group which as he noted in a brief [...]
From the Friends Committee on National Legislation: The conflict between the U.S. and Iran is reaching a point where it could spiral out of control. In the U.S., Congress and the administration have become more confrontational toward Iran. Iran has done the same and withdrawn further from the international community. Now, Congress is preparing to [...]
I don’t want to alarm you or anything — well, actually, I do want to alarm you, albeit not unduly. I want to share something with you, a little news item that just came over the wires:
From War Is A Crime: An Appeal to United States and Israeli Air, missile and drone crews to stand down from orders to attack Iran. We are at an historic moment when decisions are being made in the United States and Israel on whether and when to attack Iran. These will be decisions by politicians [...]
“Shawn’s ego is writing checks that his body cannot cash.” So say the Mujahedeen e-Khalq terrorists in the comment section below my recent interview of Huffington Post writer Shawn Amoei. They’re angry with him for having the temerity to say that they are the enemies of Iranian reformers and friends of the Israelis and Americans [...]
