Boeing: Bringing Death From the Skies

With all the talk, pro and con, about the WikiLeaks video "Collateral Murder," not much attention has come to the company without which the whole operation would be impossible: Boeing. This excellent video combines Pentagon collateral damage videos with Boeing's...

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Netanyahu Cancels DC Visit Fearing Ambush

Like the gleeful sound one makes upon hearing that a particularly obnoxious and troublesome relative will not be attending a family gathering, Washington officials probably issued a collective sigh of relief when hearing the news that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin...

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Re: US Choppers Slaying Reporters, Civilians

The disturbing footage of the US military in action will be excused by many conservative warmongers in one of two ways (or perhaps both). One, although the incident is unfortunate, collateral damage is inevitable, and this incident should not discredit the greater...

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Extremist Blogs Could be Next!

From today's Washington Post website - "FBI warns extremist letters may encourage violence" By EILEEN SULLIVAN and DEVLIN BARRETT The Associated Press Friday, April 2, 2010; 9:34 AM .... The article ominously notes: " In the past year, federal agents have seen an...

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The Incredible Lightness of Being Thomas Friedman

I don’t want this blog to get obsessed with any one individual, and I fear that we’re moving in that direction with Tom Friedman, the main foreign-policy columnist at the New York Times and named by an insiders’ poll at the National Journal last year as...

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