Tag Archives: war

Ugly

November 16, 2009 – 11:55 pm

Photos of War are ugly. It is not a video game or a Hollywood re-make of THE A-TEAM. The US Military shoots over a billion bullets a year in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of them hit their targets. Many more hit anyone in their path. And the smart bombs aren’t much better. After two soldiers […]

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One More Statistic

September 8, 2009 – 7:20 am

Labor day Weekend is over and the morning traffic jams snarl the cities of America. Commuters are barraged by a constant stream of topics; health care, Obama’s appearance before school children, and the AP’s publishing a photo of a dying marine in Afghanistan. The soldier had been hit in the leg. The RPG tore off […]

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Pakistani Cabal on Kabul

August 18, 2007 – 10:17 pm

The Bush administration has initiated a possible alliance between old Pakistani rivals to shore up the military dictatorship governing the Khyber Pass. The wicked web is being woven between old rival factions to sustain the ‘war on terror’ Bhutto and Musharraf.

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Billion Bullets

August 18, 2007 – 10:17 pm

I’ve only fired a gun once in anger and I’m not even sure whether that was really the case. The year was 1979. Hurrah was a punk rock disco in Manhattan. Blondie was playing upstairs. I was watching the band. The barman said there was trouble at the door. I thought maybe someone didn’t want […]

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