Kevin Drum at the excellent Washington Monthly says: So: if you do believe we can win in Iraq, let’s hear what you mean by “win” and how you think we can do it, and let’s hear it in clear and compelling declarative sentences. “Stay the course” isn’t enough. What Bush is doing now obviously isn’t …
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Never Again
When you hear those in power trying to convince you that Nuclear bombs and weaponry are necessary please read this. Akiko Seitelbach was 22 years old, and working at Mitsubishi Electrical as a volunteer, when the atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki. On 9 August 1945, I was working in the supply office. I was a …
UK Attorney General charges UK Soldiers with War Crimes
Today is a good day for the Rule of Law. Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General of the United Kingdom announced today that 3 UK soldiers would be charged under the International Criminal Court Act of 2001 for War Crimes. Their charges? Manslaughter, inhuman treatment of persons and perverting the course of justice as well as …
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