Backtalk

Afghanistan: An Imperial DilemmaI am reassured by Alan Bock’s response. Perhaps he would understand my sharp reaction if he were to consider the following:Back in the 1950s, my father was Afghan ambassador to the United States. Therefore, I spent seven years of my childhood in the U.S. My memories of that period are of a … Continue reading “Backtalk, June 5, 2005”

Gagged, but Still Going StrongI have been following Sibel Edmonds’ story avidly since the first time I saw a piece on it on Antiwar.com (the only place I’ve been able to learn about it by the way). There’s not been another story that raises my blood pressure as much as hers does. The blatant abuse … Continue reading “Backtalk, June2, 2005”

Is Bush a Sith Lord? Although I completely agree with the premise of the article “Is Bush a Sith Lord?,” I am concerned that you claimed that child protective services framed parents to justify a large bureaucracy. I work in public social services. We are devoted public servants. I have never in my 40+ years … Continue reading “Backtalk June 1, 2004”

Parents: The Anti-Recruiter Teresa Whitehurst does some nice deconstructing of military sales propaganda, but I believe her advice at the end (“Parents and teachers who care about kids should study each of these appeals and inoculate naïve, trusting teens against their seductive powers”) does not go far enough. Inoculating students who are exposed every day … Continue reading “Backtalk May 25, 2005”

9-11 Conspiracy Fact & FictionThe appearance on the very same day of Justin Raimondo’s “Waco as Metaphor” and someone else’s “911 Conspiracy: Fact & Fiction” has me puzzled. The two messages seem to clash.By linking the official lies about Waco and Iraq, Raimondo cautions us against trusting Big Brother. By publishing The New American item … Continue reading “Backtalk, May 3, 2005”

The Teetering EmpireGood article, but yet again, not mentioning the WHOLE truth. The truth is simple: a military industrial complex has taken over the U.S. government and is waging wars for the pure and simple reason that wars make money. Not to change countries or to secure oil. Well OK, those are reasons number 2 … Continue reading “Backtalk, April 16, 2005”

In Defense of John Paul II, PeacemakerThanks and kudos to Justin Raimondo for his recent Behind the Headlines column. Whether one is Catholic or not, agnostic, atheist or true believer, those who are all these things and antiwar, can appreciate the Holy Father’s leadership and moral clarity in destroying the faux moralism of the War … Continue reading “Backtalk, April 9, 2005”

An Evil Little WarMr. Malic, though entirely correct in his appraisal of the outrage, alas, offers no reason for it. What may we ask was this war waged for? Was it strategic, for minerals, or because Milosevic couldn’t be bribed to sell out his country and join the EU perhaps? Or just part of the … Continue reading “Backtalk, March 28, 2005”

The Specter of Fascism This article was spot on. While watching the towers burn in NY on TV, my first thought was for the people in the towers, and my second was how this would energize all the authoritarians who would bend the Constitution to limit our freedoms and extend government power. Note that Gonzales … Continue reading “Backtalk March 14”

Bush Keeps Fueling the Fire I really respect Eric Margolis and his views, but he is just plain wrong when he says that the one true election to occur in the Arab world was that in Algeria in 1991. It needs to be hammered home repeatedly and at every opportunity that Lebanon already IS a … Continue reading “Backtalk March 6, 2004”