They Don’t Value Life?
Jeremy Sapienza on colonial projection in Afghanistan
Jeremy Sapienza
Jeremy Sapienza is senior editor at Antiwar.com, and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Another Iraq Exit Strategy
A while back in 2003, there was a lot of commentary and partisan whining on the lack of an "exit strategy" for Iraq. Bush got us into a quagmire, and we can’t get out! In May of this year, William Pfaff suggested playing to Iraqi "nationalism," as well as a complicated list of immunities and … Continue reading “Another Iraq Exit Strategy”
Rafah: The Movie
Well I fully expected this movie to be amateurish and a bit sappy, but I wasn’t prepared for this. Terrible editing paired with lame scripted lines by quintessential American liberal upper-middle-class twenty-somethings and scruffy middle-aged Berkeley-looking professor-types made this a messy affair to watch. Fortunately, the images speak for themselves. The utter devastation wrought by … Continue reading “Rafah: The Movie”
US Soldiers Puzzled by Iraqi Resistance to Censorship
American soldiers in Iraq have trouble understanding the principles that we are told they are fighting for. That is why when Iraqis objected to the seizure of posters of Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the troops were left befuddled. Engineers from 1st Platoon, Company C “found these posters in apartments and some shop windows.” The lieutenant … Continue reading “US Soldiers Puzzled by Iraqi Resistance to Censorship”
US States Scramble to Hold On to Military Base Pork
Yesterday I found two news items, one from Georgia, one from South Carolina, about local governments trying to prevent their local military bases from facing Rumsfeld’s budget ax. There have also been a few others in recent weeks that I can recall. After a quick Google search, we found stories from about 2/3 of the … Continue reading “US States Scramble to Hold On to Military Base Pork”
‘Antiwar Protesters’ Trash 9/11 Memorial
From the Tuesday, March 11, 2003 Whittier Daily News: "LA HABRA — Antiwar protesters burned and ripped up flags, flowers and patriotic signs at a Sept. 11 memorial that residents erected on a fence along Whittier Boulevard days after the terrorist attacks in 2001 and have maintained ever since." The first question that enters my … Continue reading “‘Antiwar Protesters’ Trash 9/11 Memorial”
When Puppies Die
Just in case there were a few of you left who aren’t biting the “al-Qaeda is the most evil group of people to exist in the history of the world” bit, along comes the “they kill puppies!” tapes. Let’s set aside for a moment the fact that, wait – do they even have yellow labs … Continue reading “When Puppies Die”