NEWS/VIEWS
Selections on National and International Issues
Volume XVIII Number 36 September 6, 2010
- A world free of war and the threat of war
- A society with equity and justice for all
- A community where every person's potential may be fulfilled
- An Earth restored and protected for future generations
The New York Times - August 29, 2010 - Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29rich.html?emc=eta1
The immeasurable costs of a war
philly.com - August 30, 2010 - Daniel L. Davis
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100830_The_immeasurable_costs_of_a_war.html
Shame on America, Jews & the ADL
The American Muslim- September 1, 2010 - Rabbi Bruce Warshal
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/shame_on_america_jews_and_the_adl/0018207
It's Witch-Hunt Season
The New York Times - August 30, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30krugman.html?emc=eta1
CCR And ACLU Charge That [Targeted Killing] Violates The Constitution And International Law
Center for Constitutional Rights - August 30, 2010 - http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/rights-groups-file-challenge-targeted-killing-u.s.
A Long Stay (More than 300,000 immigrants languish in detention centers around the country.)
truthout.org - August 1, 2010 - Yana Kunichoff
http://www.truth-out.org/a-long-stay61888
Has the time come for travel to Cuba?
USATODAY.com - August 1, 2010 - Bill McGee
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/experts/mcgee/2010-09-01-cuba-travel-ban_N.htm?
CNN.com - August 3, 2010 - Sarah Hoye and Steve Hargreaves
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/fracking/index.html?hpt=C2
Top Ten Reasons for Skepticism
End the Occupation - September 6, 2010
http://endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=2743
Obama Wants Us To Forget the Lessons of Iraq
commondreams.org - September 1, 2010 - Andrew Bacevich
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/09/01
Fighting for Workers This Labor Day
Huffingto Post - September 2, 2010 - Sec. Hilda Solis
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-hilda-l-solis/fighting-for-workers-this_b_704243.html
How to End the Great Recession
The New York Times - September 3, 2010 - Robert Reich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/opinion/03reich.html?emc=eta1
Threatening mosques -- and Christianity, too
The Washington Post - - Michael Gerson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090203990.html?referrer=emailarticle
Putting Our Brains On Hold
Liberal Opinion Week - Sept 1, 2010 - Bob Herbert
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10221/1078672-109.stm
Too Long Ignored
Liberal Opinion Week - Sept 1, 2010 - Bob Herbert
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/opinion/21herbert.html
Now That's Rich
Liberal Opinion Week - Sept 1, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/opinion/23krugman.html
We're Not Colorblind
Liberal Opinion Week - Sept 1, 2010 - Donald Kaul
http://www.otherwords.org/articles/were_not_colorblind
Humanitarian Leaves Legacy In The Hills Of Afghanistan
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sept 1, 2010 - Jonathan Larson
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/humanitarian-leaves-legacy-in-603964.html
Stay Wary Of Religious Prejudice
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sept 1, 2010 - Cynthia Tucker
http://209.157.64.200/focus/news/2581645/posts?page=22
1938 in 2010
readersupportednews.org - September 6, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/83-83/3230-1938-in-2010
Z Magazine - August 19, 2010 - John Pilger
http://www.zcommunications.org/why-wikileaks-must-be-protected-by-john-pilger
Iraq Debacle Coalition Statement
womensaynotowar.org - August 22, 2010
http://www.womensaynotowar.org/article.php?id=5510
There Are No Heroes in Illegal and Immoral Wars
commondreams.org - August 29, 2010 - Robert Jensen
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/23
We Waste How Much Water On Coal?!
alternet.org - August 17, 2010 - Jaymi Heimbuch
http://www.alternet.org/water/147873
Mama Grizzly (and other setbacks)
boston.com - August 26, 2010 - Ellen Goodman
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/26/mama_grizzly_and_other_setbacks/?s_campaign=8315
U.S. Leaves Iraq Much Worse Off
truthdig.com - August 23, 2010 - Adil E. Shamoo
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/us_leaves_iraq_much_worse_off_20100823/
Andrew Bacevich, How Washington Rules
tomdispatch.com - August 26, 2010 - Andrew Bacevich
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175290/tomgram:_andrew_bacevich,_how_washington_rules__/
Afghan elections: Record number of women stand for parliament
The Guardian - August 24, 2010 - Jon Boone
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/24/record-women-candidates-afghan-election
Food & Water Watch Releases Comprehensive 2010 Smart Seafood Guide
Food and Water Watch - August 25, 2010
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/press/press-releases/food-water-watch-releases-comprehensive-2010-sm
art-seafood-guide/
A Challenge for WTC Mosque Opponents
The Wall Street Journal - August 27, 2010 - Russell Simmons
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703959704575453123857886644.html?
'Moderate' Muslim Tag Ever-Murky For Community
The New York Jewish Weekly - August 25, 2010 - Steve Lipman
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/%27moderate%27_muslim_tag_ever_murky_community
US Climate Bill Is Dead While So Much Life on Our Earth Continues to Perish
thuthout.org - August 27, 2010 - Subhanker Banerjee
http://www.truth-out.org/us-climate-bill-is-dead-while-so-much-life-on-our-earth-continues-to-perish62713
The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party
The New York Times - August 28, 2010 - Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/opinion/29rich.html?_r=1&hp
Michael N. Nagler | From Churchill to Petraeus
truthout.org - August 28, 2010 - Michael N. Nagler
http://www.truth-out.org/from-churchill-petraeus62576
Lessons From The Oil Spill
Liberal Opinion Week - August 25, 2010 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/lessons_from_the_oil_spill_20100809/
Another BP Outrage
Liberal Opinion Week - August 25, 2010 - Jim Hightower
http://www.jimhightower.com/node/7215
The Horror Show
Liberal Opinion Week - August 25, 2010 - Bob Herbert
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/opinion/10herbert.html
Attacking Social Security
Liberal Opinion Week - August 25, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/opinion/16krugman.html
Not Your Grandfather's FDR
Liberal Opinion Week - August 25, 2010 - Jules Witcover
http://www.ihavenet.com/politics/Obama-Not-Your-Grandfathers-FDR-JW.html
Feds: Don't Tip Off Miners
The Washington Post - August 27, 2010 - Sam Hananel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/26/AR2010082604534.html
'Everything I Was Saying All Came True'
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - August 27, 2010 - Ed O'Keefe
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/08/michael_brown_five_years_later.html
Death of the First Amendment: The "Nazification" of the United States
globalresearch.ca - August 26, 2010 - Paul Craig Roberts
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20783
The New York Times - August 20, 2010 - Gardiner Harris
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/health/policy/21tubes.html?_r=1&ref=gardiner_harris
A Mountain in the Stream
The New York Times - August 21, 2010 - editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/opinion/21sat3.html?th&emc=th
Attacking Social Security
The New York Times - August 16, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/opinion/16krugman.html?emc=eta1
Chalmers Johnson, Portrait of a Sagging Empire
tomdispatch.com - August 17, 2010 - Chalmers Johnson
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog//175286/
Pandering Over a Mosque
truthout.org - August 16, 2010 - Eugene Robinson
http://www.truth-out.org/eugene-robinson-pandering-over-a-mosque62365
NRDC and Gulf Groups Call on Federal Agencies to Improve Seafood Safety Testing Post Oil Spill
NRDC - August 17, 2010
http://www.nrdc.org/media/2010/100817.asp
Redemption Songs
Orion Magazine - September/October 2010 - Erik Reece
http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/5855/
Park 51: The Ground Zero Mosque Is Not a Mosque
Huffington Post - August 19, 2010 - Anushay Hossain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anushay-hossain/park-51-the-ground-zero-m_b_686950.html
America Has Disgraced Itself
The Daily Beast - August 17, 2010 - Peter Beinart
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-08-17/ground-zero-mosque-controversy-america-has-disgraced-itself/
At Pentagon, a lesson in tolerance N.Y. mosque debate should heed
The Washington Post - August 20, 2010 - Petula Dvorak
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081906506.html?referrer=emailarticle
Still fighting the Cold War
The Boston Globe - August 20, 2010 - editorial
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/08/20/still_fighting_the_cold_war/?s_campaign=8315
Deepwater Reviews To Get Tougher
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Aug. 17, 2010 - Erica Werner
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/NEWS/8170336/-1/LIVING02
Attack On Social Security A Con
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Aug. 17, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/krugman_the_attack_on_social_security_20100816/?ln
The Spill's Silver Lining?
The Nation - August 2/9, 2010 - Christine MacDonald
http://www.thenation.com/article/37526/spills-silver-lining
How To Survive The Crisis (Organize!)
The Nation - August 2/9, 2010 - Ben Ehrenreich
http://www.thenation.com/article/37486/how-survive-crisis-organize
How Estate Tax Benefits Small Businesses
Liberal Opinion Week - August 18, 2010 - Jim Amaral
http://www.baxterbulletin.com/article/20100813/OPINION01/8130313/How-estate-tax-benefits-small-business
How the US Lost Iraq to Iran
opednews.com - August 19, 2010 - Niloufar Parsi
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-the-US-lost-Iraq-to-Ir-by-Niloufar-Parsi-100819-730.html
Commentary: Coffee Party looks to change tone of political discourse
McClatchy - August 19, 2010 - Tom Eblen
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/19/99233/commentary-coffee-party-looks.html
Muslim Madness
readersupportednews.org - August 21, 2010 - John Cory
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/75-75/2752-muslim-madness
The Iraq Legacy: Tell It Like It Is
opednews.com - August 22, 2010 - Medea Benjamin
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Iraq-Legacy-Tell-It-L-by-Medea-Benjamin-100822-90.html
Why the Wars can't be Won
globalresearch.ca - August 20, 2010 - Prof. John Kozy
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20707
The Nation - August 2/9, 2010 - Walter Mosley & Rae Gomes
http://www.thenation.com/article/37531/ten-things-foster-socially-responsible-corporations
The Big Green Buy
The Nation August 2/9, 2010 Christian Parenti
http://www.thenation.com/article/37528/big-green-buy
Americans Are Dying To Eat
Liberal Opinion Week - August 11, 2010 - Michael L. Jacobson
http://www.peoplesworld.org/americans-are-dying-to-eat/
Want The Good News First?
Liberal Opinion Week - August 11, 2010 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/opinion/28friedman.html
Why Can't Obama Get Anything Done?
Liberal Opinion Week - August 11, 2010 - Bill Press
http://www.billpressshow.com/2010/08/03/why-can%E2%80%99t-obama-get-anything-done/
"Blood on Our Hands"
truthout.org - August 11, 2010 - Dahr Jamail
http://www.truth-out.org/blood-our-hands60367
Today Russia, Tomorrow the World
commondreams.org - August 6, 2010 - Gwynne Dyer
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/06-7
Labor Fights Back for Living Wages and Jobs for All
truthout.org - August 6, 2010 - Shamus Cooke
http://www.truth-out.org/labor-fights-back-living-wages-and-jobs-for-all61653
Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming
Utne Reader - August 5, 2010 - Bill McKibben
http://www.utne.com/environment/bill-mckibben-three-steps-to-establish-a-politics-of-global-warming-.aspx
Islamophobia: A Threat to American Values?
Huffington Post - August 10, 2010 - John L. Esposito
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/islamophobia-a-threat-to_b_676765.html
Enter Christianity
Boston Globe - August 9, 2010 - James Carroll
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/09/enter_christianity/
Lessons from the Godfather: Interview with Gene Sharp
Utne Reader - July/August 2010 - Jeff Severns Guntzel
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Gene-Sharp-Interview-Power-of-Nonviolence.aspx
A Long Stay
truthout.org - August 1, 2010 - Yana Kunichoff
http://www.truth-out.org/a-long-stay61888
The Tears of Gaza Must Be Our Tears
truthdig.com - August 9, 2010 - Chris Hedges
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_tears_of_gaza_must_be_our_tears_20100809/
Whose Hands? Whose Blood? Killing Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq
Huffington Post - August 5, 2010 - Tom Engelhardt
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-engelhardt/whose-hands-whose-blood-k_b_672092.html
Situation Room Scaremongering - CNN's Social Security crisis
FAIR - August 11, 2010
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4134
Cutting Pentagon waste is wise -- and brave
CNN - August 12, 2010 - Fareed Zakaria
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/12/zakaria.gates.defense/index.html?hpt=C2
Liberal criticism of Obama is out of tough-love
boston.com - August 13, 2010 - Robert Kuttner
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/13/liberal_criticism_of_obama_is_out_of_tough_love/?s_campaign=8315
Army analyst celebrated as antiwar hero
The Washington Post - August 14, 2010 - Michael W. Savage
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/13/AR2010081305820.html
How to Dismantle the American Empire Before This Country Goes Under
alternet.org - July 29, 2010 - Andrew J. Bacevich
http://www.alternet.org/story/147675/
CANADIAN IMAMS ISSUE WIDE RANGING DECLARATION TO CLARIFY MANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS
http://www.canadiancouncilofimams.com/pages/EklEVVVZFkFzwZtrsi.shtml
Paralysis at the Fed
The New York Times - August 12, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/opinion/13krugman.html?_r=1
Lying and Accountability: Reflections on the Iraq War
readersupportednews.org - August 13, 2010 - Stephen Eric Bronner
http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion/34-34/2666-lying-and-accountability-reflections-on-the-iraq-war
Profits Up at GM! And You're Still Unemployed
michaelmoore.com - August 13, 2010 - Michael Moore
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mike-friends-blog/profits-gm-and-youre-still-unemployed
BP's Insidious Coverup and Propaganda Campaign: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
globalresearch.ca - August 9, 2010 - Dahr Jamail
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20543
BBC News - August 1, 2010 - Stuart Hughes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-10829976
Gulf oil flow was 12 times more than feds' original estimate
McClatchy Newspapers - August 2, 2010 - Erika Bolstad and Lesley Clark
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/08/02/98512/government-revises-gulf-oil-flow.html
Five Myths About America's Homeless
Liberal Opinion Week - August 4, 2010 - Dennis Culhane
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070902357.html
America's Petro-State: Louisiana's Oil Jackpot Has Been Its Curse
Liberal Opinion Week - August 4, 2010 - Steven Mufson
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/component/content/article/121055.html
We're Gonna Be Sorry
Liberal Opinion Week - August 4, 2010 - Thomas Friedman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25friedman.html
We've Got Empire Stress Disorder
Liberal Opinion Week - August 4, 2010 - William A. Collins
http://www.truth-out.org/weve-got-empire-stress-disorder61601
The Fate of America's Justice System
readersupportednews.org - August 1, 2010 - Lawrence Davidson
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/42-42/2569-the-fate-of-americas-justice-system
Leaks
The New Yorker - August 9, 2010 - Amy Davidson
http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/71-71/2613-leaks
Why the Feds Fear Thinkers Like Howard Zinn
truthdig - August 1, 2010 - Chris Hedges
http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/123-123/2606-why-the-feds-fear-thinkers-like-howard-zinn
The Bomb: Howard Zinn's last call to rebel against war
The Rag Blog - August 4, 2010 - Jonah Raskin
http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/56-56/2597-the-bomb-howard-zinns-last-call-to-rebel-against-war
Defining Prosperity Down
The New York Times - August 1, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/opinion/02krugman.html
WikiLeaks documents-- disinformation or not-- are being used for anti-Iran propaganda
opednews.com - August 3, 2010 - Andrew Steele
http://www.opednews.com/articles/WikiLeaks-documents--disi-by-Andrew-Steele-100728-499.html
Tomgram: Ann Jones, In Bed With the U.S. Army
opednews.com - August 2, 2010 - Tom Engelhardt
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tomgram-Ann-Jones-In-Bed-by-Tom-Engelhardt-100802-301.html
Bradley Manning: An American Hero
readersupportednews.org - August 7, 2010 - Stephen Lendman
http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/71-71/2609-bradley-manning-an-american-hero
Thoughts on Killed Humanitarian Mission Members
opednews.com - August 8, 2010 - Bob Kall
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Thoughts-on-Killed-Humanit-by-Rob-Kall-100808-999.html
truthout.org - July 25, 2010 - Robert Naiman
http://www.truth-out.org/will-house-democrats-oppose-a-jobless-war-supplemental61680
Anger Rises Over US Tax Dollars for Settlements
truthout.org - July 24, 2010 - Mel Frykberg
http://www.truth-out.org/anger-rises-over-us-tax-dollars-settlements61690
Wikileaks: Massive Leak of Secret Files Exposes Truth of Occupation
commondreams.org - July 25, 2010 - Nick Davies and David Leigh
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/07/25-3
Pursuit of the holy land
boston.com - July 26, 2010 - James Carroll
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/07/26/pursuit_of_the_holy_land/?s_campaign=8315
Fair Trade Under Fire
Utne Reader - July-August, 2010
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Fair-Trade-Under-Fire.aspx
The Shame of the Fourth Estate
readersupportednews.org - July 25, 2010 - Charles Kaiser
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/74-74/2513-the-shame-of-the-fourth-estate
Who Cooked the Planet?
The New York Times - July 25, 2010 - Paul Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/opinion/26krugman.html
It is now imperative that we quickly find our way to a steady-state economy
opednews.com - July 27, 2010 - Richard Clark
http://www.opednews.com/articles/It-is-now-imperative-that-by-Richard-Clark-100725-22.html
Understanding the State: New and Old
Bronx County Independent Examiner - July 26, 2010 - Billy Wharton
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-23544-Bronx-County-Independent-Examiner~y2010m7d26-Understanding-the-State-New-and-Old
Hightower: Why Is No One Talking About the Real Tragedy Behind the Shirley Sherrod Fiasco?
opednews.com - July 31, 2010 - Jim Hightower
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hightower-Why-Is-No-One-T-by-Jim-Hightower-100731-188.html
The Twenty Years War
boston.com - August 1, 2010 - John Tirman
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/01/the_twenty_years_war/?s_campaign=8315
War Is Suicide
readersupportednews.org - July 31, 2010 - John Cory
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/32-32/2561-war-is-suicide
Kiss This War Goodbye
The New York Times - July 31, 2010 - Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/opinion/01rich.html
Preparing for World War III, Targeting Iran
globalresearch.ca - August 1, 2010 - Michel Chossudovsky
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20403
BBC News - July 18, 2010
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10675713
Big Oil Makes War on the Earth
commondreams.org - July 18, 2010 - Ellen Cantarow
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/18-0
Insurers and Employers, Not Government, Limiting Choice of Doctors
Jon Perr's blog - July 18, 2010 - Jon Perr
http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/insurers-and-employers-limiting-choice-of-doctors
Misguided US Economic Policies Drive Many Mexicans to Cross Border
commondreams.org - July 19, 2010 - Manuel Pérez-Rocha
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/19-6
We're Not Ready
The New York Times - July 20, 2010 - Bob Herbert
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/opinion/20herbert.html?emc=eta1
Islamophobia and The Muslim Center at Ground zero
CNN News - July 19, 2010 - John L. Esposito
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/19/esposito.muslim.center/?hpt=Mid
BP's Long, Bloody History of Reckless Greed
truthout.org - July 21, 2010 - Al Hart
http://www.truth-out.org/bp-a-long-bloody-history-reckless-greed61555
Why the U.S. had to challenge Arizona on immigration
The Washington Post - July 22, 2010 - Doris Meissner and James W. Ziglar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/21/AR2010072104559.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Nearly $80 billion needed to shore up nation’s rail, bus system, study shows
thehill.com - July 21, 2010 - Vicki Needham
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/110091-nearly-80-billion-needed-to-shore-up-nations-rail-bus-system-study-shows
Thrown to the Wolves (Shirley Sherrod story)
The New York Times - July 23, 2010 - Bob Herbert
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/opinion/24herbert.html?emc=eta1
There's Only One Way to Stop a Bully
The New York Times - July 23, 2010 - Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23engel.html?emc=eta1
Cluster Bombs and Civilian Lives: Efficient Killing, Profits and Human Rights
truthout.org - July 24, 2010 - Ramzy Baroud
https://www.truthout.org/cluster-bombs-and-civilian-lives-efficient-killing-profits-and-human-rights61409
Explore Top Secret America
The Washington Post - July 19, 2010 - editorial project
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/
The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency
informationclearinghouse.info - July 24, 2010 - Conn Hallinan
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26014.htm
There’s a Battle Outside and It Is Still Ragin’
The New York Times - July 24, 2010 - Frank Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25rich.html
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