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Military Religious Freedom Foundation Posts Billboard Slamming US Air Force Academy Usage of Religious Oath
Weinstein maintains that those cadets who opt out of swearing the oath would u201cstick out like a tarantula on a wedding cake.u201d
New York Judge Renews Order Barring Drone Protesters From Air Base
A judge in DeWitt, New York, recently barred 17 activists from Hancock Air Base, where they were arrested last year during a protest over drones.
Eisenhower’s Drones
"When you oppose war, not because it murders, and not because it assaults the rights of the foreign places attacked, but because it costs too much in U.S. lives …
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The Death of a Giant
Given that he is considered one of the great generals in modern history it is of no little interest that he was self-taught in the arts of war, never …
A Nostalgic America, Haunted By Ghosts
The America that believed in technology as a solution to all things has become almost a century later a landscape where ghosts comfortably dwell.
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Historic Acquittal of Anti-Drone Witness at Fort Hancock Air Base
This acquittal marks a major breakthrough by those who have sought to strengthen international law, and stop U.S. war crimes, including extra-judicial murder by the illegal drones.
No Glory in War for this Veteran
Glorification of war has become support for more war, for accepting the easy violence of war instead of the difficult peaceful resolution of human problems.
Captain Phillips Doesn’t Explain Why Somali Pirates Exist
Though the extent to which Phillips falls short of the movieu2019s exaltation is somewhat surprising, the filmu2019s depiction of Somalis is not.
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Unjust Deaths
Many African American young adults have found no reason to stay in school and get an education while they keep hearing in the news about the “stand your ground” …
Is the State Department Trying to Silence Pakistani Drone Victims by Delaying Their Attorney’s Visa?
Shahzad Akbar says the State Department is delaying his visa so he won't be able to travel to a congressional hearing.