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    May 29, 2012: Remembering Pat Tillman

    MAY 29, 2012 1:53PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, memorial day, atheism, war on terror, afghanistan war, pat tillman

    • 0 Ratings
    • 193 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    1998 CABLE REVEALS U.S. INTEL ON PRE 9/11 TERRORIST THREAT

    APRIL 4, 2012 8:06PM

    By AssociationOfTruth


    Topics: september 11 2001, diplomatic cable, operation enduring freedom, afghanistan war, terrorist attacks, terrorist, world trade center, wtc, wikileaks, cablegate, madeline albright, osama bin laden, usama bin laden, bin laden, osama, usama, afghanistan, taliban, 1998, ny, new york, news

    • 0 Ratings
    • 174 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    In Afghanistan, the Dam Breaks

    MARCH 16, 2012 6:42PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: afghanistan, afghanistan war, brave new founation, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, counterinsurgency, koran burnings, rethink afghanistan, robert greenwald, war in afghanistan, open call

    • 7 Ratings
    • 236 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Sorry's Not Good Enough in Afghanistan. Here's Why.

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 3:20PM

    By Robert Greenwald


    Topics: open call, war in afghanistan, war, robert greenwald, rethink afghanistan, quran burnings, protests, koran burnings, derrick crowe, afghanistan war, afghanistan

    • 3 Ratings
    • 797 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Veterans for Ron Paul March, Washington, DC 2/20/12

    FEBRUARY 16, 2012 1:25PM

    By John Galt


    Topics: infowars nightly news, election 2012, afghanistan war, adam kokesh, iraq war, ron paul 2012, veterans for ron paul

    • 2 Ratings
    • 391 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    World's Largest Weapons Exporters

    DECEMBER 6, 2011 6:07PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: world news, united states military, slidepollajax, raytheon, kuwait, boeing, united states, northrop grumman, military industrial complex, lockheed martin, general dynamics, dwight eisenhower, russia, military, japan, iraq, germany, china, al qaeda, afghanistan, united kingdom, south korea, iraq war, afghanistan war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 626 Views
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    Pentagon Using Our Tax Dollars For Human Trafficking

    JUNE 5, 2011 1:21PM

    By libbyliberalnyc


    Topics: sarah stillman, pentagon, tcns, iraq war, afghanistan war

    • 2 Ratings
    • 338 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Closing the Purse Strings of Conflict

    MARCH 29, 2011 6:50AM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: war libya, u.s. war libya, tim johnson libya, tim johnson, ronald reagan, obama libya, nobel peace prize, libya no fly zone, libya news, libya cost, libya, justin amash libya, justin amash, iraq war, dennis kucinich libya, dennis kucinich, congress libya, cold war, budget cuts, budget, barack obama, afghanistan war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 214 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Obama's Not Returning His Peace Prize

    MARCH 25, 2011 2:01PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, world news, obama nobel peace prize, obama, nobel peace prize, libya protests, libya, iraq war, henry kissinger, george w. bush, barack obama, al gore, afghanistan war

    • 2 Ratings
    • 163 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Familiar Recipe Cooking Once Again

    FEBRUARY 22, 2011 6:36PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, tax cuts for the wealthy, tax cuts, pork barrel spending, politics, obama tax cuts, millionaires, military spending, military, media, iraq war, iraq, housing markets, housing market, housing crisis, halliburton, economy, economic stimulus package, economic crisis, dyncorp, carlyle group, bush tax cuts, afghanistan war, afghanistan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 284 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    No More Ritalin and Reality TV for Our ADD Nation

    JANUARY 31, 2011 8:37PM

    By Howard Steven Friedman


    Topics: politics, politics news, times square bomb, times square, tarp, state of the union, sarah palin blood libel, roman empire, ritalin, reality tv, obama state of the union, obama, middle class, manufacturing, iraq war, iraq, investment banks, immigration, i-bankers, health care reform, health care, harry truman, halliburton, gulf oil spill, fraud, franklin roosevelt, fdr, environment, energy policy, education reform, education, economy, economic crisis, democracy, british petroleum, bread, blood libel, best practices, barack obama, banks, bank bailout, bailout, arizona shooting, airport security, afghanistan war, afghanistan

    • 0 Ratings
    • 139 Views
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    No More Excuses Obama - PeaceRally.org

    DECEMBER 30, 2010 7:30AM

    By Darren Wolfe


    Topics: yemen, pakistan, nobel, mashup, assassination, drones, afghanistan war, iraq war, obama, bush

    • 37 Ratings
    • 709 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Vietghanistan

    DECEMBER 19, 2010 11:02AM

    By Dave Rickert


    Topics: afghanistan, vietnam, viet cong, taliban, combat casualties, combat, political thought, corruption, war, poetry, human condition, afghanistan war, vietnam war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 248 Views
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    Did We Elect Adlai Stevenson President?

    DECEMBER 8, 2010 8:42AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: northen racism, southern racism, henry fonda, cliff robertson, united states congress, bush administration, gop, fox in the henhouse, campaign promises, afghanistan war, troops surge, president for change, gore vidal, the best man 1964, mccain-palin, tea party fundamentalists, main street, 2% super rich, oligarchy, closing gitmo, robert verkaik, dick cheney, torture, ban on torture, iraq war, american toops in iraq, illegal israeli settlements, flotilla raid, immigration reform, wikileaks, universal health coverage, campaign promises, bp oil spill, airport security, wall street bail out, velma hart, christina romer, council of economic advisors, bush tax cuts extension, adlai stevenson, richard nixon, tim geithner, unemployment benefits extension

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1086 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    At Karzai's Restaurant in Chicago

    NOVEMBER 29, 2010 12:37PM

    By Chicago Guy


    Topics: karzai, wikileaks, afghanistan war

    • 24 Ratings
    • 839 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Afghanistan, through the Looking Glass

    OCTOBER 12, 2010 5:04PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, afghanistan, free association, thinking aloud, centralization, vulnerability, founding fathers, distributed control, separation of powers, checks and balances, privacy, patriot act, states rights, original intent, tribal, tribes, vulnerability, tactics, military, shock and awe, war, afghanistan, afghanistan war, iraq, iraq war

    • 1 Ratings
    • 961 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Our Most Recent Fallen Heroes in Afghanistan

    AUGUST 27, 2010 11:57PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: cost of war, heroes, military casualties, afghanistan war, iraq war, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2311 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    Wikileaks documents could help show the real costs of war

    JULY 26, 2010 12:41PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: glenn greenwald, journalism, new york times, vietnam like afghanistan, afghanistan strategy, military, the pottery barn wars, afghanistan war, wikileaks documents, wikileaks

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 1594 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    McChrystal Fallout Continued: Why is Afghanistan Ignored?

    JUNE 29, 2010 7:00AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: iraq, bush, obama, 2011 withdrawal, afghanistan deadline, military, the pottery barn wars, afghanistan war, mcchrystal comments, mcchrystal fallout

    • 3 Ratings
    • 482 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The Human Side of our Afghanistan Casualties

    JUNE 28, 2010 4:12PM

    By Dorian de Wind


    Topics: sacrifice, military, heroes, afghanistan war, politics, family, belief/religion

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