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    This war is nuts! What am I missing?

    MAY 16, 2012 10:50AM

    By myles spicer


    Topics: war, afghanistan, iraq, military

    • Editor's Pick
    • 24 Ratings
    • 2261 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    The Fallujah tragedy: A war crime by any other name...

    JANUARY 12, 2012 7:11AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: iraq, fallujah, iraq war, depleted uranium, war crimes, human rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1846 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Evacuation from Iraq: the lesson from Bonaparte's Egypt

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 1:06PM

    By Naqib's Daughter


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, egypt, bonaparte, american troops, evacuation, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 2978 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The last man to die

    DECEMBER 19, 2011 1:09PM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: baghdad, war, iraq, baghdad, war, iraq

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 1513 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Obama just declared the end to the war in Iraq!

    OCTOBER 21, 2011 2:15PM

    By designanator


    Topics: iraq, breaking news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 2400 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Occupational Hazards

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 6:38PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: politics, vietnam, afghanistan, iraq, powell doctrine, weinberger doctrine, agenda, agendaless, leader, leaderless, occupy wall street, ows, the 1%, the 99%, we are the 99%, we are the 53%, actually you're the 47%, wall street, greed, corruption, terrorism, war on terror, asymmetric warfare, agent provocateur, agents provocateur, agents provocateur, change, declare victory, what's next, plan, go home, dismantle, aiken, quagmire, protests, peaceful, non-violent, first amendment, second amendment, st. crispen, saint crispen, st. crispen's day speech, saint crispen's day speech, henry v, lessig, lawrence lessig, constitutional convention, brin, david brin, sousveillance, klein, naomi klein, shock doctrine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 53 Ratings
    • 4570 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    99%- Yes, Houston we have a Problem!

    OCTOBER 18, 2011 10:08AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: occupy, occupy america, occupy america, politics, protest, iraq, enviroment, racial, oprah winfrey, social security, medicare, jesse jackson, lgbt, obama, occupy movement, houston robertson, occupy wall street, ococcupy america, news, open+call, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 514 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why Are We In Iraq, Again?

    JULY 11, 2011 2:19PM

    By Robert Steibel


    Topics: comics, cartoons, political cartoon, open call, robert steibel, apple creek comics, wild life, comedy, politics, china, cartoon saturday, north korea, afghanistan, leon panetta, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1008 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Upon Fiddler's Green

    MAY 30, 2011 11:53AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, memorial day, fiddler's green, war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2851 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Snuck Someone Into West Point

    MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1251 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    O Positive

    MAY 9, 2011 1:37AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: war, military, iraq, afghanistan, norway, france, mongolia, portugal, great britain, germany, australia, greek, turk, nato, red cross, 9/11, news, blood

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1357 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Moving Beyond Bin Laden

    MAY 5, 2011 10:47AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, war, 911, middle east, osama bin ladin, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1154 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Murky Moral Questions of Libya

    MARCH 29, 2011 6:01AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: republicans, obama, muslim world, military, middle east, libya, iraq, american interventionism, afghanistan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 1449 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Will Libya Become a Second Iraq?

    MARCH 18, 2011 3:01PM

    By M. Junaid Levesque-Alam


    Topics: war, airstrikes, intervention, qaddafi, iraq, libya, expert opinion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1734 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Outlier Libya

    MARCH 18, 2011 7:28AM

    By Stab329


    Topics: politics, foreign intervention, foreign policy, iraq, human rights watch, afghanistan, chomsky, real news network, benghazi, no-fly zone, anti-war, u.s. imperialism, united nations, libya

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1033 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Egypt: Fruit of the Poisonous Olive Tree

    FEBRUARY 3, 2011 10:22PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: egypt, democracy, united states, iran, government, middle east, religion, dictator, dictatorship, shah reza pahlavi, dissidents, israel, mullah, saddam hussein, iraq, riegle report, anthrax, botulism, kuwait, george bush, hosni mubarak, muslim, jimmy zuma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 1789 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Two Years Ago Today Obama Was Inaugurated: I Was There

    JANUARY 20, 2011 10:26AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: $200 a night, hillary, obama memorabilia, 1969, vietnam protest, nixon, humvees, troops, iraq, euphoria, bush, cheney, heckled, second coming, pilgrimage, latinos, black, whites, melting pot, miraculous, racism, obama bobble-heads, historic, capitol building, truman, desegration of the armed forces, commander-in-chief, wahsinton

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 2795 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Christmas in Afghanistan

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 5:25PM

    By BOKO


    Topics: politics, money, afghanistan, economy, business, private contractors, obama, congress, corruption, news, afghanistan, iraq, os, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 74 Ratings
    • 3329 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    The First Draft of George W. Bush’s Memoir

    NOVEMBER 10, 2010 10:42AM

    By john blumenthal


    Topics: initiatives, missionary, iraq, defecate, texas, debt, desertions, liberrian, republican, pet goat, dick, the decider, people in glass houses, study history, george washington, two lives to give, fool him twice, retarded, katrina, cookies, brownie, parakeet act, congress

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 2056 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Where is the outrage?

    OCTOBER 16, 2010 8:05PM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: immigration, bush, obama, afghanistan, iraq, gitmo

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