Afghanistan

America Enters into Third War in Last Decade, Funded on the Backs of Poor and Working Class

03.19.2011

The UN Security Council voted 10-0 to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to aid the rebels against dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Many on both sides of the political divide have been clamoring for this for weeks now – which feels like months in this era of the 24-hour-news cycle. And while Gaddafi is clearly a [...]

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Suicides Claiming More American Troop Casualties than Combat in Afghanistan

01.27.2011

American troops are committing suicide at a higher rate than they’re dying in combat. We need more emphasis on diagnosing and treating PTSD to prevent these unnecessary and appalling deaths.

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Our Current Political Discourse: Time for Critical Thinking, Not Selective Listening

12.04.2010

Our national political discourse lacks critical thinking and focuses too much on personal validation of preconceived notions. We need to get away from partisan beliefs and get to rational discussions.

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Why We Shouldn't Stop Rev. Jones' Quran Burning Party

09.08.2010

In a misguided attempt to right the wrongs perpetrated by Islamic radicals on 9/11, Rev. Jones is planning to burn Qurans this Saturday. While he does have the right to do so, should they?

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Trying to Make Sense of the Afghanistan Quagmire

04.06.2010

I just finished reading Jon Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory, the story of Pat Tillman’s odyssey from New Almaden, California to his glory days playing in the NFL to his tragic death by friendly fire as an Army Ranger fighting in Afghanistan. It’s phenomenal. I can’t convey all of the emotions that I feel after [...]

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Get Out Of The Desert! Cont'd

11.05.2009

I know this is playing to emotions and there are difficult, real-world issues at stake here, but for the same party that touts family values and the traditional nuclear family to also want to just keep sending moms and dad overseas to fight for a pointless war for nearly a decade just seems so very [...]

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Get Out Of The Desert!

11.05.2009

As if we needed any more American deaths to make this war real to those of us back home who have the luxury of thinking about the ideal of spreading democracy and freedom across the planet.  Well, here we have it. 12 American soldiers.  Dead.  On American soil. This is what happens to the human [...]

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We Are Still In The Desert

09.11.2009

Everyone remembers where they were on this tragic day eight years ago.  Everyone remembers those images of devastation and horror.  And everyone remembers the feeling of comradery and patriotism that ensued.  It was amazing to feel everyone pulling together for a common goal. Yet looking back on it, I find it sad and depressing that [...]

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The Backwards World of Religion

03.31.2009

(Massoud Hossaini / AFP – Getty Images) I would like to attribute something this grossly offensive and obviously a clear-cut attack on human rights to the sub-sect of fundamentalist radicals within the Muslim community.  But, when Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed, elected president of Afghanistan, a country that we invaded and “liberated,” forces legislation through that [...]

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