My Views On National Security As A Seventh Grader, and How it Took A Social Movement to Make Me Proud to Be An American
America. Baby, it’s complicated. But like all complicated relationships, underneath it all, I love you. It wasn’t always like this. We’ve been on quite a journey. It started when I was eleven—my first week of Middle School. I heard my mother on the phone with my father in the other room. “Oh my god. That’s [...]
...read moreWomen and Children First
The number of reported sexual assaults in the military increases. And children are being used as decoys in Iraq. But this is war, right?
...read moreThe Good Wife’s Guide
I believe we’ve posted this before, but just in case you all missed it, an article from a 1955 edition of Housekeeping Monthly. via Tatiana, my pushy broad of a best friend, whose husband sent this to her all the way from Iraq (because Tatiana would make the Housekeeping Monthly ladies keel over in horror). [...]
...read moreRape as a War Tactic: Alive and Well in Iraq
I’m not going to excerpt this story because I can’t bring myself to read it again. The general idea: U.S. soliders rape an Iraqi woman, and then kill her and her family. It’s an incredibly disturbing story, so proceed with caution.
...read moreMassacre? What Massacre?
From the SF Chronicle, a letter to the editor about Haditha: The alleged killing of civilians in Haditha by our Marines becomes a front-page item in The Chronicle (“Chilling claims of Iraq massacre,” May 27). Many of us wonder which side The Chronicle is on. In the heat of battle, when you are tired, weary, [...]
...read morePalestinians Massacred in Iraq
Just so you don’t forget how fucked up things are over there.
...read moreRecommended Reads
The Heretik: Women Left Hanging in Iraq The Economist: For Jihadists, Read Anarchists (very interesting article though I don’t necessarily agree with everything stated) Bulldog Manifesto: Orwellian 101 Media Girl: Kingmakers and the Real Net Roots
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