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Beaver County Peace Links: September 2014

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Obama’s Long War in the Middle East. The Nation via Portside. Sept 23, 3014 - Do not be misled by White House double-talk: the United States is embarking on another Long War in the Middle East. This one will belong to Barack Obama. And it may extend beyond his presidency. Secretary of State John Kerry said as much. “It may take a year. It may take two years. It may take three years. But we’re determined it has to happen,” Kerry vowed. Posted by Carl Davidson. Second, we wil...

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Beaver County Peace Links: Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Call for Holy War Against ISIS

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Thursday, February 19, 2015. Bill OReilly and Fox News Call for Holy War Against ISIS. Beaver County Peace Links via AlterNet. Feb 18, 2015 - Last night, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly finally gave ISIS what it wants: a declaration that the West and Middle East are, indeed, in a holy war. In November 2014, ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared [10] in a televised address that “fighting is obligatory upon each individual” Muslim, and referred to the United States and allied forces as “crusa...4] http:/ www&#...

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Beaver County Peace Links: June 2014

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Saturday, June 21, 2014. Don’t Go Back to Iraq! Five Steps the U.S. Can Take in Iraq Without Going Back to War. There is no military solution in Iraq—so end the threats of U.S. airstrikes, bring home the Special Forces, and turn the aircraft carrier around. (Photo: Jayel Aheram / Flickr). Beaver County Peace Links. This is how wars begin. Barack Obama says we’re not going back to Iraq. “American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq,” he said. No military solution.But his actions are wrong&#...

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Beaver County Peace Links: December 2014

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Monday, December 29, 2014. War by Media and the End of Truth. Beaver County Peace Links. Via Asian Times Online. Why has so much journalism succumbed to propaganda? Why are censorship and distortion standard practice? Why is the BBC so often a mouthpiece of rapacious power? Why do the New York Times and the Washington Post deceive their readers? Why are young journalists not taught to understand media agendas and to challenge the high claims and low purpose of fake objectivity? The information age is act...

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Beaver County Peace Links: Reject the NeoCon War Party’s Effort to Warp Your Mind

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Sunday, April 12, 2015. Reject the NeoCon War Party’s Effort to Warp Your Mind. Listen, It’s Still Their F* king Fault: Bush, Cheney, Neo-Con Drivel, and the Truth About Iraq and ISIS. April 10, 2015 -. 3], completely forgetting that this was precisely bin Laden’s reason for 9/11 in the first place: to lure the U.S. into a “holy war” with Islam. Election year dynamics being what they are, there’s no telling how badly this could turn out. So before we go off and blo...First, though, an observation about f...

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Beaver County Peace Links: October 2014

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Thursday, October 30, 2014. Cuba’s Impressive Role on Ebola. Cuban health workers in Sierra Leone. Florian Plaucheur / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. By THE EDITORIAL BOARD. New York Times, October 19, 2014. Cuba’s contribution is doubtlessly meant at least in part to bolster its beleaguered international standing. Nonetheless, it should be lauded and emulated. Only Cuba and a few nongovernmental organizations are offering what is most needed: medical professionals in the field. Patients have died&...

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Beaver County Peace Links: The US is Heading Into a Heavily Militarized Future

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Sunday, February 22, 2015. The US is Heading Into a Heavily Militarized Future. Beaver County Peace Links via TomDispatch. Feb 17, 2015 - I never fail to be amazed - and that’s undoubtedly my failing. I mean, if you retain a capacity for wonder you can still be awed by a sunset, but should you really be shocked that the sun is once again sinking in the west? How the National Security State Outlasted Its Critics. Permanent War and the Permanent Election Campaign. Despite comments from Justice Ruth Bader G...

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Beaver County Peace Links: Uncle Sam: Anti-Terror Leader or Terrorist Breeder?

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Uncle Sam: Anti-Terror Leader or Terrorist Breeder? Feb17, 2015 - On the world stage, the United States has assumed anti-terror leadership since the deadly Sept. 11 attack in 2001, yet underneath its glossy surface, Uncle Sam seemed to have a secret identity as a terrorist breeder. Washington paid little attention to exploring the root causes of terrorism, which should be deemed intriguing, as the latest villain on its black list, the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, origin...

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Beaver County Peace Links: March 2015

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The War Party Bares Its Fangs on Iran. The Iran Regime Change Act of 2015. March 29, 2015 - When it comes to the Iranian nuclear program, the United States is rapidly approaching a point of no return. The P5 1 talks are coming down to the wire even as the participants express cautious optimism that a deal could be inked. Who wrote the leadership of the Islamic Republic threatening to block sanctions relief for Tehran, the 367 House members. Iran can never develop nuclear weapons.

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Beaver County Peace Links: January 2015

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Six ways Paul Reickhoff’s “American Sniper” column deeply bothers this American veteran. The only unifying factor I found was that Rieckhoff and the DoD both seem to share a propensity for cleverly exploiting veterans. Here are six ways in which Rieckhoff, like the DoD, supports the oversimplification of the Iraq War and its effects on veterans and Iraqis. 1 He claims that when talking about the Iraq War, “simple is better”. Posted by Carl Davidson. Wednesday, January 14, 2015.