A real leader is always at the scene of the battle. Contrast Barack Obama’s tour of Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq with the leadership style of our current president. Senator McCain’s camp actually leaked the details of the trip, but Obama, a real leader went anyway and visited U.S. troops. That’s a paradigm change from our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
Freedom has its cost
Posted in Peace, tagged democracy, Iraq, Politics on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Operation Iraqi Freedom was going to leave us with a democracy in the Middle East. It looks like the Iraqis are catching on and that things are going swimmingly well for them but not so well for us. Turns out they don’t want us occupying their country afterall. They don’t want a permanent US presence [...]
Friends for Peace
Posted in Christianity, Peace, mindfulness, prayer, tagged Iraq, Peace, Quaker, AFSC on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today when I arrived home from work I checked my mail. The largest parcel came from the American Friends Service Committee. When I opened the large envelope it contained a poster that can be displayed that simply states Friends for Peace. The American Friends Service Committee holds a special place in my heart. They are [...]
Bogey man
Posted in Peace, Politics, President Bush, democracy, history, military, prayer, soldiers, tagged Iraq, Peace, prayer, President Bush, solidarity, war on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, President Bush told a reporter that he gave up golf to be in solidarity with the parents of loved ones who had been killed in Iraq. Soldiers, Sailors, Air Force and Marines who’ve been killed in an un-necessary and illegal war can draw solace that Mr. Bush has given up golf. What a guy? [...]
Terribly profitable
Posted in Peace, military, tagged Iraq, Kuwait, Peace, war on April 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week in Congress, General Petraeus, told our representatives that we have to pause on the draw down of our troops in Iraq. Iraq is not really any safer than it was a year ago when we were told that we needed to surge our troops in order to bring stability to the country. [...]
A chill wind
Posted in Congress, Peace, Politics, pundits, soldiers, tagged Army, draft, Iraq on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s a chill wind blowin’ in Washington today as Army Vice Chief of Staff told congress that you either change course or start the draft and/or face a broken army. I’m not in favor of the draft and neither are the politicians as it would spell doom to their endless war. I’d be in favor [...]
Counting the cost
Posted in Congress, Energy Independence, Politics, President Bush, Thomas Merton, Trappist, culture, democracy, military, tagged energy prices, Iraq, michael moore, Quaker, Thomas Merton, war on March 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today marked the 4,000th American soldier killed in combat in Iraq. Colonel Dan Smith has a well written piece at Quakers Colonel. I also read a well written piece my Michael Moore at CommonDreams. It is more than a sad story. It is the tragic death of the American Democracy. We’re taxed to [...]
Wes Clark
Posted in Iran, military, soldiers, tagged Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, war on November 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In the last five years I’ve had to listen to right wing chicken hawks impugn my generation and while they beat the war drums for their trumped up war in Iraq. Now of course this same malevolent element is trying to take us to the precipice of yet another war.
