war

Don’t piss on progress

by Karoli on August 18, 2010 · 3 comments

I am grateful beyond words that the last combat troops are leaving Iraq today. For those of you inclined to say, “but, but, but…there’s 50,000 left there!” I point you to these statistics. Note Afghanistan and Iraq have not been updated since May, 2010. This was a war that didn’t have to happen, but it [...]

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And so, it will still be Afghanistan

by Karoli on July 27, 2010 · 19 comments

My ambivalence on Afghanistan has not diminished. On an almost-daily basis I feel self-contradictory and utterly torn. I never wanted to send troops to Afghanistan. A timeworn memory in this house is me, stomping around the house shaking my fist, ranting about it. It wasn’t at all helpful to the dialogue, but then-President Bush wasn’t [...]

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Wall Street declares war. Are we fighting or colluding?

by Karoli on December 14, 2009 · 3 comments

I was going to write a big long post about Matt Taibbi’s latest attempt to pin the “sellout” tail on the President’s donkey and maybe I still will. But really, the bottom line is much shorter and largely ignored: This is a war between Wall Street and the rest of us. Take your eyes off [...]

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