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Entries by Tom Engelhardt from 06/2011

100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears

| Posted 06.09.2011 | Politics
Read More: Europe E. Coli Outbreak, National Security Complex, Fda, E. Coli Outbreak, National Security, Germany E Coli, Food Safety, E. Coli, Terrorism, Terrorism Threat, Politics News

in terms of damage since 9/11, terror attacks have ranked above shark attacks but below just about anything else that could possibly be dangerous to Americans

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Nine War Words That Define Our World

| Posted 06.23.2011 | Politics
Read More: Libya, Yemen, Language, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tomdispatch, War, Hamid Karzai, Pentagon, National Security, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Go figure: today, our "covert" wars are front-page news. What follows are nine common terms associated with our present wars that probably don't mean what you think they mean.

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The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama

| Posted 06.30.2011 | Politics
Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Obama Speech, John McCain, Troops, Military, Afghanistan, Joe Biden, US Troops Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News

Think of the president's foreign-policy-cum-war speeches as ever more unconvincing attempts to cover the suppurating wound that is Washington's global war policy.

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