Collateral Damage

Build, Don't Destroy in Afghanistan: An Open Letter to President Obama

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

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Jim Wallis

Already, thousands of our readers have signed a letter and contacted the White House urging a new way forward in Afghanistan. I encourage you to read it and to endorse this message if you have not done so already.

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When Militarism 'Invades' Medicine...Doctatorship Happens

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Homeopathic, Military, Physicians, Military Industrial Complex, Weapons of Mass Destruction, War, Side Effects, Natural Medicine, Militarism, Collateral Damage, Medicine, Homeopathy, Health, Living News
Dana Ullman

Our medical thinking has become totally militaristic. It is not just happenstance that doctors proudly assert that they seek to attack illness, combat disease, kill infective agents, and create a war on cancer.

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There Is Nothing 'Collateral' About It When You Suffer the Damage

James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Break Up the Big Banks, Break Up the Banks, Financial Reform, Collateral Damage, James Boyce, Paul Abrams, Business News
James Boyce and Paul Abrams

It is not that the big banks themselves are "too big to fail." They are too big because they can cause all of us to fail.

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House, President, Relief, President Obama, International, Indigenous, Council, Washington, War, Oxfam, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, America, Dick Cheney, Muslim, World Vision, Counter Insurgency, Terror, Development, Faith, History, Tragedy, Afghan Government, Democracy, Counter Terrorism, Special Forces, Religious, Terrorist, Richard Stearns, Congress, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Foreign Policy, Urgency, Moral Issues, Occupier, Arab, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News
Jim Wallis

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

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Why Breaking Up Is So Hard to Do

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Friend, Women, The Friendship Doctor, Breakup, Living News, Relationships, Toxic, Best Friends Forever, Loss, Collateral Damage, Breaking News, Irene S. Levine, Friendship, Friendship Expert, Workplace, Female Friendship, Work, Breaking Up, Colleague, Breaking Living News, Family, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Women have an extraordinarily difficult time ending their friendships, even very toxic ones. It's not surprising. Like divorce, the potential losses can be staggering, extending well beyond the friendship per se.

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Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Troops, Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, 9/11, India, Heroin, Collateral Damage, Paris, Afghanistan War, President Obama Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, World News
Mira Kamdar

I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab.

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Lies, Damned Lies -- and the DoubleSpeak I Would Erase From the English Language

Johann Hari | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: 1984, Pentagon, Malawi, Afghanistan, Doublespeak, Vietnam War, Christian, Collateral Damage, George Orwell, Fertilizer, Jewish, Climate Change, Elizabeth, New Labor, Muslim, Richard Dawkins, Queen Elizabeth, Infant Mortality, Global Warming, World News
Johann Hari

The English language needs a spring cleaning to purge phrases that, while posing as neutral descriptions of the world, contain a hidden political agenda that then molds the assumptions of the listener.

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Will Hillary Face Down Congo's Kabila? Or Will He "Crush" Her Also?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Operation Umoja Wetu, Violence, Joseph Kabila, Bosco Ntaganda, Georgianne Nienaber, Hillary Clinton, Collateral Damage, Hrw, Torture, Ongo, Drc, Rape, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Kabila's army is committing a majority of the atrocities, and Hillary is going to be face to face with the butcher. Can Clinton offer a moral compass in this humanitarian tragedy, or will we once again turn our back on humanity?

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GM Bankruptcy Hurts People of Color Hardest. Workers Desperately Need EFCA.

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, United Auto Workers, Efca, Collateral Damage, Race, Labor Unions, Recession, Racial Politics, Minimum Wage, Unemployment, General Motors, General Motors Bankruptcy, People of Color, Detroit, Foreclosure, Racial Disparities, Auto Industry, Unions, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Seth Freed Wessler

In the economy we've inherited from the last three decades of deregulation and declining union density, people of color are increasingly relegated to low-wage, precarious work that pays too little to support a family.

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It's Obama's War Now

Michael Schwartz | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Collateral-Damage, Torture, Iraq War, Warfare, Afghanistan, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Obama Iraq, Iraq, World News
Michael Schwartz

As horrible as the Afghanistan war already is, the ascension of McChrystal signals a new level of carnage -- and the economic and social immiseration of the hundreds of thousands who survive the onslaught.

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Goliath's Vulnerability Is the Truth

Robert Koehler | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Farah Province, Collateral Damage, White Phosphorus, Iraq, Afghanistan, War, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The desperation of our military efforts is showing around the edges of the carnage and tragedy.

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Killing Civilians

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Awal Khan, Civilian Casualties, Collateral Damage, Afghanistan War, World News
Tom Engelhardt

In Afghanistan, civilian deaths are inseparable from this war while the killing of soldiers might be thought of as collateral activity.

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Don't Forget Your Mother, Barack

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 02.19.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

A native Kansan who learned several languages, including Russian, Urdu, Spanish, Javanese and Bahasa Indonesia, Barack Obama's mother existed outside of the box of traditionalism.

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Israel, Hamas, Gaza: Plenty of Us in America Just Need to Shut Up

David Quigg | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Civilian Casualties, Public Opinion, Explaining Hitler, Holocaust, Tzipi Livni, Ron Rosenbaum, Hamas, Collateral Damage, Israel Ground Invasion, Qassam Rockets, World News, Ehud Barak, Israeli Airstrikes, Nazis, Gaza, Gaza City, Mahmoud Zahar, Nazi Party, Gaza Rockets, Israel, Adolf Hitler, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli Casualties, Idf, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Palestinian Casualties, World News
David Quigg

Something labeled "Subject: Fwd: Some Differences Between Hamas and the Nazi Party" showed up in my inbox Monday night.

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Israel: Attacks on Gaza will Likely Backfire

John Bruhns | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Isreali-Palestinian Crisis, Israel, Collateral Damage, Israel Gaza Operation, Middle East Politics, World News
John Bruhns

If you're a civilian living in Gaza and an Israeli missile strikes your home killing your loved ones what are you to do? . Chances are you're going to take up arms and attack anyone and everyone you feel is responsible for the death of your family.

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America is Primarily at Fault for the Conflict in Gaza

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Gaza Strip, America, Conflict, Violence, Palestinians, Poll, Hamas, Collateral Damage, Israel, Coup, Cease-Fire, Gaza, Why Is America to Blame for Israel Bombing Gaza?, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Bush administration demanded -- against the advice of nearly every expert in the field and the Israeli government -- that the Palestinians hold elections. They did. Hamas won.

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Conventioneers Must Fully Address Iraq

Tony Martin | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Censoring Journalists in Iraq, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Collateral Damage, Iraq, Accountability for Iraq, Home News
Tony Martin

Today, as much as ever, Iraq represents one of the most politically, economically, and militarily significant events in US history. It is time America looked with courage and honesty at the cost of the Iraqi invasion and occupation.

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