“Despite their differences, these groups form the outline of a single movement, a worldwide network of radicals that use terror to kill those who stand in the way of their totalitarian ideology.” - Bush last month
I’m not saying it’s the same thing. Democracy and terrorism.
But do we not use fear to those who stand in [...]
Jordon Cooper makes some good points talking about torture and the new legislation.
Tags: Jordon Cooper, Torture, Terrorism
Well it’s Thursday and that means its The Nick & Josh Podcast time. I think this week is one of our better podcasts and that is saying a lot considering all of the great guests that we’ve had so far. This week we sat down for a conversation with with Sammy Andraos. Sammy is a [...]
A couple of weeks ago I posted some excerpts from a book called Generation Kill, which is basically the perspective of Iraq from the soldiers on the ground. We had a nice littler conversation going through some of the comments. But yesterday Nathan left a well thought out comment that I think deserves it’s own [...]
father
your eyes and your heart
do we need
naivety, romanticism
entertainment and retribution
these things from the deep
that color my eyes
for we are a people of reaction
instead of action
we respond with fists to the air
voices to the airwaves
you respond with a cross on your back
and nails through your hands
your heart breaks
over injustice
as in blind patriotism
as in our injustices
i am [...]
Page 232 - In any case, the place is quiet when, at about eleven o’clock in the morning, a lone 1,000 pound bomb dropped from an F-18 blows the hamlet to smithereens. As the shock wave rolls through Colbert’s position, I feel the concussion in my chest as if my internal organs are being picked [...]
Excerpts and such . . .
Page 182 - (the chaplain talking about his conversations with the Marines) Today, circulating among the Marines, he (the chaplain) has only grown more disturbed. “Many of them have sought my counsel because they feel guilty,” he tells me. “But when I ask them why, they say they feel bad [...]
Yesterday I gave you some quotes and the first part of my book review of Generation Kill by Evan Wright. Today I’m just going to give you some more quotes and excerpts from the book and you can make your own decisions.
Page 119 - Corpses of the Iraqi attackers who fell in the road have [...]
I hope everybody is paying attention, because I’m about to give you the best recommendation I could ever give. Right now, you need to stop what you’re doing and go and buy Generation Kill by Evan Wright. I could not more readily endorse a book than this one. My friend Kristen recommended it to me [...]
I’ve still been sitting with and thinking about war, even after the series of posts I did on it. I just don’t want to let my thoughts slip into a political stance or into detached words or economic theory. I made a couple of thoughts about how I think playing a more role up front, [...]