A Conscientious Objection
Chris Hedges, Truthdig
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080323_a_conscientious_objection/
Examine the proposals on Iraq offered by Clinton and Obama. They talk about withdrawing some troops, but they also talk about leaving behind forces to protect U.S. bases in Iraq, assigning troops to train the Iraqi army and continuing the fight against “terrorism.” Clinton and Obama do not throw out numbers, but a rough estimate would be 40,000 or 50,000 troops permanently stationed in Iraq. Obama, his advisers say, will also not rule out continuing to use private security companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq. The war would not end under a Democratic administration. It would drag on until the mission collapsed and the U.S. retreated in humiliation. And when pressed, the Democratic candidates have admitted as much. Tim Russert in the New Hampshire debate asked the Democratic candidates to guarantee that all U.S. troops in Iraq would be home by 2013. No one, including John Edwards, was prepared to make such a commitment. Dennis Kucinich, the only Democratic candidate who opposed a continuation of the war, had been excluded from the debate. When the question was asked he was standing outside the hall in the snow with supporters to protest his exclusion.
QUOTE OF THE MOMENT - When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. Lao-Tzu
Message From “Brooklyn Peace Net” - Brooklyn Said NO to Five Years of War on March 19th
A fantastic outpouring of Brooklyn residents last night, March 19, with a march and vigil starting at Grand Army Plaza and ending with a very emotional candlelight vigil at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station a mile north at Flatbush Avenue and Livingston Street. My thoughts and photos right here ... http://bicyclist.blogspot.com/2008/03/brooklyn-said-no-to-war-last-night.html
[Duchess and her friend Linda stand behind lady with sign at the Brooklyn vigil.]
Dennis Kucinich at the Winter Soldier Event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70whDtNB7Pw
Dennis Kucinich Speaks About Secret Congress Meeting!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnbFCbnB24&feature=related
US Is Decades Behind Europe in Contraceptives, Experts Report
Philip Hilts, NYTimes
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6D9143AF936A25751C0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
Free Countries Must Defy Chinese Blackmail and Greet the Dalai Lama
Timothy Garton Ash, Comment Is Free
http://www.alternet.org/audits/80509/
It would be great to watch the Olympics in Beijing this summer, but not over the dead bodies of Buddhist monks.
[Duchess Note: Many thanks to those who contributed the articles above. The Duchess was at the March and vigil on March 19th, protesting the US invasion and occupation of that country.]
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