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Did Obama’s Drone War Help Cause Yemen’s Collapse?
The people of Yemen continue to experience deadly, ever-more polarized civil war. And yet this is where the U.S. Drone Warfare– including the targeted assassination of an American citizen by his own government– was supposed to show its effectiveness. From the results in Yemen, drone warfare proves itself to be not an effective tactic. And,…
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Alan Grayson Says It Clear: “Not Every Problem in the World Has a Military Solution
U.S. Sen Alan Grayson, discussing the military industrial complex, points out how many (most?) liberals are afraid to take on the military industrial complex because they will be attacked as being weak on defense. Congressman Grayson calls this “blood libel.” Here’s a portion of the timely interview; “As a Democratic member of Congress, how prevalent…
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This Veteran sees ‘American Sniper’ as dangerous, but not for the reasons you’d think.
A deeply wise and insightful article by an Iraq war veteran discussing the war movie, American Sniper first appeared in “waging non-violence” site and then In These Times. Very much a worthy read: After watching the movie “American Sniper,” I called a friend named Garett Reppenhagen who was an American sniper in Iraq. He deployed…
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Obama’s Drone Wars Proven Deadly Wrong, Again, in Yemen
Yemen might take the cake. We obviously have many, many places around the world which prove with heart-breaking clarity how the military and martyr mindset not only gets in the way of, but actually reverses human progress, not to mention human decency. We here at Dad’s Against Military and Martyr…
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UPDATE 4-Senior al Qaeda operative killed in US strike in Yemen – sources | Reuters
The United States acknowledges using drones in Yemen but does not comment publicly on the practice. Sunni Islamist al Qaeda and its affiliates in Yemen are among the most active wings of the network founded by Osama bin Laden.A statement issued by residents of the Qifa region, where the past few days of drone strikes…