Posting will be erratic for the next 3 weeks, but the FM website team will endeavor to bring you rare and valuable new perspectives. Today we present the following selection, wells of insight.
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(1) The South Park TV show
Showing us the truth. Yes, we’re morons. Admitting that is the first step to reform. The good news is that in the past we were not morons, and need not be in the future.
(2) TomDispatch
- “The Nine Surges of Obama’s War – How to Escalate in Afghanistan“, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, 10 December 2009
- “‘They’re Wasted’ – The Price of Pushing Our Troops Too Far“, William Astore (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, retired), TomDispatch, 15 December 2009 — A subject of long-standing insight on the FM website; see more information about this at An Army near the Breaking Point – studies & reports.
Afterword
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