Summary: What have we learned from our ways since 9/11? How have we changed since 9/11? The enthusiasm of our presidential candidates, except Trump and Sanders, for more of the Long War suggests we’ve learned nothing. The broad support for torture (63% in a recent poll) suggests that we have become more like the monsters …
Can we defeat ISIS by “killing them all”? We’ve learned nothing since 9/11. Read More »
Summary: Today we have a guest post by film critic Locke Peterseim, a review of 300: Rise of an Empire. The film provides a mirror in which we can see the dark aspects of ourselves and our culture. 300 and its sequel show how the big screen illuminates the darkness in minds. Setting half-historical “facts” …
300: Rise of an Empire – The Half-Truths and Bloody Fog of Cartoon War Read More »
Summary: Now that we see the end of our war in Afghanistan, this article by Chuck Spinney asks an important question. What happens to our vets when they come home? The demobilization process might be painful, for these Vets and for America. Spinney suggests that we plan now, rather than wait for problems and then react. …
Summary: The Allies, led by the USA, hoped that WWII was the last great tribal war — or at least the last tribal war waged by great powers. The dream has been betrayed by its creators. Our guilt. Closing our eyes to these terrible events only increases the damage — to those whom we’re attacking, and …
Summary: The response of America to 9-11, encouraged by our leaders, was fear. Abject, bed-wetting, hysterical fear. Fear exacts a many-fold price from those who surrender to it. Slowly one symptom has emerged, tarnishing our history and corrupting our thinking: bloodlust. Exultation at assassination — a kind of killing usually considered unheroic or despicable (and …
