Commenting on Daylight Raid by U.S. Forces in Somalia
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in War | No Comments »I'm not sure why but this story about a daylight helicopter raid by U.S. Special Forces in Somalia is intriguing to me. I tried twittering about it but I just couldn't sum up my thoughts in 140 characters. I'm not ...
Peace or Justice in Sudan
Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in War | No Comments »The news coming out of Sudan has been a bit bizarre this week as the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir on charges of war crimes. It's the first time a warrant has ...
Muslim Americans
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, War | 1 Comment »A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Barack Obama isn't a Muslim—but what if he was? Who cares? Sometimes it's nice to be backed up. In this case former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell has my back: "I'm also ...
Did Martin Luther King Jr. Finally End the Civil War?
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in History, War | No Comments »PRI's The World has a fascinating series of stories on how wars end. The series is looking at past wars to give insight into how the Iraq war might end. Yesterday's story covered the end of the Civil War and ...
Five Years in Iraq
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Politics, War | 13 Comments »So five years ago we invaded Iraq. Nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died, more than 29,000 have been injured and the war has cost us roughly $500 billion. And the stat often left out of the news is Iraqi casualties. ...
How Do You Get Out of a War?
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in War | 1 Comment »Today hundreds of Twin Cities students skipped class to protest the war in Iraq. I heard the story on MPR (oddly enough I couldn't find the story on the Star Trib or the Pioneer Press web sites) and I was ...
Letter to Iraq
Friday, May 25th, 2007 Posted in War | No Comments »Aspiring rock star Nathan Arizona has started the Letter to Iraq campaign. He wants to send a letter to the Iraqi people signed by ordinary Americans that apologizes for our mistakes (Abu Ghraib, among others) and expresses a wish for ...
The Invisible Children: Night Commuters of Uganda
Friday, May 5th, 2006 Posted in War | No Comments »Sometimes the world sucks. I'm not often reminded of it in my comfortable North American lifestyle, but every now and then you remember that running out of Pepsi isn't such a bad thing. Today it started with an interesting marketing story: ...
Gee, Maybe Soldiers Should Learn Arabic
Monday, February 6th, 2006 Posted in War | 1 Comment »Almost three years after the invasion of Iraq the U.S. Army has decided it'd be a good idea to teach officers how to speak Arabic. You think? We decide to topple an unauthorized dictaorship (The Tick hat tip: "American Maid! ...
Terrorism Vulnerabilities
Thursday, July 7th, 2005 Posted in War | No Comments »With the London terror attacks today every reporter seems to be talking about the vulnerabilities to terrorists across the world. Our public transportation isn't safe, our ports aren't safe, our power plants aren't safe, and on and on they go. ...
