Category Archives: The Middle East

War: What Was It Good For?

Posted on 03/13/2012, 12:12 pm, by Kevin Featherly

Today brought a heart-rending statement from George Packer, one of our great American writers. From today’s New Yorker online: “If things look grim in Afghanistan, they hardly look better in Iraq. And it’s terrible to think that this is the … Continue reading →

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The Sun Never Says

Posted on 09/30/2011, 12:31 am, by Kevin Featherly

Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the Whole Sky. —Hafiz

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We Are Officially Down the Rabbit Hole

Posted on 07/11/2011, 1:34 pm, by Kevin Featherly

New Pentagon chief Leon Panetta today explained to U.S. troops why we are in Iraq. From the L.A. Times: In language strikingly reminiscent of the Bush administration’s justification for invading Iraq, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a group of U.S. … Continue reading →

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Nic Robertson Lets FOX News Have It

Posted on 03/22/2011, 10:48 am, by Kevin Featherly

FOX News reported Monday that a British air raid over Libya had to be scrubbed because CNN and Reuters news teams were being used as human shields on a government sanctioned trip to the damaged Qaddafy compound. FOX reported that … Continue reading →

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