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600,000

The latest study puts over 600,000 Iraqi civilians dead since the occupation began (here and here). It’s a good thing we don’t believe in science or facts (and more and more it seems we don’t believe in God), otherwise we might be concerned. [editor’s note:] The “we” refers to us as Americans, not just the members of islamicate. Technorati Tags: Iraq

“He broke from them and then he broke from himself”

All right, allow me one more indulgence and then I will keep quite for a while. I am a pacifist. I am also pragmatic and take responsibility for my actions. I subscribe to the Kurtzian view of war. If you are going to fight a war, fight it to win. War is an act of barbarism. Thus, to have rules such as the Geneva conventions govern the conduct of fighting and treatment of combatants, to me, seems ridiculous. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now argued for the right to drop the bomb on the Chinese and the Vietnamese. He understood the horror…

The Result of Too Much Plane Time

A Roman Catholic on the Crusades. Past and present. If you didn’t know already, serving honorably in the military makes you suspect in the eyes of this administration. Make sure you vote. Make sure you CAN vote. A German paper reporting there is no conflict between Islam and democracy? Only the clear-thinking right can believe an Islamophobe who committed genocide against Muslims could write the true history of Islam. Too funny. Ouch! Wish I had written it. 9/11 has to be more than a symbol. My Boykin‘s back and you’re gonna be in trouble. Did you know on a standard…