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    POPS    Military recruiters in schools violate UN, US child soldier agreement
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008   
     UN accord prohibits recruitment efforts directed toward people under 18 years of age.
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    POPS    Judge resists Army's denial of conscientious objector status to paratrooper
    masbury
    by masbury  5-14-2008   
     Soldier: "War is evil, and nothing but evil comes from it. Many of those who participate in it lose their souls along the way."
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    POPS    Lawmakers & corporations to earn millions if war continues
    masbury
    by masbury  5-11-2008    7
     Military - industrial complex beyond Eisenhower's wildest dreams: Lawmakers have millions invested in defense contractors; Almost all major US corporations rake in huge profits from the Pentagon.
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    POPS    Judge bars General from Gitmo trial
    masbury
    by masbury  5-9-2008   
     "too closely aligned with the prosecution"
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    POPS    The surge is working! We stay. The surge isn't working! We stay.
    masbury
    by masbury  5-8-2008    22
     Olberman: The point of the war is to make sure there is a war.
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    POPS    KBR - formerly part of Halliburton - profits triple
    masbury
    by masbury  5-5-2008   
     Due to Iraq war contracts. $98M in profit in 1st quarter alone. $98M of your tax dollars out of your pocket and into KBRs, as neo-conservatism redistributes wealth in America.
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    POPS    GAO: Faulty defense accounting, 3rd year in a row
    masbury
    by masbury  4-30-2008    2
     Little accountability, transparency; cites large contractor billings in "miscellaneous" category; we really don't know how our money is being spent, or if contractors are taking us to the cleaners in the GWOT (global war on terror)
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    POPS    NewsHour breaks media blackout on military consultants story
    masbury
    by masbury  4-29-2008    2
     Bravo, PBS!
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    POPS    That network "military analyst" got talking points from Pentagon
    masbury
    by masbury  4-21-2008    4
     And gets paid by military contractors. Is he going to oppose the party line? NY Times breaks a major story ...
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    POPS    DOD's Defense University: Iraq a "major debacle"
    masbury
    by masbury  4-18-2008   
     "the war in Iraq is a classic case of failure" - from former senior Pentagon official who served under Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz, writing report for the Department of Defense's elite school of national defense. Puts McCain and Lieberman at odds with professional military eval of the war.
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    POPS    McCain 2000: arm, train, equip forces to overthrow gov'ts
    masbury
    by masbury  4-16-2008   
     Want more Iraqs? McCain's your man. "Rogue State Rollback" policy.
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    POPS    Surprised anti-war soldier promoted
    masbury
    by masbury  4-16-2008   
     Will teach Geneva Convention to his troops
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    POPS    Iraq Six Months at a Time
    masbury
    by masbury  4-12-2008   
     A video survey of how often we've heard "in the next six months"
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    POPS    The Great Society had an accident
    masbury
    by masbury  4-12-2008   
     And it's having it again
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    POPS    USA paralyzed by Iraq
    masbury
    by masbury  4-12-2008    9
     Like Johnson's "Great Society", which fell over Vietnam, a host of domestic issues go un-addressed, as $3 trillion goes to Iraq
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    POPS    CIA sent 14 to Jordan for torture
    masbury
    by masbury  4-8-2008   
     Human Rights Watch report
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    POPS    Some Republicans Emerge To Endorse Obama
    reimers
    by reimers  3-31-2008   
     No Remarks
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    POPS    Israel stiffs UN efforts to clear cluster bombs
    masbury
    by masbury  3-26-2008   
     Won't tell UN where they were dropped
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    POPS    Vote for "Corporate Hall of Shame" worst abuser of 08
    masbury
    by masbury  3-24-2008   
     ADM, Toyota, Countrywide, Mattel, Nestle, Blackwater, Wal-Mart, Wendy's among nominees.
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    POPS    Obama and McCain on war
    masbury
    by masbury  3-21-2008    1
     Misguided? Or successful?
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    POPS    Perino: Americans "have a say" in war only every four years
    masbury
    by masbury  3-21-2008    7
     Cheney says he doesn't care about public input
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    POPS    Why "tough on national security" politicians make us less safe
    masbury
    by masbury  3-19-2008   
     They "have failed to present ... an overarching strategy: how the war in Iraq enhances our long-term security" From Obama foreign policy speech on anniversary of Iraq war. (I've been waiting for years for someone to say this!)
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    POPS    Obama foreign policy specifics
    masbury
    by masbury  3-19-2008   
     On anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. See link for entire speech
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    POPS    7 of 10 believe economy woe stems from Iraq war
    masbury
    by masbury  3-19-2008    1
     66% of Americans oppose it. (one wonders why Americans even consider voting for "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran")
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    POPS    McCain, speaking in Jordan, makes Iran/alQaeda gaffe
    masbury
    by masbury  3-18-2008    2
     Lieberman whispers correction in his ear at podium. "threatened to undermine McCain's argument that his decades of foreign policy experience make him the natural choice to lead a country at war with terrorists."
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    POPS    Defense spending growing 27 times faster than domestic
    masbury
    by masbury  3-13-2008   
     Not including the war. Entitlements are not what bankrupt us, nor infrastructure. And Democrats have not dented the Pentagon's budget by one dime.
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    POPS    March 19 blogswarm against the war
    masbury
    by masbury  3-11-2008    1
     5th anniversary of the debacle's beginning
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    POPS    Iraq vets protest war in DC
    masbury
    by masbury  3-11-2008    5
     Believe US govt lied to them about battle's purpose
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    POPS    Bush still looking for war with Iran?
    masbury
    by masbury  3-11-2008   
     Democrats, too, are hawkish. This group pushes direct talks with Iran, citing disaster of CIA coup which ended Iranian democracy in 1953, ultimately resulting in the current situation. Blowback of invasion could be disastrous to USA and Israel.
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    POPS    McCain still thinks Vietnam war good idea [!!]
    masbury
    by masbury  3-11-2008   
     "one of the few people in public life" who thinks so, says George McGovern. "anybody who can't see that ... I have some questions about where they may lead us in the future."
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    POPS    WAR=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...
    mooner-one
    by mooner-one  3-7-2008   
     ....and we really don't have it.
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    POPS    US cluster bombs still blasting Laotian children
    masbury
    by masbury  3-6-2008   
     10 million US bomblets still litter Laos; children 40% of victims; click for "What can you do" - excellent forms
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    POPS    43 cents of every US tax dollar goes to war
    masbury
    by masbury  3-6-2008    4
     1 cent to diplomacy and foreign aid.
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    POPS    Colombia "become the next Israel"?
    masbury
    by masbury  3-3-2008    3
     Revealing comment about how much of the world sees Israel and the 2nd-largest recipient of US military aid
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    POPS    Gen. Wes Clark questions McCain's experience
    masbury
    by masbury  3-2-2008    1
     "having served as a fighter pilot doesn't prepare you to be commander-in-chief..." I've wondered about that - about exactly what it was that being a war hero 35 years ago contributes toward one's executive capability. Seems like a non sequitur to me. And fair game, since he brings it up every day.
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    POPS    World Bank VP: Iraq war cause of sub-prime loan crisis
    masbury
    by masbury  3-1-2008    6
     Has cost 50-60 times more than Bush predicted; banks responded to cash drain with cheap credit; A week's war bill could end worldwide illiteracy
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    POPS    "Converted Muslim extremists" fooling Christian right?
    masbury
    by masbury  2-23-2008   
     I have often wondered why my conservative religious colleagues are so convinced that extremists are planning all-out war. These fellows are very likely among their sources.
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    POPS    Pat Buchanan: McCain "will make Cheney look like Ghandi"
    masbury
    by masbury  2-16-2008    6
     "less jobs, more war"
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    POPS    Clinton, Obama differ on Empire-building
    masbury
    by masbury  2-16-2008   
     "divesting itself of its imperial possessions" is Obama's language, but not Clinton's - and that is why the early Iraq votes are so important.
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    POPS    Amy Goodman: 2 Dems remain - one opposed war, one authorized it
    masbury
    by masbury  2-14-2008    2
     It's still true, and it still shows the difference between them. Do Democrats really want a president who voted for war?
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