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Derrick Crowe commented on the diary post Ike’s Nightmare by Derrick Crowe.
It has been–sorry! Trying to get back in the groove. :P
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Ike’s Nightmare
http://youtu.be/ktcchS2VVEo Fifty-one years ago today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued his final, prescient warning about the rising power of the military industrial complex. More than half a century later, we find ourselves in a political system which has ignored Eisenhower’s sound advice as the influence of the war industry on our society reaches a crescendo. [...]
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Turning In Circles In Afghanistan
By Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters late last week that he thinks we may turn the corner at the end of this year in Afghanistan. Again. Turning the corner, or the tide, or the momentum, or what have you, has become a semi-annual ritual in the failing U.S. war in Afghanistan. [...] -
Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: How Much Are You Paying in Taxes for War This Year?
By Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe While millions of Americans are out of work or struggling to pay their bills, our government is spending billions of dollars a week on a war we don’t support in Afghanistan. At no time is this more apparent than on Tax Day, which is coming up on April 18. Use our new [...]
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Petraeus “Understands the Frustration” With Spending “Enormous Amounts of Money,” But He’ll Keep Spending It If You Let Him
By Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe When testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, General David Petraeus told senators that he understood the frustration with the Afghanistan War, conceding that “we have spent an enormous amount of money.” The general has a gift for understatement. We are spending $2 billion a week on this futile, brutal war that’s [...]
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Petraeus, McCain Continue Afghanistan War Spin, But No One Buys It (Nor Should They)
General David Petraeus is set to testify before Congress today, and he’s expected to again try to put a positive spin on a war effort that’s utterly failing to meet the goals set by its backers . While intelligence assessments show that tactical moves on the ground in Afghanistan have failed to fundamentally weaken the growing insurgency , Petraeus [...] -
Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Pentagon Assertions of “Progress” In Afghanistan Are a Bad Joke
The Pentagon wants you to ignore some inconvenient facts about the failure of the escalation strategy in Afghanistan. The latest Petraeus/Gates media tour is under way in preparation for the general’s testimony to Congress next week, and they’re trotting out the same, tired spin they’ve been using since McChrystal was replaced in disgrace last year. Despite the [...]
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Afghanistan War Not Worth the Burning of Children and Treasure
Fresh from the reported killing of more than 60 civilians , U.S. forces in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, killed nine boys gathering firewood on a mountainside. General Petraeus says he’s sorry .
“We are deeply sorry for this tragedy and apologize to the members of the Afghan government, the people of Afghanistan and, most importantly, the surviving family members of those [...]
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Derrick Crowe commented on the diary post Rethink the Cost of War With Us on March 12 by Derrick Crowe.
Thanks Bill. The ball is rolling now, and it’s really great to see.
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: Rethink the Cost of War With Us on March 12
The movement to end the Afghanistan War is gaining momentum, and on March 12, it will gain some more. In a little less than two weeks, supporters of Rethink Afghanistan (“Rethinkers”) will get together with their neighbors in hundreds of communities to talk about what can be done locally to stop the war. We’re going to [...]
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Derrick Crowe wrote a new diary post: This Veterans Day, Honor Those Who Say “No” to Immoral War
Today is Veterans Day, the tenth Veterans Day since the Afghanistan War began. The burden of this brutal, futile war falls heaviest on a very small slice of the population: military members and their families. Many of them think that this war is immoral, and that makes fighting in it a weight they’ll have to [...]
