On May 27th, both of Montana’s Senators — Jon Tester and Max Baucus — VOTED FOR THE FEINGOLD AMENDMENT (S.4204) TO
REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO PREPARE AN EXIT STRATEGY FOR AFGHANISTAN, INCLUDING A TIME TABLE. Only 18 Senators voted for the amendment. The final vote was 80 to 18 against, so the amendment [...]

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Colonel who quit over Iraq war to speak in Bozeman
Soldier, diplomat, lawyer, author and dissident, US Army Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright will speak at the (Bozeman Public Library on Friday, May 14 at 7 pm.)
The highest ranking U.S. Diplomat to resign over the Iraq war, Wright’s six-city speaking tour of Montana urges the end to [...]

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(Ret.) Colonel Ann Wright Speaks Against US Illegal Invasions of Sovereign Nations, Calls for Bringing the Troops Home
Description: Colonel Ann Wright (ret.) spent thirteen years in the U.S. Army and sixteen additional years in the Army Reserves, retiring as a Colonel. On March 19, 2003, the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Wright [...]

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An excellent article last week  in Counterpunch, the online magazine, by Bruce Patterson examines the official treatment of returning veterans and what it says about our country’s political approach to war.  The article is called “Welcome Home, Hold Your Tongue.”  Some exerpts from the article are below.  For the full article (a highly recommended read), [...]

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During the last few weeks of December and the beginning of January, most media sources publish lists of “best” “worst” or “most important” people, events, or issues of the past year.  After looking through many of them for inspiration in the cause of building the kind of world I’d like to see, I found what [...]

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We have recently received a note from Alan Maki of Minnesota about his blog posting.  He is trying to get people to think about the connections between the military-industrial complex and global warming.  Here is an exerpt from his blog (to read more, go to http://thepodunkblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/some-thoughts-about-copenhagen-and.html):
I’m curious; is there any industry that contributes more to [...]

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The escalation of the war in Afghanistan will mean more death and destruction in that already hard-hit and long-suffering country.  It will cost our country more of its sons and daughters as well as costing a huge amount of money for a highly uncertain outcome.  If you believe that violence only encourages and increases violence [...]

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It is possible that any day now President Obama may decide to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Here in the U.S. and no doubt around the world, people will react in pain, anger and sorrow, knowing what tragedy and suffering will follow.

The following is a message received from United for Peace [...]

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According to the email newsletter of the group United for Peace and Justice  reports that President Barack Obama and top U.S. military commanders are under pressure from influential senators and civilian advisers to more than double the size of Afghan security forces (to 400,000 from 175,000), a commitment that would cost billions of dollars.

Senators Joseph [...]

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Pipeline-Istan: Everything You Need to Know About Oil, Gas, Russia, China, Iran, Afghanistan and Obama

By Pepe Escobar, Tomdispatch.com. Posted May 13, 2009.

Nothing of significance takes place in Eurasia without an energy angle.

As Barack Obama heads into his second hundred days in office, let’s head for the big picture ourselves, the ultimate global plot line, [...]

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