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1. Orwell’s War: When War is the Path to Peace

   The freshly elected President Barack Obama probably never imagined that he would be delivering his Nobel Peace Prize lecture by defending war. But there he was, in December 2009, doing just that. “I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated,” he said. “[P]erhaps the most … Continue reading "Orwell’s War: When War is the Path to Peace"

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2. The Pentagon Goes to School

   The divestment campaigns launched last spring by students protesting Israel’s mass slaughter in Gaza brought the issue of the militarization of American higher education back into the spotlight. Of course, financial ties between the Pentagon and American universities are nothing new. As Stuart Leslie has pointed out in his seminal book on the topic, The … Continue reading "The Pentagon Goes to School"

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3. Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran

   On October 1, Iran fired about 180 missiles at Israel in response to Israel’s recent assassinations of leaders of its Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), Hezbollah and Hamas. There are conflicting reports about how many of the missiles struck their targets and if there were any deaths. But Israel is now considering a counterattack that could propel it into an all-out … Continue reading "Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran"

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4. ‘Escalation Dominance’ and the Prospect of More Than 1,000 Holocausts

   Everything is at stake. Everything is at stake with nuclear weapons. While working as a nuclear war planner for the Kennedy administration, Daniel Ellsberg was shown a document calculating that a U.S. nuclear attack on communist countries would result in 600 million dead. As he put it later: “A hundred Holocausts.” That was in 1961. … Continue reading "‘Escalation Dominance’ and the Prospect of More Than 1,000 Holocausts"

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5. Will the Forever Wars Ever End?

   Originally appeared at TomDispatch. And while you’re at it, keep in mind that, according to the remarkable Costs of War Project, this country ended up spending at least $8 trillion on those wars. (Imagine how that money might have been used to help rather than hurt people globally!) According to that project, an estimated 940,000 … Continue reading "Will the Forever Wars Ever End?"

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