We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in read more

We're waist deep in the Big Muddy
and the big fool says to push on
singing about an incident in which
marine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.

The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the read more

The wolf shall also dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall
lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the
fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Peace without justice is tyranny.

Peace without justice is tyranny.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

Such subtle covenants shall be made,
Till peace itself is war in masquerade.

Death penalties can be imposed by unelected judges
and by unelected Pentagon generals. In Iraq death penalties
have been read more

Death penalties can be imposed by unelected judges
and by unelected Pentagon generals. In Iraq death penalties
have been caused by
.. depleted uranium 80 times the normal level.. which has generated cancer in Iraqis as well as Italian American and other troops
. compulsory vaccines from the warprofiteering
pharmaco-military industrial complex
. Lariam, ostensibly antimalarial drug made by Roche which
have killed 4 wives whose husbands had drug caused rage.
. heat rising to 137 degrees and melting soap as well as
turning metal soda pop cans on a loading dock into
chambers in which Nutra Sweet becomes more toxic
. Baghdad Boils, face lesions, blamed on sand flies... food poisoning deaths from heat on military packagedmeals
. ' friendly fire'
. lack of protective gear
. helicopter malfunctions in Chinook, Osprey
and Black Hawk helicopters
. underfunded hospital system
. those hostile to the invaders and occupiers of their own Iraq.

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time read more

I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.
Whitehead is a political conservative.

Seek peace, and pursue it. Proverbs 34:14

Seek peace, and pursue it. Proverbs 34:14

All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity read more

All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own.