▶ Andrew Bacevich on American “Exceptionalism” • Henry A. Wallace National Security Forum
Is it time to rethink our view that America is an “exceptional” country that needs to save the world?
▶ Chaos in Iraq: Bill Moyers interviews Andrew Bacevich
Let’s look at what U.S. military intervention in Iraq has achieved, in Afghanistan has achieved, in Somalia has achieved, in Lebanon has achieved, in Libya has achieved. I mean, ask ourselves the very simple question. Is the region becoming more stable? Is it becoming more democratic? Are we alleviating, reducing the prevalence of anti-Americanism? [vimeo More
Tom Engelhardt> He was 22… She was 12… Lessons From the Dead in a No-Learning-Curve World
He was 22… She was 12… Lessons From the Dead in a No-Learning-Curve World Tom Engelhardt Tom Dispatch He was 22, a corporal in the Marines from Preston, Iowa, a “city” incorporated in 1890 with a present population of 949. He died in a hospital in Germany of “wounds received from an explosive device while on More