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In Afghanistan–Continued Occupation is Immoral

By Starhawk Repost from Newsweek Q: In the wake of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s dismissal as chief commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Congress is evaluating our policy and presence there. Is it time for the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan? Do we have a moral responsibility to stay or to leave? [...]

If “violence is a dead end,” why are we paying for it?

In President Obama’s much-praised, criticized and analyzed speech in Cairo, he condescended at one point to lecture the Palestinians on their use of violence, contrasting it with the nonviolent strategy and tactics of African-American for their civil rights: “Palestinians must abandon violence. Resistance through violence and killing is wrong and does not succeed. For centuries, [...]