Archive for August, 2006

Disproportionate Power of TV

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

The LA Times ran an Op-Ed yesterday that addresses a modern aspect of war–how television distorts war.

Frida Ghitis’ article makes the very important point being overlooked in the coverage of the battles in Israel and the greater war on terror, the disproportionate power of moving pictures with sound on the human psyche.

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Last Chance For Iraq?

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

One of the recurring themes in the punditry is to declare that this is the
“last chance” for victory, peace, resolution, stability, etc. for Iraq.

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The Dentist and the President

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Recently, the “hot” war on terror spread from Iraq and Afghanistan to Lebanon.  Following are quotes from two analyses of how this development affects to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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