Where to look for articles about war  . . .

 

The War Prayer, by Mark Twain.  An article so truthful that the great American author insisted that it not be published while he was alive.

The Gazette's Great War Article: What They Don't Say about War on the Ten O'clock News, by Gene Franks. An interesting study of the Iron Mountain Report and its application to the Gulf War of the Bush years and the Gulf War we were almost able to start during the Clinton years. Can the world as we know it exist without war? The Iron Mountain Report said no.

The Greatest Civic Sin by Charley Reese.  "When they ask why they died, tell them it was because their fathers lied."

The Pearl Harbor Myth by Ira Chernus.  " Myth appeals to us because it lifts us out of history."

Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates. by Arundhati Roy. The celebrated Indian novelist and activist's take on "the war."

Permanent War State by Charley Reese. "The American republic died at Appomattox in 1865, replaced by a national government that has gradually evolved into an empire in a permanent state of war."

i sing of olaf, by e.e.cummings.  Not an article, but a very appropriate poem.

I Support the War But Not Our Troops, by Tiger Tom. Take Tiger Tom's Troop Support Quiz to see how you measure up with national averages.

George McGovern Was Right by Cal Thomas. Would an American president kill hundreds of thousands to gain political advantage?  Does a chicken have wings?

We Are the War Criminals Now by Robert Fisk. "What on earth has gone wrong with our moral compass since 11 September?"

December 7, 1941: A Setup from the Beginning by Robert B. Stinnett.

War is Peace by Arundhati Roy. "People rarely win wars, governments rarely lose them. People get killed. Governments moult and regroup, hydra-headed. They first use flags to shrink-wrap peoples' minds and suffocate real thought, and then as ceremonial shrouds to cloak the mangled corpses of the willing dead."

How Can the U.S. Bomb This Tragic People? by Robert Fisk. 

The Innocent Dead in a Coward's War by Seumas Milne. How can the US continue to ignore responsibility for the almost 4,000 civilians we have now killed in Afghanistan?

A. J. and Munro, by Gene Franks. Is the world being run by schoolyard bullies?

The Algebra of Infinite Justice by Arundhati Roy. A perceptive assessment of the American foreign policy from an Indian perspective. A very thought-provoking article.

Thoughts in the Presence of Fear. by Wendell Berry. A thought-provoking essay on war.

There Is Nothing Anti-American about Opposing the Drive to War  by Mike Marquees. The title tells it all.

Pentagon Passes on Penitence by David Corn. Waging war on terrorism means never having to say you're sorry.

War Is Just a Racket, by General Smedley Butler, U.S. Marine Corps. 

Welcome to the Warfare State by Dan Denning. Investment expert warns: to survive, get rich.

When Contemplating War, Beware of Babies in Incubators by Tom Regan. Perceptive article from the Christian Science Monitor.

Saving Private Lynch Story Flawed" by John Kampfner. We know they lied about the reasons for the war. Are they also lying about its "heroes"?