Anti-War

Around 1:30 this afternoon a crowd of a little over a hundred people shared shivers in the chill of the March drizzle to call attention to the costs of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Five years into the invasion and devastation of the helpless nation of Iraq by not only the only remaining superpower but the richest nation on Earth (consider this as equivalent to the biggest kid in school beating up an infant baby under one year old in terms of strength, the most ridiculously lop-sided fight imaginable, so much that it can hardly be defined as a “fight”), and we see but simple illusions carefully doctored to the satisfaction of the culprits of war, the usual suspects, the stakeholders. Is this but an illusion, a tail wagging its dog?

While the presidential contenders were busy raising millions of dollars in a matter of hours trying to convince people to vote for them at the caucuses, some people took the Super Tuesday fiasco as an opportunity to bring up issues that both the candidates and the mainstream media have continued to ignore.

Unconventional Denver, a local group part of nationwide network of anarchists and anti-authoritarians organizing against the upcoming political conventions, called for last minute actions against the elections on Tuesday, February 5th.

Title: War is Coming Home
By: Tom Sager

"It cannot be stopped at the border;
Or trapped in a shelter of stone;
Or arrested by following orders.
War has been coming home."

In my first column two months ago, I discussed the mental health problems that our troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are experiencing. I drew on a recent study of veteran suicides by CBS News and a study of homelessness by the National Alliance to End Homelessness.