Posts Tagged ‘ military ’

On Afghanistan Goals

September 30, 2009
By bicyclemark
On Afghanistan Goals

Recent guest Rory Stewart said some extremely interesting things on the Bill Moyers Journal. Speaking about the military goals in Afghanistan and how much of a failure, or more importantly, unachievab
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To Save Itself

August 25, 2009
By bicyclemark
To Save Itself

Australia's ABC Radio National (Background Briefing) recently featured one of those speeches that I consider a huge must-listen no matter who you are.  The topic: The US's place in the world, empire,
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Latin American Soldiers, Unite

March 7, 2008
By bicyclemark
Latin American Soldiers, Unite

Most of you know that I'm a big fan of the Euronews Nocomment video podcast. The combination of pure video with the original sounds without commentary changes the experience of watching things happen
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bmtv71 Canadian Military Show

January 17, 2008
By bicyclemark
bmtv71 Canadian Military Show

Over the past 2 years, as part of the new cold war over who owns the arctic, the Canadian government has chosen to use its military to show how serious they are about defending their claim. Through a
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Portuguese in Vietnam

July 27, 2007
By bicyclemark
Portuguese in Vietnam

As I sit down to lunch with my parents at a beachside resort famous for having a huge population that immigrated to Newark, New Jersey, the waitress walks over with a bottle of wine. "This one is com
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When Most of America are Veterans

March 13, 2007
By bicyclemark
When Most of America are Veterans

I have this memory of my mother, when I was a kid, and its not the clearest of memories, but this is how it sits in my mind: My mom was finishing her masters degree in social work, I must have been
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bm185 GI Janes Return from Afghanistan

February 14, 2007
By bicyclemark

It was over a year ago that GI JAne first appeared on this program, discussing the problems and concerns of her upcoming delpoyment to Afghanistan. Today, thankfully, she has returned to the US and t
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Weekend News and Developments

January 14, 2007
By bicyclemark
Weekend News and Developments

On the g-chat the other day I spotted GI-JANE, still out there doing her job in Afghanistan somewhere. It had been awhile so of course we had our usual fun conversation about all topics under the sun
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