Peace and War

Iraq War Among World’s Worst Events

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Ever More Shocked, Never Yet Awed
By David Swanson
March 18, 2013

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Swanson spoke on this topic in Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 18th.

CONTENTS:

Summary

Unknown Knowns: What Americans Don’t Know About Iraq

THE DAMAGE

Measuring Deaths: How Many People Has the United States Killed in Iraq?

Injuries in Iraq: How Many People Has the United States Wounded in Iraq?

Refugees: How Many People Has the United States Driven From Their Homes in Iraq?

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Talk Nation Radio: Robert Fantina on War and the Bravery of Deserters

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Robert Fantina discusses the courage of those who desert the military, including some 20,000 in the United States during the “global war on terra.”  Fantina is the author of
Desertion and the American Soldier,
Look Not Unto the Morrow, and
Empire, Racism, and Genocide: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy.
He discusses all of these books on the program.

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Talk Nation Radio: Norman Solomon on Iraq War Lies and New Online Activism

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Norman Solomon discusses his recent debate with former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson on the lies that took the United States into war 10 years ago, as well as Solomon’s cofounding of online activist force RootsAction.org.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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Talk Nation Radio: Nick Turse: Kill Everything That Moves

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Nick Turse discusses his new book, Kill Everything That Moves, and new evidence of the crimes that constituted the war on Vietnam.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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Tour de Peace

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Between April 4 and July 3, the entire country (and the other 96% of humanity too) is invited to join in a bicycle ride from California to Washington, D.C.  You can join as a bicycler or as a sponsor.

This won’t be a ride to raise awareness about cruelty to animals, but it will raise awareness about war — by many measures the greatest destroyer of the natural environment we have, as well as consisting first and foremost of the mass killing of that peculiar animal we’re all read more

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Talk Nation Radio: The Crisis in Mali and How to Stop Contributing to It

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Ana Edwards is the host of Defenders Live on WRIR in Richmond, Va.  Edwards tells us what we should know about Mali, the crisis there, the causes of it, what the Pentagon should stop doing, and what the people of Richmond are doing to help.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.

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Talk Nation Radio: “I Killed People in Afghanistan: Was I Right or Wrong?”

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Tim Kudo is a U.S. Marine who has participated in the war on Afghanistan.

He’s authored these columns:

Washington Post: I Killed People in Afghanistan. Was I Right or Wrong?

Washington Post: How the Marines Video Made the Afghan War Even Tougher

New York Times: On War and Redemption

Kudo discusses the morality of war with, and disagrees with, host David Swanson.

Total run time: 29:00

Host: David Swanson.
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