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Mass Assassination and Murder

“… for every innocent person you kill, you create 10 new enemies…” – United States Military General Stanley McChrystal Never before has a nation unleashed so many assassins in so many foreign nations around the world (9,000 Special Operations soldiers … Continue reading

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The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism

This is an except from a book, The Christian Right and the Rise of American Facism, by Chris Hedges who wrote the book, War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and which is required reading for both my Introduction … Continue reading

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What is State Failure? The Curious Case of Pakistan

By Saskia Sassen and Razi Ahmed Foreign Policy magazine issues a Failed States Index once a year in conjunction with the Fund for Peace. A number of indicators are used to determine state failure: demographic pressures, the presence of refugees … Continue reading

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