Cost of War
$6 trillion – Upper estimate of the cost to the U.S. of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Albert Einstein Quote – Killing Under The Cloak Of War
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable […]
Read morePentagon Official Quote – War
“If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.” – Pentagon official on why the U.S. military censored graphic footage from the Gulf War
Read moreAgent Orange Is Still Killing Veterans Slowly
Agent Orange Is Still Killing Veterans Slowly This is a true story told to me recently by a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. It explains his experience with the legacy of Monsanto and Dow and the ongoing effects of its product, Agent Orange, the lethal spray used in Vietnam during the war. My friend’s brother died a […]
Read moreMary Parker Follett Quote – Reconciling Our Differences
“We have thought of peace as the passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous life. It is a kind of rest-cure compared to the task of reconciling our differences.” – Mary Parker Follett
Read moreCartoon – Watch Out The Walls Are Pointy
Cartoon – The Observationist
Jack Handey Quote – He Better Have A Knife
“If any man says he hates war more than I do, he better have a knife, that’s all I have to say.” – Jack Handey
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Jean-Paul Sartre Quote – When The Rich Wage War
“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.” – Jean-Paul Sartre
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