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I've just about made up my mind to get back into school and get that thesis finished.
Go Donnie!! Good for you!
Here's the deal. Currently the only course that starts in Dec is post-Civil war so I will most likely go with that. (sometimes they add often, I noticed, so I'll keep an eye on it). I do like pre-Civil War for the facts that Donnie mentioned, but I do like post-Civil War because it will hit on the literature written during the major wars (and the nutcase 60's era)Thanks for all your help and input. 🙂
or4) The pro-Israel lobby in Washington DC has way too much influence over our foreign policy.
We should have kept our noses out of Israel's business.
Besides, we weren't doing anything. They jammed the ship's radios. The Liberty's mission was intelligence gathering only.Another situation is when they bombed Baghdad's nukes. According to Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, former director of NSA, the only one's who knew about the location was the United States. Israel did not have access to that intelligence information. So who gave Israel that information? If it came from inside, that's treason.I'm beginning to question how much of an ally Israel really is. How many Israeli brigades are in Iraq or Afghanistan? Zero. And maybe that's a good thing.Look, I'm not against Israel's existence, but there seems to be a big problem here that everyone is afraid to address. And if anyone does, they are immediately labelled an anti-semite or worse.There's no excuse for indescriminantly bombing a U.S. Naval ship and killing 34 U.S. seamen and injuring 170. If anybody else did that to us, we would have declared that as an act of war, or at the very least, certainly not make excuses for it.
Ahem...didn't somebody say something about anthropologists in a thread over at NJO? Who was that? Oh it doesn't really matter, he was right though wasn't he? 😉
You were right when it comes to evolution and all that other garbage. but Social anthropologists are absolutely necessary in peacekeeping operations and for COIN strategy. It would be impossiblte to get the population on your side if you don't understand or know them.Wally, they're not crazies, we just never made the effort to understand their culture. We immediately and falsely label them as the bad guys.
The signs are there.
That's true, but there are a lot more military people now in a position of power who aren't afraid anymore to speak up against Cheney's warmongering. CENTCOM commander Adm Fallon is one. He advised against sending more aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf.
We should have kept our noses out of Israel's business.
or4) The pro-Israel lobby in Washington DC has way too much influence over our foreign policy.Like when they bombed Baghdad's nukes. According to Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, former director of NSA, the only one's who knew about the location was the United States. Israel did not have access to that intelligence information. So who gave Israel that information?I'm beginning to question how much of an ally Israel really is. How many Israeli brigades are in Iraq or Afghanistan? Zero. And maybe that's a good thing.Look, I'm not against Israel's existence, but there seems to be a big problem here that everyone is afraid to address. And if anyone does, they are immediately labelled an anti-semite.There's no excuse for bombing a U.S. Naval ship and killing 76 seamen and injuring 170.
Once all the neocons are silenced or removed from the U.S. government, we'll be on safer ground. JMHOIn the recent past, I always thought the Global War on Terror (aka The Long War) was WWIII. I don't think that anymore.If or when China gets more involved militarily, ask me again. 😮
That's true, Wally, in a perfect world. But the inner circle of academia elitism says otherwise. Anthropologists aren't supposed to help the military. It's unethical…or so they say. What they don't realize is helping the military means understanding another culture so they (the military)can be smarter and more efficient in fighting the war on terror and protecting the population. The ones who step out of the circle and go to Afghanistan or Iraq are being shunned by the mainy Leftist anthropologists.But isn't anthropology about getting out there in the field and not about sitting in one's office critisizing others?Good article Why Dr. Johnny won't goto war (small PDF)and here's the counter article: (Dr Tyrrell apparently ruffled some feathers)http://www.antropologi.info/blog/anthropology/anthropology.php?title=the_dangerous_militarisation_of_anthropo&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1And here's a blog site by an anthropologist in Iraq nowhttp://marcusgriffin.com/blog/
It's a choice of 2 lit classes. Amer Lit before the Civil war or Amer Lit after the Civil War. (history courses are separate)Interesting what you said about World Lit. I haven't checked out the book yet, so I don't know if there's anything weird. Choices are World lit through the Rennaisance or since the Rennaisance.Scheduling conflict though. Science starts in Dec and only one lit class starts at the same time. (one of the downfalls of an online school, there are no regular semesters)
Maybe covering up this war crime is the conspiracy.Submitted to the Secretary of the Army in his capacity as Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense, June 8, 2005
The "Moorer Commission" (Chaired by Adm. Moorer) investigated the attack and made the following findings:"We, the undersigned, having undertaken an independent investigation of Israel's attack on USS Liberty, including eyewitness testimony from surviving crewmembers, a review of naval and other official records, an examination of official statements by the Israeli and American governments, a study of the conclusions of all previous official inquiries, and a consideration of important new evidence and recent statements from individuals having direct knowledge of the attack or the cover up, hereby find the following: 1. That on June 8, 1967, after eight hours of aerial surveillance, Israel launched a two-hour air and naval attack against USS Liberty, the world's most sophisticated intelligence ship, inflicting 34 dead and 173 wounded American servicemen (a casualty rate of seventy percent, in a crew of 294);2. That the Israeli air attack lasted approximately 25 minutes, during which time unmarked Israeli aircraft dropped napalm canisters on USS Liberty's bridge, and fired 30mm cannons and rockets into our ship, causing 821 holes, more than 100 of which were rocket-size; survivors estimate 30 or more sorties were flown over the ship by a minimum of 12 attacking Israeli planes which were jamming all five American emergency radio channels;3. That the torpedo boat attack involved not only the firing of torpedoes, but the machine-gunning of Liberty's firefighters and stretcher-bearers as they struggled to save their ship and crew; the Israeli torpedo boats later returned to machine-gun at close range three of the Liberty's life rafts that had been lowered into the water by survivors to rescue the most seriously wounded;4. That there is compelling evidence that Israel's attack was a deliberate attempt to destroy an American ship and kill her entire crew; evidence of such intent is supported by statements from Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Undersecretary of State George Ball, former CIA director Richard Helms, former NSA directors Lieutenant General William Odom, USA (Ret.), Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, USN (Ret.), and Marshal Carter; former NSA deputy directors Oliver Kirby and Major General John Morrison, USAF (Ret.); and former Ambassador Dwight Porter, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon in 1967;5. That in attacking USS Liberty, Israel committed acts of murder against American servicemen and an act of war against the United States;
more at linkBlind support of Israel may not always be in our best interest.
There's a huge “fight” going on about this in the anthropology world. I'll try to find some links and post them if anyone's interested.
Star Spangled Banner.But I like the Marine Hymn and The Army Goes Rolling Along (formerly known as The Caissons Go Rolling) too.
I agree with Don. As far as electable candidates, there isn't really one who catches my eye. As long as whoever will be President puts national security as a top priority. Hopefully Madame President won't cut the CIA and military like her husband did.
