Seems like the Give War A Chance strategy didn't work out so well:Scathing indictments of the way the Israeli government and its military have conducted the longest war in the nation's history filled the country's newspapers and airwaves … [Read more...]
Reuters fires freelance photographer who altered images
The Reuters news agency has fired a photographer and has withdrawn all 920 of his photographs from its database after it was discovered that the photographer, Lebanese freelancer Adnan Hajj, altered two photographs to make damage from … [Read more...]
Dunkelbarger calls for immediate cease-fire
Someone is standing against the "Give War A Chance" strategy of the Bush Administration in the Middle East: Democrat Phil Dunkelbarger, who is running against US Rep. Steven Lynch in the MA 9th Congressional District:The U.S. should insist … [Read more...]
Continuing the Israel/Hezbollah/Lebanon war is bad business
While Congress marches in lockstep with our administration's "Give War A Chance" logic, let's just do a round-up of opinion:Terrorism expert Jessica Stern of the Kennedy School says it feeds the fad of jihad:Those who attack others, even in … [Read more...]
Show the bodies
Now, after I'm done criticizing him, I think John Aravosis brings up a really critical point:Does the edited and sanitized coverage of news by American media give us a warped view of war? Would Americans react differently if we saw "graphic … [Read more...]
Phoenix is correct — and misses the point
I'd like to say that posting about this tears me up, because I know how sensitive the issue is. I've been encouraged and relieved by the passionate but mostly civil debate of this subject here at BMG.There are some obvious meta-straw men in … [Read more...]
Give war a chance
Updated to reflect the actual text of the ad.A few days ago just about every major politician in Massachusetts signed onto an ad declaring support for Israel's right to defend itself from unprovoked aggression. As concerned citizens, we … [Read more...]