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Italy, Libya and Eritrea -From the History Archive
A poster from the Fascist era advertising the Tripoli Grand Prix in Italian Libya on March 7, 1933 -Year eleven of the Fascist dictatorship. Cost of a ticket? Lira 12 Muammar Gaddafi is dead since 2011 and Libya … Continue reading
Posted in history
Tagged Afghanistan, Britain, colonialism, current events, Eritrea, Europe, France, Greece, historical significance, Iraq, Italy, Libya, refugee crisis, syria, Turkey
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From a Tent in Italy
In the camp of dreams he s sitting on his balcony in Aleppo; the lights of his city now dimmed the street blackened and empty the clatter of crockery indicating life goes on somewhere; in the dark a distant rifle … Continue reading
Exodus
We used to live by an ancient Roman road where the chalk gave way to clay then to grandfather’s fertile garden lemon trees and vines. Now we walk in the footprint of the Legions passed the iron age fort … Continue reading
Into Exile
I walk the old streets and realize they tore down the Endicott Theater to put up a savings bank in the same space where Poppa and I saw “Blood and Sand”. And Fat Tony’s Luncheonette where we’d stroll for a … Continue reading
The Rains AreComing
The rains are coming to parched deserts washing away the foot prints of the invader. After the deluge all will be as if the foot prints never were. They lost lives, the invader a limb, a foot, an eye for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged all for nothing, casualties, insurgency, Iraq, isis, occupation, poetry, syria, unwarranted war
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Sending Ground Troops to Syria
“As President Barack Obama took the podium to reassure the nation of his commitment to defeating the Islamic State, also referred to as ISIS or ISIL, in a rare oval office address on Sunday, a CNN poll released the same … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged citizen respponsibility, conscription, current events, ground troops, isis, obama, syria, volunteer army, war hawks
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The Muslim Civil War
What can I say the day after Paris? How does one write anything meaningful in a world gone mad? My fingers are on the keys yet I cannot find words. Those of you who waste your precious time reading this … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Iraq, lebanon. tunesia, massacre. isis, muslim civil war, paris, religion. current events, syria
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We’re Sorry
We’re sorry we bombed your apartment and your favorite hiding place and your street which, just like you will have to live it all over again tomorrow. We’re sorry we missed our intended target; all those buildings look the same … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged collateral damage, current events, mass migration, poetry, refugees, syria
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Sunday Writer’s Block
Well it’s a bright sunny Sunday here on the Gulf coast of Florida with a touch of “fall” in the air. The day time highs are down into the mid-80s and the humidity is down as well which makes for … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Carson, current events, deserving of scorn, Glass-Steagall, Hillary, Iran, Iraq, isis, Koch, Oregon shootings, pandering, russia, Saudi Arabia, Shrelki, so many to criticize so little time, syria, tea party, TPP, Trump
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Kunduz and the Failure of Air Power
Video War – the destroyed target is a “bug splat”. A few days ago American air power blasted a hospital in Kunduz after fourteen years of warfare in Afghanistan. Fourteen years. Turns out, as everyone knows by now, to be … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Afghanistan, air raid, civilian casualties, current events, doctors without borders, insurgencies, kunduz, military failure, Saudi Arabia, Shia, Sunni, syria, war crime, Yemen
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