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been conned into endless war?

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Jorge

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Apr 26, 2013, 12:05:20 PM4/26/13
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Norman Solomon is co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of
the Institute for Public Accuracy. His books include �War Made Easy: How
Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.� He writes the
Political Culture 2013 column.
As a perpetual emotion machine -- producing and guzzling its own
political fuel -- the �war on terror� continues to normalize itself as a
thoroughly American way of life and death. Ongoing warfare has become a
matter of default routine, pushed along by mainline media and the
leadership of both parties in Washington. Without a clear and effective
upsurge of opposition from the grassroots, Americans can expect to
remain citizens of a war-driven country for the rest of their lives.
Across the United States, many thousands of peeling bumper stickers on
the road say: �End this Endless War.� They got mass distribution from
MoveOn.org back in 2007, when a Republican was in the White House. Now,
a thorough search of the MoveOn website might leave the impression that
endless war ended with the end of the George W. Bush presidency. Read
more �
http://www.sfbg.com/
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Karma ; what a concept!
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