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2022-02-16: News Headlines

William J. Astore (2022-02-16). America's Disastrous 60-Year War: Three Generations of Conspicuous Destruction by the Military-Industrial Complex. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) — In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win …

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-15). Europe on the verge of war: Polish prime minister. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Polish prime minister seems far less concerned by a series of wars conducted by his nation and its NATO allies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Ones that Poland actively contributed to as well as to NATO operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Over 33,000 Polish troops served under NATO command in Afghanistan over …

Andy Kroll (2022-02-15). America's Disastrous 60-Year War. tomdispatch.com In my lifetime of nearly 60 years, America has waged five major wars, winning one decisively, then throwing that victory away, while losing the other four disastrously. Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, as well as the Global War on Terror, were the losses, of course; the Cold War being the solitary win that must now be counted as a loss because its promise was so quickly discarded. America's war in Vietnam was waged during the Cold War in the context of what was then known as the domino theory and the idea of "containing" communism. Iraq and Afghanistan were part of the Global War on Terror, a post-Cold War event i…

Editor2 (2022-02-15). Eight Times the United States Has Used Biological and Chemical Weapons in the Post-World War II Era. orinocotribune.com By The Chronicles of Haiphong — Feb 3, 2022 | U.S. imperialism has claimed innocence and moral superiority on the world stage while deploying the cruelest weapons of war in its quest for dominance | The United States frequently employs human rights as a weapon against so-called "adversaries." Chemical and biological weapons have played a prominent role in cultivating the U.S.'s identity as the foremost humanitarian interventionist power. The 2003 invasion of Iraq was based on accusations made by U.S. intelligence that Saddam Hussein was harboring Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). In recent years, U.S. offi…

Morrison R, Meier DE, Arnold RM. (2022-02-15). Controversies About Advance Care Planning—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We agree with the authors of all the letters about our article that early and ongoing clinician communication with families and patients about their illness, what to expect, and preparation for likely future decisions may increase a sense of trust, control, and ability to anticipate and adjust to changes brought by illness. We concur that such conversations have been shown in some studies to improve or reduce patient- and family-level outcomes including anxiety, grief, posttraumatic stress disorder, and emotional burdens on family caregivers and surrogate decision makers. We also agree that these outcome…

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