Posts Tagged ‘General Westmoreland’

How Much is an Afghan Life Worth to Americans? Apparently Not Much

In Afghanistan, Crime, Film, History, Internet, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War, citizenship, fame on 9 July 2009 tagged Adbusters, Afghanistan, General Westmoreland, Hearts and Minds, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, Orient, Oriental, Peter Davis, Tom Engelhardt, Twitter, Vietnam, Westerner, William Westmoreland with Comments

Even before the death of the Once and Future King of Pop, the United States politicians, press, think tanks, filmmakers and “experts” all tagged the war in Afghanistan as a threat to United States national security, and not about securing and restoring a nation of 32 million people to functioning civil society after thirty years [...]