Lawrence Wilkerson gives a sobering analysis of the delicate situation now taking place on the Korean Peninsula.  Talking with Paul Jay of The Real News Network, the former diplomat provides a clear assessment of the seriousness of the current state of affairs in the region and talks about the dire consequences should hostilities escalate there.  In his discussion Wilkerson states, “the Pentagon’s lowest estimates of casualties, when I left [the State Department], for war on the Korean Peninsula in the first few days was 100,000 [people], including a lot of [American] non-combatants whom we probably cannot get out.”  Considering I’m one of those non-combatants Wilkerson talks about, his estimation hits close to home indeed.

Technorati Tags: China, Lawrence Wilkerson, South Korea, war

So it’s been six years since the US Senate voted to authorize the president to invade Iraq.  It’s worth reviewing that time right now.  It was then that Congress – with many Democrats joining the Republican push – relinquished much of their power and played an essential role in establishing an imperial presidency.  As we well know any dissent was ignored or attacked as anti-American and unpatriotic.  Those were fearful times indeed.

Bill Moyers recently covered what was happening at the time.  Watch his video essay on the subject:

Technorati Tags: Bill Moyers, Democrats, Iraq, Iraq war authorization, Journal, war

This is a little mashup I threw together.  The audio is the late Kurt Vonnegut reading from his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five.  In it the hero Billy Pilgrim describes his experiences one night while watching the late movie as he waits for the Tralfamadorians.

Technorati Tags: Kurt Vonnegut, war