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It Started With People Jumping to End Their Lives; It Ends With People Clinging to Save Their Lives. Both Wound Up Falling to Deaths.
By Tom Squitieri WASHINGTON – Joe Biden had a clear vision what needed to do in Afghanistan when he spoke to reporters during his visit to Kabul in January 2002. “Let’s make it clear,” Biden said then. “I am not talking about peacekeepers. I’m not talking about blue helmets. I’m talking about people who shootRead moreWinter Brings Polio to Syria
Refugees in Syria face a humanitarian crisis with the outbreak of disease. (U.S. News) We see the explosions from the artillery shells. There are photos of charred or bullet ridden bodies, crying children and cowering civilians. These are the faces of war that are easily captured and conveyed, and they tell a lot. What isRead moreWill Never Again Happen Again?
Here are excerpts from a literary gathering on the horrors of war and how the lessons of history are not learned as the slaughter continues. To watch please go here:Read more