The Need to Demilitarize US National Security
Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: "Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a provocative and even dangerous speech at the National Defense University (NDU) last week that revealed the cold-war thinking of a key holdover from the Bush administration. With language reminiscent of the worst days of the cold war in the 1950s, Gates argued that the 'demilitarization of Europe - where large swaths of the general public and political class are averse to military force and the risks that go with it - has gone from a blessing in the 20th century to an impediment to achieving real security and lasting peace in the 21st century.'"
http://www.truthout.org/too-much-bang-bang-the-need-demilitarize-us-national-security57294
Law, Morality and Conscience in War
Camillo "Mac" Bica, Truthout: "War has been a part of my life virtually for as long as I can remember. First, as a child and adolescent playing and then preparing for war, as a young adult participating in war and then attempting to recover from its effects, and as an old man striving to understand war and to use what I have learned as a means to educate others about differentiating war's realities from the mythology that dominates, not unintentionally, our media and public perspective on war."
http://www.truthout.org/law-morality-and-conscience-war57295
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