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loudsue

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63. Beautifully written, Will. One of your best.

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Thu Mar 14, 2013, 02:02 PM

Mar 2013

You expressed exactly what I feel, and know, and you expressed it in a way I never could.

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Waking From My Moral Coma [View all] WilliamPitt Mar 2013 OP

rec'd mike_c Mar 2013 #1

Yes, this post hits deep brush Mar 2013 #54

THIS IS A MUST READ. K&R n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2013 #2

better late than never..the guy in the photo contributed to you falling alseep xiamiam Mar 2013 #3

+1 MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #4

So when he was a candidate in 2008 and said he'd end the Iraq war, and increase JoePhilly Mar 2013 #7

And end the Drug War...and renegotiate NAFTA... yes, we remember. nt Romulox Mar 2013 #9

Better get busy on finding a candiate for 2016 I guess. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #21

Voting will not cut it. It will take tens of thousands in the streets........ Hotler Mar 2013 #27

When's that scheduled for? JoePhilly Mar 2013 #30

May 1st. Meet me in front of the Colorado state capital on the steps 9:00am sharp. Hotler Mar 2013 #46

Can't make it ... its about 1500 miles from here and my daughter has softball practice that night. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #48

I didn't think you would show up. Most Americans don't have it in them. But we can get.... Hotler Mar 2013 #51

So we're supposed to find the money to travel 1500 miles to JoePhilly Mar 2013 #53

When he was a candidate in '08 he said he would escalate the war in Afghanistan and lost my vote. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #12

Even then, he didn't tell us how much he would escalate the war in Afghanistan. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #55

Bush on steroids is right wasserman Mar 2013 #10

Not in a reality based world. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #14

You mean a celebrity based world. Jakes Progress Mar 2013 #42

Get back to me when Obama puts 100,000+ troops on the ground in a 10 year war JoePhilly Mar 2013 #43

It wouldn't do any good. Jakes Progress Mar 2013 #62

... SammyWinstonJack Mar 2013 #39

+1 Newest Reality Mar 2013 #56

The war(s) have always been the number one issue to me. panader0 Mar 2013 #5

I so wish that this were not true . . FairWinds Mar 2013 #6

People still are working PowerToThePeople Mar 2013 #8

And, at the end, we are clear eyed and heavy hearted. annabanana Mar 2013 #11

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Albert Einstein Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Catherina Mar 2013 #15

yep this is better than that...is not working marions ghost Mar 2013 #16

Welcome Back! KoKo Mar 2013 #17

That is a great piece, Will... ljm2002 Mar 2013 #18

"to maintain our economic health" -- For most of us, now it doesn't even do that. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #57

I figured those who dropped their opposition to the war were endorsing it. Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #19

this particular site was not a constructive or welcoming place for us who oppose war after obama xiamiam Mar 2013 #23

An understatement. Jakes Progress Mar 2013 #44

Ah yes. There are those of us - not team players, I suppose - panzerfaust Mar 2013 #47

I love you for this post Will Pitt Oilwellian Mar 2013 #20

Gigantic K & R !!! - Thank You For That !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #22

Your best piece yet. cliffordu Mar 2013 #24

"...It is the killing, it is the permanent war, xxqqqzme Mar 2013 #25

Hi! Solly Mack Mar 2013 #26

Rec x !,000! Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #28

Will Pitt... ReRe Mar 2013 #29

Good article, but I do not agree that it is not about who sits in the WH. It is very sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #31

Before the 2008 election, I too believed that who was in the WH WOULD make a difference. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #58

better late than never stupidicus Mar 2013 #32

I cannot rec this more! Read it Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #33

Glad you woke up - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #34

Next article. WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #35

Bravo for expressing the view that the pornography of America's global killing spree is indepat Mar 2013 #36

K&R! whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #37

rec! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2013 #38

I wrote this years ago Timbuk3 Mar 2013 #40

+1 gazillion trillion! nt valerief Mar 2013 #41

The idea of "America as idea" is part of the problem Spider Jerusalem Mar 2013 #45

D'accord. marmar Mar 2013 #49

I agree. It's a schmaltzy sentiment that is very exploitable. Marr Mar 2013 #60

Beyond a K&R. 99Forever Mar 2013 #50

k and r dembotoz Mar 2013 #52

Since 9/11, I had been a moral insomniac, Fiendish Thingy Mar 2013 #59

We live in Rome. Javaman Mar 2013 #61

Beautifully written, Will. One of your best. loudsue Mar 2013 #63