Blogs about: Lessons From History

Featured Blog

More Evidence That the Iraq War Was Unnecessary

peacepundit wrote 5 hours ago: The FBI interviewed deposed and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein before he was executed. Tran … more →

Tags: A war based on lies, 'War on Terrorism'

New Greenwald Documentary: Rethink Afghanistan1 comment

peacepundit wrote 2 weeks ago: Acclaimed documentary film director Robert Greenwald is currently finishing up a new documentary abo … more →

Tags: Civilian Casualties, A war based on lies, 'War on Terrorism', cost of war, Reviews, Peace Plans

Lessons from History: Iraq

followtheherd wrote 2 weeks ago: Lessons from History: Iraq Note: I wrote this back in 2003 but thought that it was worthy of posting … more →

Tags: History, Iraq War

Misadventures in Myanmar: The Great Man Theory Debunked

misadventurer wrote 1 month ago: If 2008 was charmingly preoccupied with the idea of Barack Obama as a heroic outsider, scourge of po … more →

Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Idiocy, John Yettaw, Myanmar, Wes Anderson

Changing Obama's Mindset Toward Peace

peacepundit wrote 1 month ago: Howard Zinn wrote an excellent article for the May 2009 issue of The Progressive. It is about the n … more →

Tags: Civilian Casualties, Peace Action, cost of war, Peace Plans

Too Big to Fail

misadventurer wrote 1 month ago: AIG and the US auto industry are only the newest additions to a brotherhood of seriously dubious dis … more →

Tags: AiG, Auto Industry, Bailout, Dinosaurs, recession, roman empire

Congress Funds More War... Again1 comment

peacepundit wrote 1 month ago: The US House of Representatives voted Thursday 368-60 to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq throu … more →

Tags: cost of war, Mission Accomplished, 'War on Terrorism'

Barbary Pirates1 comment

followtheherd wrote 2 months ago: Paying tribute to the pirates will only encourage more attacks. Sounds like something that might hav … more →

Tags: History

Unbelievable

followtheherd wrote 3 months ago: Unbelievable, My wife and I are looking to buy a house or maybe some land to build on. So we’v … more →

Tags: Finance

Actual Conversation Between Clinton And Nawaz, Word For Word

longlivemusharraf wrote 4 months ago: This is an excerpt from the book by Strobe Talbot, the former senior U.S. Department of State offici … more →

Tags: Facts exposed

A Plea for Enlightened Moderation

longlivemusharraf wrote 4 months ago: Muslims must raise themselves up through individual achievement and socioeconomic emancipation. By … more →

Tags: War Against Terror, President Musharraf's articles, Musharraf, Pakistan, Terrorism, Extremism, Afghanistan, Jihad, 9/11

Iraq War: 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans3 comments

peacepundit wrote 4 months ago: An article published recently in The Nation and on Alternet provides a good overview of the Iraq war … more →

Tags: A war based on lies, Civilian Casualties, cost of war, Mission Accomplished

Great Anti-War Documentary: "Pray the Devil Back to Hell"1 comment

peacepundit wrote 4 months ago: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed … more →

Tags: cost of war, Reviews

A Case for a "King of News"?9 comments

rosenblumtv wrote 6 months ago: Capable of seeing all sides of an argument… For many years now, I have been a resident of two … more →

Tags: Newspapers, Journalism, winston churchill, Charles I, technology

Disarm the Hot-Heads in the Middle East... Now!

peacepundit wrote 6 months ago: Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:19:55am To: letters@sfchronicle.com From: PeacePundit Subject: Letter to E … more →

Tags: Civilian Casualties, Peace Action

Memo to McCain: Define "Victory" in Iraq

peacepundit wrote 8 months ago: Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for US President, says that Senator Barack Obama … more →

Tags: A war based on lies, Mission Accomplished

Blame Game

bennythomas wrote 8 months ago: “…for all wives and children were to be in common, to the intent that no one should ever know his ow … more →

Tags: Philosophy, character, uncertainty principle, military state, Sparta, blind spots, loopholes

Bacevich: Costs of US Consumerism & Imperialism2 comments

peacepundit wrote 9 months ago: Bill Moyers interviews Andrew Bacevich, author of the recent book: “The Limits of Power: The E … more →

Tags: A war based on lies, 'War on Terrorism', Reviews

The Way to Peace is Peace4 comments

peacepundit wrote 10 months ago: During a recent trip to Bangkok, Thailand, I saw an interesting story in the 19 Aug issue of the Ban … more →

Tags: Peace Action, Peace Plans


Have your say. Start a blog.

See our free features →

Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS

Find other items tagged with “lessons-from-history”:
Technorati Del.icio.us IceRocket