As latest US solution to Iraq's civil war, the US military is building a three-mile concrete wall in the centre of Baghdad along the most murderous faultline between Sunni and Shia Muslims. guardian, nyt
have we not learned that walls are dividers? i can't help but think that if we keep dividing ourselves up, we perpetuate the cycle of opposition. ...we're all in this together after all....
*bookmarked* i think it was in adbusters a month or two ago, but there was a picture of roger waters in israel writing on the wall there. he wrote, appropriately, "tear down the wall." it was a powerful image...
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oh shit...
defending freedom now becomes defending a wall, it's final truth.
update nyt
I'm find myself sighing and shaking my head more often than not.
Another good piece by Rubin.
have we not learned that walls are dividers? i can't help but think that if we keep dividing ourselves up, we perpetuate the cycle of opposition. ...we're all in this together after all....
I'm tracking the Walls.
*bookmarked* i think it was in adbusters a month or two ago, but there was a picture of roger waters in israel writing on the wall there. he wrote, appropriately, "tear down the wall." it was a powerful image...
los angeles times op-ed commentary In defense of Baghdad's 'walls' by;
RAY ODIERNO, the commander of the multinational corps in Baghdad.
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