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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Euro Peace: The Sounds of Silence by Eric Walberg

Euro Peace: The Sounds of Silence

by Eric Walberg / September 16th, 2009 (1)

After being the playground for 20th century militarism, after finally uniting with no enemies in sight, you think that Europe would be the world’s bulwark for peace. But a continent that rejected the US war in Vietnam is in thrall to US militarism as never before. None of the European peoples support the current wars and arms race, yet Euro governments dutifully cough up troops to send to Afghanistan. Many sent forces to Iraq. All of them are happy members of NATO, which is unashamedly the forward presence of the US military around the world, having long ago cast aside …
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http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/09/euro-peace-the-sounds-of-silence/

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