“A Question For The Commander-in-Chief” by G. Karl Marcus
A Sunday Poem and Picture for You
This powerful poem was contributed to Boiling Frogs Post by G. Karl Marcus:
A Question For The Commander-in-Chief
When a bunker buster
falls in the desert
and no one
shows you photos
of the shadows
of little bodies
etched
on concrete walls,
are the screams
of insane mothers
drowned out
by the drone
of empire?G. Karl Marcus
And here is a picture of what we do as a nation:
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BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 12, 2011
Escobar: Syria- Why the Regime Won’t Fall, Lebanon Intercepts Covert Arms Shipment Bound for Syria, DHS Trying to Make New Terrorist “Watchlist Service” Exempt from Privacy Act, Bank of America’s Backdoor Bailout, Begging for Change, Russia & Azerbaijan: An Obstacle to the U.S. in the Caucasus & More!
BFP Nightly Quote
“Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Tajikistan: In Dushanbe “Religious Radicalism” Comes in Many Forms
France, Italy, Spain & Belgium Ban Short-Selling
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BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 5, 2011
Kharotabad Killings & the Cover Up, No One Safe Under the Espionage Act of 1917, Disposable Army in Iraq, Pentagon Purchases $23 Billion worth of Drones, Permanent US Base in Iraq, Obama Debt Crisis: A successful Con Game, the End of the Presidential Public Financing, Azerbaijan: Lobbying for U.S. Weapons Sales, Video: Destabilization of Syria Based on Libya Model & More!
BFP Nightly Quote
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International Newsworthy
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US Steps Up Pressure on Syria
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Strippers, Georgia on Russian-US Minds
NATO Considers More Kosovo Reserves
Death Squads Threaten Journalists in El Salvador
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BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
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International Newsworthy
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Britain Farmers Find Promise in a Crop Illegal in Afghanistan
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NATO Strikes Kills 7 in Libya Hospital
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