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Once a Marine always a Marine…Maybe.

Once a Marine always a Marine…Maybe.

By J.E. McNeil on Conscientious Objectors and Wrongness “When you join the military,” says J.E. McNeil, executive director of the Center on Conscience on War, “one of the hundreds of forms you sign says, ‘I didn’t apply to be a conscientious...
Once a Marine always a Marine…Maybe.

Must You Be A Warrior To Be A Citizen, Too?

Must You Be A Warrior To Be A Citizen, Too? J.E. McNeil on why the DREAM Act is worse than nothingDec. 2010 Shalom http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/documents/ShalomDecember2010.pdf
Two Nobel Recipients, Two Messages

Two Nobel Recipients, Two Messages

Two Nobel Recipients, Two Messages December 10, 2009 It can’t be ignored that a man who just ordered 30,000 more men and women into a war accepted the Noble Peace Prize this morning. Obama gave an appropriately humble acceptance speech. He talked about moving from war...
Once a Marine always a Marine…Maybe.

No Surprise on Afghanistan

No Surprise on Afghanistan December 2, 2009 I was asked to attend a meeting at the White House on November 19 to discuss the Afghanistan and Pakistan wars. I was unable to attend because of my mother’s funeral. Now that our president has decided to expand the...
Thoughts about Our “New” Strategy

Thoughts about Our “New” Strategy

Thoughts about Our “New” Strategy December 1, 2009 I saw this sign today. It seemed about 8 years late. I commented to my sister about how sad it was that so many people now talk about the war in Afghanatan as though it was a new war. Many of those people...