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How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home? "All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

: Name: Annamarie; Location: Brampton, Ontario, Canada

I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

New Posts at "The Washington Note" on Iranian Nuclear Diplomacy and Michael Hayden's CIA Appointment (and the return of the previously Goss-Fired )

Steven Clemons sent these links to a couple of very interesting posts on US national security and foreign policy issues he put out today in the Washington Note:

Dear Colleagues:

I thought I’d send you the two links on US national security and foreign policy issues I put out today.

The first deals with the first letter from an Iranian President to a U.S. President in 27 years — and what the implications of this sort of creative diplomatic move might mean.

The second is my critique of many of the pundits on the choice of Michael Hayden to head the CIA. They say he crossed lines in the warrantless wiretap program, with which I agree. But these Republican and Democratic commentators also see him as a Rumsfeld flack who will help consolidate military control over the nation’s intelligence bureacracy — and that is wrong.

Hayden (who is bringing the Goss-fired, well-respected CIA super spy Steve Kappes in as CIA Deputy Director) is a great choice to knock back Donald Rumsfeld’s imperialism over the country’s intelligence capacity.

Hope you find these useful.

Steve Clemons
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Steven Clemons
Sr. Fellow & Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
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Publisher, www.TheWashingtonNote.com
202-986-0342 phone 202-986-3696 fax
clemons@newamerica.net Email

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001382.php
May 08, 2006
Misreading Michael Hayden's Role in the Intelligence Bureaucracy Wars:
Negroponte Wants Hayden to Battle with -- Not Help -- Rumsfeld

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001381.php
May 08, 2006
Creative Diplomatic Move by Iran: Direct Talks or Bust