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...Iraq Veterans Against the War, during which vets testified to the brutality that is an everyday part of the occupation. Hamid Karzai's government is just like the puppet regimes the U.S. set up in South Vietnam. And as in Vietnam, civilians are being massacred by U.S. troops. The media will deny it until, like My Lai, it becomes too big to be denied. While I heartily disagree with its policies, even the Taliban would be better for Afghanistan than the U.S.'s self-serving occupation. Hannah Morong, Marblehead, Mass...
...cover photographs TIME could have used to illustrate the war in Afghanistan, why choose a soldier who is, indefensibly, smoking? During World War II, the cigarette companies, aided by the media, helped create a culture in which soldiers and smoking went hand in hand. I thought we had moved far beyond such an ill-founded association. Richard Rivenes, Sugar Land, Texas...
...held by the advocacy group Iraq Veterans Against the War, during which vets testified to the brutality of the occupation. Hamid Karzai's government is just like the puppet regimes the U.S. set up in South Vietnam. And as in Vietnam, civilians are being massacred by U.S. troops. The media will deny it until, like My Lai, it becomes too big to be denied. While I heartily disagree with its policies, even the Taliban would be better for Afghanistan than the U.S.'s self-serving occupation. Hannah Morong, MARBLEHEAD, MASS...
...anything and make it work. It's a mystery how this bold, striking star-in-the-making avoided Hollywood's eye for 15 years, but for off-Hollywood, off-kilter dramas, Swinton has been the go-to lass - the queen of the indies. (See a multi-media analysis of 78 years of Oscar by Richard Corliss...
...people what to do,” he said, adding that people should frequent the CDC website for the most up-to-date information on the flu. According to David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of Harvard University Health Services, the survey shows the power that mass media has to either spread panic or reduce concern. “It’s interesting to see how quickly people went from fear to a sort of relaxed mode,” said Rosenthal. He added that people “should not let their guard down?...