The Peace (Studies) Racket


	The Peace (Studies) Racket

caoilfhionn

9-8-2007 3:04 PM

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peace, peace studies, cabinet, whitehouse

caoilfhionn says:

Remarkable that the Cindy Sheehan Code Pink-style radicals are suggesting such a thing, not to mention that it should be attached to the President's cabinet.

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9-9-2007 3:08 AM

davboz

I've been left not knowing how to describe that when I see it. Lots of sites bordering on straight jihadi and have "world peace" and Noam Chomsky etc., in the sidebar.
Who will see the incongruity but a few, though?

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