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Shepherdstown 2012 and the Rise of the Rolling Premiere

Posted on February 1, 2013, 11:19 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Close Up, Theater Reviews and Commentary.

Theater Reviews Page | Previous Theater Review | Next Theater Review Shepherdstown 2012 and the Rise of the Rolling Premiere Published in the Hopkins Review, Winter 2013, New Series 6.1 Take a healthy organism, deny it the environment in which it grows, and it may seek a new environment and new ways of propagating. Serious American theater […]

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War Powers, War Lies: Part 6: War Off the Books

Posted on July 8, 2005, 11:28 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

To make something disappear, have it occur off the books, on someone else’s balance sheet. This approach works equally well if you want to make a war disappear. Use Special Ops forces, or foreign proxies.

Tags: 1954, 1970, Afghanistan, Al Jazeera, anti-Soviet forces, Argentina, Army Rangers, atrocities, Avery DUlles, B-52s, Bay of Pigs, Bolivia, bombing of Cambodia, Chile, Church Committee, Church Committee Report, CIA, clandestine activity, covert activity, Cuban exiles, culture of impunity, Delta Force, Directorate of Operations, dirty wars, Douglas Walker, Drug Wars, El Mozote, El Salvador, Enron, Fidel Castro, Ghost Wars, Green Berets, Guatemala, Guyana, Hugo Banzer, Iran-Contra, Jesuit Priests, Latin American militaries, Leopoldo Galtieri, Lesley Gill, Manuel Noriega, Najibullah, Native Americans, Navy SEALs, Nicarague, Osama bin Laden, Oscar Romero, Pakistani intelligence, Panama, Posture Statement, President Ronald Reagan, Putamayo, racism, Roberto D'Aubuisson, Robin Sage, Ronald Reagan, Salvadorian death squads, Sandinistas, Saudi intelligence, School of the Americas, SEALs, Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence, Shah of Iran, SOA, special forces, Special Operations Command, Steve Coll, Stinger missles, Taliban, The Commandos, The School of the Americas, United Fruit, Unocal, Western Hemisphere Institute of Security Cooperation, William Foster Dulles
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War Powers, War Lies: Part 4: Willingly Deceived

Posted on April 29, 2005, 6:08 pm, by Jack L. B. Gohn, under The Big Picture.

The Big Picture Home Page | Previous Big Picture Column | Next Big Picture Column War Powers Page | Previous War Powers Column | Next War Powers Column War Powers, War Lies: A Series Part 4: Willingly Deceived Published in the Maryland Daily Record April 29, 2005 Last time, we considered the dishonesty of President Lyndon Johnson in […]

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Shepherdstown 2012 and the Rise of the Rolling Premiere

War Powers, War Lies: Part 6: War Off the Books

War Powers, War Lies: Part 4: Willingly Deceived

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