Dick Cheney in 1994 stating that invading Iraq would be a bad idea

Yes, in 1994 Dick Cheney stated that invading Iraq would create a Quagmire.  I guess he was right.

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Walking for peace

Originally inspired by Peace Pilgrim, a woman who walked for peace for 28 years, director Tara Golden concieved of the idea of a film that would combine a narrative story line and a documentary journey. The idea was to mix the powerful story of a man who does a peace walk with the real life adventure of walking every step of way through Scotland and England. The plan was to meet interesting local charactors along the 1100 mile hike and to integrate them into the story, and it worked up until a point.

The hike started well in John O’Groats on June 5th but along the way we faced conflict, creative differences and a car accident. Two crew members decided not to go on further than Glasgow. With only two of us left we found that we were not able to make the film as planned and restructured the film as a documentary.

Additional clips from the film can be found on our channel and each adds to our story.. They are presented to you here in a collage form but will be interwined in the final film.

Note from Tara: You can see an improved version of this edit on my channel. You can get the book on peacepilrgim for free from peacepilgrim.org

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Money Trumps Peace?

Who in their right mind thinks this way?  Since I am a compasionate person, let’s get this guy some help.

George Bush: “Let’s put it this way. Money trumps peace sometimes.”

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Petraeus: Iraq ‘Challenges’ to Last for Years

Asked whether he thought the job assigned to an additional 30,000 troops deployed as the centerpiece of President Bush’s new war strategy would be completed by then, Gen. David H. Petraeus replied: “I do not, no. I think that we have a lot of heavy lifting to do.” read more…

Anyone else guess that the ‘surge’ was permenant from the beginning?

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Racism in the open

Bill O’Reilly “They want to break down the white christian male power structure..”

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Alabama Lawmaker Punches Senate Colleague

  Maybe the first step to peace is for our lawmakers to discover how to work together without violence?

Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more common.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart. read here…

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Experts cast doubt on credibility of JFK terror plot

Since fear is used to enhance our ability to wage wars. Here is yet another example of false information used to justify hate and war.

Turns out there is a good chance the JFK plot was also fake, just like many of the other ones the media makes a big deal out of.

NEW YORK (AFP) – An alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at New York’s JFK airport had little chance of success, according to safety experts, who have questioned whether the plot ever posed a real threat.

read the story here.

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Putin threatens to target Europe with missiles

Have we restarted the cold war? Putin is threatening to restart the cold war if we continue our efforts to occupy countries in the middle east.

In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to target Europe with missiles, including potentially nuclear weapons, in a dramatic escalation of his Cold War-style showdown with the United States.

Mr. Putin, in an interview at his country residence outside Moscow, said he considers U.S. plans to build an eastern European anti-missile site to shoot down Iranian missiles a provocation aimed at Russia.

Asked what he might do to retaliate, he said he would return Russia to the Cold War status where missiles were aimed at European targets.

Read the full story…

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“We have no important enemies.”

Watch this clip of Mike Gravel.

Do you agree that we have no important enemies?

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United States rates low on study of peaceful countries

United States ranks 96 out of 121 countries according to the Global Peace Index.
This is why American Peace Project exists. We can do better.
Read story here

TOP 10

1. Norway
2. New Zealand
3. Denmark
4. Ireland
5. Japan
6. Finland
7. Sweden
8. Canada
9. Portugal
10. Austria

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Free hugs campaign goes worldwide

One man with the help of an Australian rock band has started a worldwide movement and an organization to help people.

This is an amazing story. Here are several of many more videos.

Does world peace start with one simple action?

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