Warfare is always evolving (unfortunately), and the newest form of warfare is cyberwarfare. There is a cyberattack that is currently being waged against US natural gas pipelines. It has been going on for some time, but the US has decided to make a very public statement about this attack (a very unusual response–typically the response is dead silence and denial). We will be making guesses about who is responpsible for the attack for some time. I suspect, however, that we will find out eventually since the matter has been made public.
One of my college roommates has written a short essay on the public reaction to the photographs of American soldiers apparently celebrating over the bodies of dead insurgents in Afghanistan. Rod’s son is currently serving in the Marine Corps in Afghanistan and I cannot seriously make the claim that this is a disinterested essay. But it is a point of view that needs to be addressed. Rod and I have disagreed often (the best friendships are not based upon total agreement), and I am not yet sure that I can agree with this essay since I have also had discussions with his son. I can say, however, that his son’s greatest passion is protecting a school that his unit built in Afghanistan.
The Palestinian hunger strike continues, and several participants are in serious jeopardy. We don’t know exactly how many participant there are in this act of non-violent resistance and I am struck by how little attention these activities have received. But the demands of the hunger strikers are not extreme: they are protesting their indefinite detention without charges or trials. The commitment of some of the protesters (66 days without food) is extraordinary.
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