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When I was 16, I got my first official job as a hostess at an Applebees is the suburbs of Atlanta, GA. It wasn’t the most emotionally fulfilling job I’ve ever worked, but I made $6.50 a hour (slightly above minimum wage at the time) and my co-workers were nice to me. Before that, at the tender age of 14, I babysat for a family who lived in my neighborhood a few nights a month. At 14 or 16, was I a child laborer? No. My teenage jobs could technically be considered “child labor”, but that’s not what the term has come to mean.

Two days before the Fort Hood killings, it was reported that 16 US soldiers killed themselves in October.“An unusually high monthly toll that is fueling concerns about the mental health of soldiers after more than eight years of continuous warfare.”The mayhem at Fort Hood in Texas, which has left 13 men and women dead and 30 injured, is a byproduct of the brutal wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.It is a form of “collateral damage” for which the American political and military establishment is ultimately responsible.The US interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan have now lasted a combined 14 and a half yearsNot only is there no end in sight in either case, there is the prospect of the wars’ expansion into Pakistan, with bloodier and more disastrous consequences.via Fort Hood Killings; A Symptom Of America’s Disease [Endless War] [politicalleft.blog-city.com].Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Political Correctness Played A Part In The Fort Hood ShootingsOn the way to warSoldiers killing Soldiers… Fort Hood12 Dead at Ft. Hood: Worst Soldier-on-Soldier Violence in U.S. History

PESHAWAR, 9 November 2009 (IRIN) – The huge bomb blast in the western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 29 October which left 117 people dead, many more injured and an unknown number of trauma victims was the most deadly this year.

I’ve heard it hundreds of times: habits that might scarcely register in their own right are still useful because they encourage people to think of themselves as green, and therefore to move on to tougher actions.

War isn’t just transforming — it’s ushering in a whole new language to describe conflict, and this language is used in a way that pays little attention to logic or military history. Thus the forces we used to call guerrillas are now “hybrid threats.” Insurgencies are now “complex” and require “complex and adaptive” solutions. Jungles and cities are now “complex terrain.” Put simply, the discussion about future conflict is being conducted using buzzwords and bumper stickers.

Arab puppet dictators made in the USA, cheap, servile, resourceful, 100% unelected, “moderate” label, “New Middle Beast” certification, “New World Disorder” 90001 certified, among the useful functions of your “Arab puppet dictators full kit”:

Ce fut un homme d’une grande valeur pour l’islam … un homme d’une grande classe … se soumit à Allah (`aza wa jall) en prenant exemple sur le prophète Muhammad (Prière et Salut d’Allah soient sur Lui), et il combattu au nom d’Allah (`aza wa jall) et depensa toute sa fortune et son argent pour Allah (`aza wa jall) et pour la gloire de l’islam.

Nationalism is a concept alien to Islam because it calls for unity based on family and tribalistic ties, whereas Islam binds people together on the `Aqeedah (creed), that is belief in Allah (swt) and His Messenger (PbuH). Islam calls for the ideological bond.

Au moment où les Tunisiens s’apprêtent à célébrer sans conviction la fête nationale du 7 novembre, chronique d’une semaine de villégiature dans un pays où l’on peut parler de tout, mais pas avec tout le monde.