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\"\"<\/a>Thanks to CM regular Daria who posted this:<\/p>\n

Another view, disturbing as it is, says “War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning”<\/a>… According to Chris Hedges, author of a book by that title, ‘The seduction of war is insidious because so much of what we are told about it is true-\u2014it does create a feeling of comradeship which obliterates our alienation… we find nobility in a cause and feelings of selflessness and even bliss. And at a time of soaring deficits and financial scandals and the very deterioration of our domestic fabric, war is a fine diversion.’ <\/p>\n

Shocking, isn’t it? But it helps explain a legislative body willing to cough up over $301 billion in war funding and over half the voting populace re-electing the incumbent. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Daria also sent along links to “Thinking Peace,”<\/a> and The Center for Nonviolent Communication<\/a>. And here’s<\/a> where you can view your legislators’ voting scorecard<\/a> on matters of war and peace.<\/p>\n

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