Wednesday in the Age of Reason-Munchausen (1988)

most civilian deaths since when? 1958? 1965? pick a date
http://www.voltairenet.org/article186327.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/

deconstructing countries around the world.

http://www.juancole.com/2014/12/ceased-exist-again.html

http://time.com/3648207/oil-prices-libya/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fthe_china_blog+%28TIME%3A+The+China+Blog%29

http://time.com/3648055/united-states-afghanistan-war-end/

http://russia-insider.com/en/2014/12/23/2132

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1668151/how-sons-death-high-speed-car-crash-led-powerful-chinese-officials-fall

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/23/how-jim-messina-moved-from-idaho-to-2-million-dollar-washington-estate/

http://www.alternet.org/8-reasons-why-us-and-its-allies-are-responsible-islamic-extremism

is evidence of something monstrous has occurred in the USG. Osama Bin-laden [sp?] may be the largest agent for change in US history. US political class leadership hyped fear to destroy peace around the world and freedom in the US.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/opinion/the-case-against-torture.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0