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Noelle Canin: War Watching

I know what blood looks like, she said.
I know what a home looks like
after a bomb.

January 26, 2025 · 11 Comments

Bob Kunzinger: Moral Absolutism | Do Not Kill Children

Starvation is rampant and the conditions in Gaza have been called by Save the Children one of the “slowest, cruelest deaths” on record. It is a holocaust…

April 5, 2024 · 10 Comments

Chard deNiord: The Silence

an elegy for a child or parent or sibling
or friend who’s died at the hand
of the enemy whose God is the same
monotheistic deity with a different name

November 12, 2023 · 6 Comments

Michael Simms: Rumor of War | February 24, 2022 

I’ll say it again and say it differently
because the horror of war must never be forgotten.
The boy hid beneath the stairs
when the Good Guys came to kill him.

February 26, 2022 · 14 Comments

Clancy Sigal: Kill Them All – Surely The Lord Knows Which Are His!*

The rubble of a home reportedly hit by a U.S.-led coalition airstrike in Kafar Daryan in Syria.  * Said by a 13th century Catholic crusader when asked how to distinguish … Continue reading

October 7, 2014 · Leave a comment

Mel Packer: Why Bombing Iraq Again is a Terrible Idea

If I see a wounded animal by the side of the road with vultures cautiously approaching it and others circling overhead, should I swerve onto the shoulder and deliberately run … Continue reading

August 9, 2014 · Leave a comment

Running Orders

In July 2014, before the Israeli military would fire at a structure in Gaza, they would send a warning “bomb” to let the Palestinian residents know they had less than … Continue reading

July 17, 2014 · Leave a comment

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