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over 17,000 wounded. The cost <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> war is well over $1 trillion, and still<br />

counting. While combat operations are scheduled to cease by <strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong><br />

2014, NATO has stated that it is committed to maintaining a presence in<br />

Afghanistan well after that. The results will inevitably be more innocent<br />

deaths and more war crimes. Ano<strong>the</strong>r inevitability will most likely be that<br />

only front line soldiers will be held accountable for <strong>the</strong>ir actions, not <strong>the</strong><br />

senior military commanders and <strong>the</strong> leaders in Washington who should<br />

ultimately be held responsible for this senseless and bloody quagmire.<br />

When it comes to America’s war crimes it would appear that some<br />

get punished. Most, however, get ignored.<br />

Tom McNamara is an Assistant Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>the</strong> ESC Rennes School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Business, France, and a Visiting Lecturer at <strong>the</strong> French National<br />

Military Academy at Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan, France.<br />

‘America and Israel are in it toge<strong>the</strong>r,’<br />

Clinton declares– and nary a word about settlements<br />

by<br />

Philip Weiss<br />

At a time when Britain and France are considering withdrawing<br />

ambassadors from Israel over its latest settlement plans, Hillary Clinton<br />

addressed <strong>the</strong> Saban Center at <strong>the</strong> Brookings Institution Friday night and,<br />

declaring "America and Israel are in it toge<strong>the</strong>r," said nothing about<br />

settlements or occupation except when she three times praised Benjamin<br />

Netanyahu for a "settlement freeze."<br />

And in one pointed reference to a settlement, Gilo, Clinton bragged<br />

about visiting <strong>the</strong> colony.<br />

Seated at dinner next to Haim Saban, an ardent supporter <strong>of</strong> Israel<br />

and <strong>the</strong> Democratic Party, Clinton seemed to be relaunching her political<br />

career.

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