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	Email this page Current News in Context March 21, 2005 Two Years Later Tom Engelhardt deconstructs the first two years, Helen Thomas comments on the new 'goodwill' ambassador to the Middle East and the evolution of Eyes Wide Open. ***** Deconstructing Iraq: Year Three Begins An insightful survey of where we have been and the challenges ahead. It's grim reading, but serves as a reminder that there are good investigative journalists reporting the facts. It's the policy that needs changing Helen Thomas offers a reality check on the recycled notion of 'goodwill' ambassadors to improve the image of the United States in the Arab World. It boils down to a simple phrase. "It's not the person - it's the policy that needs changing." Eyes Wide Open The Eyes Wide Open exhibit has been traveling through Texas and up the coast of southern California. Committed to drawing attention to the staggering number of lives lost, it is a public declaration of our conviction that war is never the answer. We face the people of this country. It is a public event, and every city is different - fifty so far. There are many who thank us and receive strength to speak out against this war, there are a few who attack, unwilling to accept the real cost of this war. There are many who walk away with personal transformations. The tensions are illustrated in the snapshots below. We will continue to tour the country; building bridges, making our case for immediate withdrawal, and putting forward alternative solutions. Memorial stirs objection, support among parents of deceased (Escondido 13 March) Eyes Wide Open Brings War into Focus (San Diego, 10 March) Eyes Wide Open (Dallas 28 February) Comments: Post a Comment ^ Top of page		Search site Email Updates Sign Up to Have Posts Emailed to You Recent Posts Through the eyes of a child Parliament / War Spending Bill Passes / Troop With... New Government Announced / Car Bombs Lawsuit / Town Hall Meetings / Journalist Released... Stand for Peace Violence / Funding for War / Lack of Reconstructio... Deadly Bombings / Fallujah / Indonesian Journalist... Supplemental Insecurity / Negotiations for Prime M... $82 Billion to be requested for Iraq and Afghanist... Following a Paper Trail to the Roots of Torture Archives October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 April 2007 Atom Feed