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DESCRIPTION:Less than three years after President Obama finished the long process of 
 pulling our country out of a long, tragic and expensive war in Iraq, and 
 roughly a year after the American people shouted for Congress to speak out 
 against Obama's abortive rush into war with Syria, we are opening our 
 newspapers and turning on our radios and televisions to read and hear about 
 airstrikes by the U.S. and "coalition partners" in both Iraq and Syria. 
 This is happening up to this point without official Congressional input, 
 though less formal discussion has at times touched on the idea of "boots on 
 the ground" - a possibility that seems unthinkable after our military 
 engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. This new involvement looks ominously 
 like it will grow.\n\nWe hear about the barbarism the Islamic State in Iraq 
 and Syria (ISIS), and feel that regardless of the approach or the strategy, 
 there seem to be different circumstances involved. Almost nobody argues 
 that this is a serious problem for the region, and it surely needs a 
 solution.\n\nMany advocates for peace are dissatisfied that solution once 
 again looks like a military one, and Paul George, Executive Director of the 
 Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, is one of them. Paul will be our guest 
 speaker with a talk he is calling "ISIS, American Exceptionalism and 
 Perpetual War".\n\nAmid the daily airstrikes, questions abound: How did 
 ISIS emerge? What are they capable of? What did the U.S. do or not do (if 
 anything, some might add) to help create the situation in the region? What 
 events might military action further trigger? When and how does this end? 
 What are the alternatives to more war? We expect Paul to address at least 
 some of these questions and perhaps a few others, much in the way he has 
 been questioning U.S. foreign policy at the helm of PPJC for over 20 years. 
 Over that time Paul has been a major voice for peace, justice and action; 
 we are honored to have him, and we hope you will join us.\nThe UU is 
 wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/09/18762656.php
SUMMARY:PPJC's Paul George on ISIS, American Exceptionalism and Perpetual War
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/09/18762656.php
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