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Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene
2013-11-10 13:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Driving into Iraq just after the 2003 invasion felt like driving into the future. We convoyed all day, all night, past Army checkpoints and burned-out tanks, till in the blue dawn Baghdad rose from the desert like a vision of hell: Flames licked the bruised sky from the tops of refinery towers, cyclopean monuments bulged and leaned against the horizon, broken overpasses swooped and fell over ruined suburbs, bombed factories, and narrow ancient streets. With shock and awe, our military had unleashed...
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