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If You Mess Up, People Get Hurt
How much we blatantly and consciously minimise the effects of this war in Iraq. It is unconscionable to me that we almost refuse to acknowledge the death in Baghdad of innocent civilians every day as a direct consequence of planned … Continue reading
Vets Getting Shaft from Veterans Affairs
GI with PTSD. Photo by Nine Berman/ReduxPost-traumatic Stress under-diagnosed, documents revealBy Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner / May 21, 2008 Recently released documents from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are further proof the VA has failed to adequately address … Continue reading
The Astounding Power of Empty Words
Military Matters: Iraq state fantasyBy William S. Lind WASHINGTON — When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sent his “army” to fight the Mahdi Army in Basra, U.S. President Bush called it “a defining moment.” It turned out instead to be … Continue reading
Cyberspace Command : Hackers With Wings
When this happens, we can all feel safe at last. Roger Baker / The Rag Blog Air Force Aims for ‘Full Control’ of ‘Any and All’ Computers By Noah Shachtman May 13, 2008 The Air Force wants a suite of … Continue reading
Dictating What You’re Allowed to Know
A fine example of suppression of the truth, a characteristic of the best examples of fascist states around the globe and throughout history. Remember that when you are carted off to jail for saying something unkind about an influential politician. … Continue reading
It’s All About the Oil … Again
The US lines up its chess pieces to trigger the demise of the Bolivarian Revolution and achieve regional dominance.By Ramón Santiago / May 13, 2008 Since the violation of Ecuador’s sovereignty by the Colombian military, relations between Venezuela and Colombia … Continue reading
Stop the Destructive Rhetoric About Iran
We already wrote about this a couple of days ago. However, the signs of impending attack against Iran remain quite ominous (see also here and here). We expect to publish more about this tonight or tomorrow. Richard Jehn / The … Continue reading
The Mission in Afghanistan: Poppy Protection?
Marines Stuck Protecting Opium in HelmandBy Barnett Rubin / May 8, 2008 An AP story quoting me about the deployment of U.S. Marines to Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan is making the rounds on the Internets, and mostly being misinterpreted … Continue reading
Breaking: Attack on Iran Inevitable?
War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You ThinkBy Philip Giraldi / May 9, 2008 There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack … Continue reading
Military Moms: We Need Each Other to Heal
Mother’s Day Veteran: Moms Wear Combat Boots, Tooby Eli PaintedCrow At the age of twenty, being a mother of a three and five year-old was not easy. Being a single mom on welfare living in a cockroach-infested apartment was not … Continue reading
Peace Action for Mother’s Day
As Julia Ward Howe wrote in her Mother’s Day Proclamation, “Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them of charity, mercy and patience. We women of one country will be too tender … Continue reading
One-Hundred Thousand Casualties a Year
Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 U.S. Casualties a YearBy Alexander Cockburn / May 11, 2008 A friend of mine who’s a librarian was recently reviewing job applicants. Asked his qualifications in library skills, one man put “machine-gunner.” He was a vet … Continue reading
