Would ‘a little tenderness’ toward the Iraqis help?By William R. Polk Under the headline A little tenderness can turn around insurgents, the International Herald Tribune on August 26 published an article on how to win the war in Iraq. It is an important article although important in ways the authors did not intend. I have [...]
Service members, civilians unite to send message of hope to Katrina victimsBy Master Sgt. Lek Mateo ALI AIR BASE, Iraq Americans serving in Iraq who have families and friends affected by Hurricane Katrina came together during a remembrance ceremony at the base chapel here Sept. 7. U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Donald E. Sides, of the [...]
The Government Knows Best?By Robert Schneider You’ve heard it said: ” The government knows best what’s good for its citizens.” We’re in trouble if you believe that statement. Do you think that the government should block a bill from being heard by the Congress if it protects a commitment it made for its own interests [...]
National Guard Endures from one Gulf to anotherBy Diane M. Grassi There is evidence that there will be many heroic tales to be told and to be heard as the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama and Florida recover from the worst hurricane to hit the United States in recorded history. And unfortunately [...]
Pentagon Hosts Ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers will host the Pentagon ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day at the River Parade Field on Friday, Sept. 16, at 11 am. EDT. Rep. Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House [...]
Army Reveals Truth around Soldier’s Death 15 Months Later WASHINGTON– Last weekend on Sept. 9, Meredith, of Mountain View, Calif., was informed by the U.S. Army that it had known for more than a year that her son 1st Lt. Kenneth Ballard was not killed in action as had been reported. The Army disclosed on [...]
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana Iraq’s children have returned to school for the start of a fresh academic year with a new syllabus that has all but erased Saddam Hussein from its history. Though Saddam is infamous for his tyrannical regime, he also used his oil money [...]
A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR INFO FROM SURVIVORSby Brian Harring, Domestic Intelligence Reporter Has the Bush administration drastically understated the U.S. military death count by redefining “death”? The following article suggests that it has, and it calls for a nationwide campaign to honor deceased service members by naming and counting them. According to the article: “…DoD [...]
Veterans say parallels between Vietnam and Iraq conflicts make them sad, angryBy Scott E. Pacheco John O’Keefe Sr. can’t help but get a little angry as he sees a new generation of soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Vietnam veteran has been there and suffered through that. And, as the conflict in Iraq rolls [...]
Americans don’t know how good they have itby Sarah Smiley After traveling to places across the world — Venezuela, Portugal, the Middle East, Asia — my Navy dad always told me, “Americans don’t know how good they have it.” When I was still a teenager and he said this, I’d usually roll my eyes and then [...]
FIL-AM WW-II Veterans’ struggle for compensation: Denial of part of their retirement pensions and disability benefits is cruel, anti-veteran and un-American In the crucible of Filipino-American World War II veteran for their rightfully entitled wartime-earned compensation and benefits, they never expected that after winning the war of the United States against Japan prejudice, injustice [...]
Congress said NO when the New York City’s police and firefighters wanted more money to fight terrorism but said Yes to a study of tropical fish. This is the second series of expose pertaining to congressional waste of tax-dollars spent on trivial legislations under so-called bills of local applications. The first series also [...]
PLATOON – A movie review Vote Now for the Greatest Vietnam War Movie of all time! Like no other movie could tell, Platoon shows us categorically that war — and especially the Vietnam War — is hell.The story is vintage Oliver Stone — based on his own experiences in the bush with only a few [...]
4 year September 11 anniversary offers lessons for hurricane Katrina response September 11 brought the United States together, at least for a time. Four years on, Hurricane Katrina has exposed its divisions, writes Michael Gawenda. But at least the country is finally talking about its real problems race and poverty. On the fourth anniversary of the [...]
Craig calls VA heroes and suggests donations to the Armed Forces Retirement home (Washington, DC) Praise for the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Independent Armed Services Retirement Home in Washington, DC, were heaped on both agencies by U.S. Senator Larry Craig Thursday. “This is an incredible story about a mission accomplished extremely well,” said [...]
A New Day is Coming! Can the Future of America be brightened by a social and political revolution? Forces of Change vs. Forces of Failure by John P. Allen, General Manager of VeteransToday.com Ladies and Gentlemen, our country has just witnessed what is, in my personal view, a political huricane that will be felt all the way to the [...]
BAGHDAD — U.S. troops Wednesday rescued a U.S. citizen, Roy Hallums, held hostage in Iraq since November and also freed an Iraqi prisoner. Al Jazeera, the Arab television news agency, said the contractor was in good condition after he was rescued from a farmhouse 15 miles south of Baghdad. The U.S. military said it received [...]
Carmen Palmer of Jamaica (at left) whose U.S. Marine son died fighting in Iraq has finally been welcomed into the American Gold Star Mothers, which had banned non-citizens for the first 77 years of its existence. Within an hour she was enthralling fellow members with a moving description of her son’s devotion to America, “which he [...]
War veterans are the forgotten ‘displaced refugees’ On Thursday, Sep 01, 2005, in response to the HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist stated in a CNN interview that this is the first time the U.S.A. has had a “DISPLACED REFUGEE PROBLEM”??????????????????? Then What Kind Of Problem does Our Gov’t call 250,000-350,000 HOMELESS VETERANS LIVING ON THE STREETS OF [...]
Hurricane Katrina’s devastating blow has put a spotlight on the military’s helping hand and largely diverted Americans’ attention from the mix of grim and hopeless events playing out in Iraq. Even as thousands more troops poured into Louisiana and Mississippi on Tuesday to accelerate the search and rescue of stranded Katrina survivors, military officials in [...]
Are we still that Shining City on the Hill? Is the Bush Doctrine working for us here in Workplace America? An Official Editorial by John P. Allen, General Manager of VeteransToday.com Previous to 2000, we had friends all over the world and were that Shining City on the Hill as Ronald Reagan said. In 2005, we’ve lost [...]
WHY DID WE FAIL TO GET AN APOLOGY FROM JAPAN? In several other articles, I tried to explain where the project Getting an Apology from Japan stands . No one gave me any help so it was necessary to deduce the answer from what was happening. Without repeating everything , it appeared that the government [...]
Inspection finds CAT scans, MRIs delayed at VA hospitalBy John Pacenti Riviera Beach, Florida–A federal inspection of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center found nearly 3,000 patients were not provided CAT scans or MRIs in a timely fashion, including one veteran whose pervasive lung cancer went undiagnosed for 15 months. The backlog was rectified soon after [...]
Troops have begun the final search for hurricane survivors in New Orleans, steeling themselves for the task of harvesting the dead from the city’s streets. Days after Hurricane Katrina triggered the worst natural calamity in US history, officials prepared the country for a death toll that is expected to number in the thousands across the [...]
The leaders of our country have been negligent We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for [...]
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