US IN SEARCH OF ENEMIES By Dr Rodrigue Tremblay "I am as intolerant of imperialistic designs on the part of other nations as I was of such designs on the part of Germany. The choice is between two ideals; on the one hand, the ideal of democracy, which represents the rights of free peoples everywhere [...]
CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: AMERICAN MONEY PAYS, AMERICAN JOBS LOST, ISRAEL AND KARZAI SPLIT THE PROFITS “Israeli company wins $350m. tender to produce APCs for Afghanistan troops” By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Banned from American “mainstream” news, the Jerusalem Post reports: The Israeli Palsan company won a tender to supply $350 million in armored personnel carriers [...]
In today’s Sphere political blog we find a story entitled Medics Accused of Ignoring Dying Pregnant Woman that more or less says it all. Is this the state of government in our country when two city EMT’s can calmly order breakfast when a pregnant woman has a siezure in the same coffeeshop where they are eating? [...]
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR CPL BUCKLES OUR LAST WW1 VETERAN ALIVE IN US! During this holiday week please take a minute and add your support for Cpl Buckles our last World War One Veteran in the US. Click and Write your letter to US Representatives. Then go to Facebook and join the support for his efforts. [...]
In today’s Politics Daily blurb entitled Allegation: Some Contractors in Afghanistan Paying Protection Money to Taliban we find out that the Taliban are able to buy sophisticated weaponry to fight U.S. forces mostly because U.S. contractors in Afghanistan are paying Taliban chieftans big money to leave them and their construction projects alone! In essence U.S. government [...]
By Kathryn Joyce AlterNet Thanks to anti-abortion forces in Congress and other culture warriors, female soldiers are not protected by the Constitution they defend. "You hear these legends of coat-hanger abortions," a 26-year-old former Marine sergeant told me recently, "but there are no coat hangers in Iraq. I looked." Amy (who prefers not to use [...]
US: WAR ABROAD POVERTY AT HOME Brig Asif Haroon Raja STAFF WRITER/Veterans Today and Opinion Maker USA is the largest economic power of the world and strongest military power in human history. Its moral, political, and diplomatic strength which was at its peak till 9/11 has drastically eroded after the fateful event. Collapse of Soviet [...]
Earth, Too Big to Fail? The End of US Relevance Cruise missile attacks in Yemen Stunning Statistics About the Afghanistan War Barrier along Gaza border called ‘wall of shame’ Related Posts:No Related Posts
In today’s New York Times we get glimpses of the police state that we have become rearing its ugly head out from underneath the warm covers of citizen nonchalance that has come to signify America’s civic laziness in the last fifty years. The price in our personal liberty that we are about to pay for [...]
Salem, Oregon Veterans’ advocate role is wide open Prescott, Arizona Views mixed over news of health care reform Lethbridge, Alberta Canada Honours 105-year-old Female Veteran Boston, Massachusetts Brigham gets $3.4 million for face transplants Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Veterans encounter problems with ID cards Related Posts:No Related Posts
The Associated Press is reporting in this morning’s Washington Post that there has been a tragedy involving the Coast Guard and a recreational boat observing a Christmas light pageant off San Diego. The piece’s title tells all. The story is entitled 1 dead, 5 hurt in Coast Guard boat collision in CA . Our hearts go [...]
In an unbelievable story from tonight’s Washington Post we learn that yesterday during the record breaking Washington D.C. snowstorm a friendly neighborhood snowball fight occurred at 14th and U streets in the city. The article’s title Snowball fight takes dangerous turn when police officer draws gun pretty much tells the story. A city detective’s personal car [...]
"THE VIETNAM SYNDROME by Bob Hanafin, Staff Writer Many believe it was not the Armed Forces, but the will of the American people, that failed during the Vietnam War. The specter of Vietnam still influences decisions in Washington. The will of the people was eliminated from Operation Desert Storm, and it is, arguably, no longer [...]
GULF WAR ILLNESS IN COMPARISON A little comparison here with another well known Retrovirus ie AIDS AIDS number in US 1.1mil- Funding for AIDS in US (Does not count government or nonprofit funding from the US to other countries!) CDC HIV/AIDS Funding $534,987,079 HOPWA Funding $267,417,000 SAMHSA HIV/AIDS Funding $104,321,529 OMH HIV/AIDS Funding $7,282,493 Ryan White [...]
ACLU BLOCKS ILLEGAL INTIMIDATION OF VET PROTESTORS “ZEN GARDEN” NOT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS VETS IN FATCAT NEIGHBORHOOD By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor Beverly Hills multi-millionaire socialite and retired insurance exec Frank Raab wrote the LA Times complaining that the ACLU was defending veterans opposing his “Zen Garden” project meant to take the place of [...]
WILL THE VA EVER DO WHAT IS RIGHT TO GET ANSWERS AND HELP FOR GULF WAR VETERAN? GULF WAR VETERANS NEED CONCENTRATED ATTENTION NOW The number of Chronic Fatigue/ME in the civilian population ranges in estimated numbers here in US at 1-4 million people. The number of Gulf War Veterans that deployed to the war close [...]
Women and war Political Cartoons of the week World must prepare for climate migration Oil, Not a Drug so Much as a Pandora’s Box No reason for optimism about war in Afghanistan Plight of contractor raped in Iraq spurs push in Congress Related Posts:No Related Posts
We have three articles from today’s New York Times which show very clearly why our constant efforts at ‘nation building’ are often a waste of time. And that is to say nothing of the American blood being shed needlessly with the associated shattered lives of soldiers and sailors, airmen and marines. This is also usually a [...]
Illustration: Barry Blitt NYT By Frank Rich The New York Times As we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree upon: The person of the year is not Ben Bernanke, no matter how insistently Time magazine tries to hype him into its pantheon. The Fed chairman was just as [...]
A plot developed among a group of Muslims, possibly as far back as 1994. These were followers of Osama bin Laden, young Arab men intent upon preserving and restoring fundamenalist Islamic society throughout the Arab world by any means necessary. We will call this initial group “plotters”.
Clarksville, Kentucky Outreach effort to assist needy vets Houston, Texas Duckworth looks out for her fellow veterans Park City, Utah Park City honors families of wounded soldiers Wausau, Wisconsin Area Veterans Give Away 300 Hams for Christmas Highland Park, New Jersey Highland Park to Convert church to Vet’s housing Related Posts:No Related Posts
Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree An Indictment against the Mainstream Media I’d like to start by tipping my hat to Markos Moulitsas, founder and spiritual leader of the very popular website, Daily Kos, for setting that gasbag, Chris Matthews, straight. He also put Tom Tancredo in his place several weeks earlier, so I guess he’s [...]
In an article from today’s New York Times entitled Channeling Sunni Rage Into Iraqi Political Clout we learn that Iraq’s politically disenfranchised Sunni sheiks are starting to unite politically within the political system to subvert the system itself. They are interested in establishing ongoing obstructionist government to subvert the will of the Shia majority in [...]
Tonight’s late edition of the New York Times is running a special series in the Opinion section that holds a collection of letters to the editor concerning soldier suicides per the wars in western Asia. It is a must read for veterans. The article What to Say After a Soldier’s Suicide is insightful and shows that [...]
A surge of dollars in Afghanistan U.S. prosecution links drugs to terrorism CIA working with Palestinian security agents Credit Rating Finaglers Freed by Meek Congress Pakistan Insurgents form smaller cells in heart of nation Related Posts:No Related Posts
The Associated Press has just reported that a new phase of what we have known as "the Iraq war" is apparently starting. Iraqi troops have mobilized near Oil Well #4 and it is not clear whether or not Iranian troops are still in that area. This is occuring as this is written about 200 miles from Baghdad. [...]
By Jeremy Scahill The Nation In early November, five British soldiers in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand Province were killed in an attack at a checkpoint. Six other British soldiers and two members of the Afghan National Police were wounded. The attacker was also a member of the ANP working alongside the British troops. He had been [...]
In today’s New York Times we find more information posted relative to the Iranian seizure of an Iraqi oil field in an article entitled Iraq Says Iran Occupied a Border Oil Field . Both nations are telling confusing stories that do not mesh. More to come I am sure. In a related story concerning events [...]
Eugene, Oregon Homeless Vet’s Death Remembered Topeka, Kansas Kansas Lottery launches veterans tickets St. Joseph, Minnesota Vets take final walk to remember Jacob Union Grove, Wisconsin Veterans May Lose Homes in Racine County Morristown, New Jersey Roxbury military veterans earn service medals Related Posts:No Related Posts
AWAITING A CHRISTMAS FORGOTTEN BEFORE IT CAME DECEMBER 1914 By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor In 1914, during the first bleak Christmas in the trenches of Europe, Christmas came and war stopped. Informal truces were declared, war stopped and men who had been killing each other crossed No Man’s Land, and approached their bitter enemy [...]
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