As we remember prisoners of wars and missing in action and those that gave their all, their very lives in war. Let us remember also the veterans- the Atomic Veterans, the Agent Orange Veterans, the Gulf War illness veterans, the Burn Pits and veterans who are ill from OIF and OEF.
Annually America’s warrior tradition is commemorated in major media editorials and op-eds, honoring fallen men and women for reasons not explained.
The U.S. criminal apparatus extreme violations and assaults on human self-dignity and global citizenry decency is unprecedented in documented historical recorded events.
Veterans Today includes many posts regarding Israeli/Arab/Palestinian conflict. The venom expressed in some of the posts struck me as worth time and effort devoted to research on what motivates people – to take a position on Middle Eastern warfare. Of course this topic could and does fill libraries.
As we look at twenty years since the Gulf War 1990-91/Operation Desert Storm the writer has to wonder have we made headway? The writer wants the President, the VA, the DOD, the legislators both US Senators and Representatives to hear from the veterans that counted on our government to do the right thing morally and ethically. If we had really been tuned into the history of the veterans of World War 1, Atomic Veterans, and Agent Orange Veterans we would not have been so deceived. Maybe the All Volunteer Force would not have been reality. Maybe a draft would still be in affect. But the troops felt it a DUTY, A Sacred Duty to serve their country. They were well educated and trained. Many were college graduates, almost all had completed high school and had a beginning on college level education, in total a different profile than the Vietnam Veterans. Many had families with military traditions and service.
What makes the most fantastic and undocumented war-launching and war-prolonging lies credible are differences and prejudices, against others and in favor of our own. Without religious bigotry, racism, and patriotic jingoism, wars would be harder to sell.
Newly released files confirm Saddam Hussein tried to broker a last-minute peace deal in 1991 , blocked by President Bush who feared negotiations might defuse the Iraq-Kuwait crisis and prevent the Gulf War Investigative reporter Robert Parry adds further details. The [peace] offer, relayed via Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Nizar Hamdoon, reached Washington on August 9 [1990]. According [...]
Anniversary of Gulf War at President Bush Library at College Station Texas coverage
UK Gulf War Veterans still ill just as US veterans and other coalition forces. Waiting for their governments to care for them in a timely manner. What is the reason for the delay. It has been 20 years and many thousands have died.
Shuttle Discovery’s Lead Spacewalker Hurt in Bicycle Accident by Willam Harwood Space station veteran Timothy Kopra, scheduled for launch Feb. 24 aboard the shuttle Discovery, was injured in a bicycle accident Saturday, a NASA official said. The injury was not life threatening and the NASA official, citing medical privacy issues, provided no additional details. But multiple [...]
New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON – Wisconsin Veterans Museum Press Release) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open The Scorching Desert Sun: A Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm exhibit on Friday, January 14, 2011. The exhibit will remain on display until March 31, 2011. [via 91 Outcomes] As a photographer [...]
VETERAN EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS General Wayne Downing To Be Honored By Ross Perot, Vice Admiral William McRaven, Major General William Garrison(ret) Perot, military dignitaries to attend Downing fundraiser Educational wall one of the projects to honor late general.Zoom Photos. .The General Wayne A. Downing memorial statue. By DAVE HANEY (dhaney@pjstar.com) Journal Star Posted Oct 04, [...]
The Gulf War Veterans Who Are Ill Await News from the International Meeting of XMRV/MLV Researchers at the NIH The gulf war veterans who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia await news also and wonder when they will be a cohort group for testing. Many are anxious to be tested just to get some [...]
Health Data Shunned by Mainstream Media This research on health findings in Iraq is truly astonishing and points to Cancers being seen in Iraq. It also points to children’s health and the potential alteration in the ratio of male to female population trend being seen in Iraq. The question would also surface of what [...]
Gulf War Veterans Fighting For Their Lives Do you Hear Us Now? As we look to new research, we constantly have to review past research. Dr Bach is now carrying on the work on Hypercoagulation in Gulf War Veterans and we await more of his results to be shared and published. This indeed is research [...]
Gulf War Veterans 90-91 Need Help – Calls for National Collaboration to all Scientist, Researchers, Universities and Government Agencies Gulf War Veterans both deployed and some that were non-deployed still seek complete and thorough answers. We will not leave any behind! For twenty years the Gulf War Veterans of Operation Desert Storm have fought their [...]
Expert testifies about meds Pharmacist one of five witnesses called before defense rests By JUSTIN STORY, The Daily News, jstory@bgdailynews.com/783-3256 Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:46 AM CDT An expert witness testified Tuesday to the possibility that Randall Creek might have experienced side effects of a prescription steroid medication for a skin rash at the moment [...]
We are asking veterans that attended to offer comments of what quotes they remember from the dinner in Dallas for the NGWRC. Below is the introductory comments from the MC for the dinner. Friday, August 6, 2010 National Gulf War Resource Center 20th Anniversary Gulf War Reunion and Health Fair Banquet Speech – Master of [...]
The meeting sponsored by NGWRC and agenda at www.NGWRC,org is in full action now. Today has includes a well-informed update by Dr Robert Haley, UTSWMedical. The research that we have highlighted here on Veterans Today has brought alot of hope to veterans wanting to get to the high level diagnostic abilities that pinpoints the damage. The [...]
Exclusive Interview with North Texas Ill Gulf War Veteran, Mike Hood PT1: PT2: PT3: PT4: PT5: This is a first for this staff writer to do video interviewing for Veterans Today. It is in several parts due to the length of the interview Related Posts:Gulf War Illness, Chronic Fatigue, Blood Ban, Sarin Affects, 911 Rescuers [...]
It is with the purpose of freedom- of being able to read all sides of the issue- that I share this resource I found that is available at http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2010/07/iraq-cry-tamara-journal-of-critical.html It is published in full from that site below. We should seek to understand all sides, all facts, and all views in our analysis of the [...]
The news out of the Hearing on Dissatisfied Gulf War Veterans occurred on July 27th in The House committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations. The video is archived on the House Committee web site and the submitted testimony is accessable on that website. The news was that the documents on Depleted Uranium that [...]
- Friends recall life of former Marine killed at Togus - By Nick Sambides Jr. BDN Staff An ailing Grindstone man and former U.S. Marine fatally shot by law enforcement officers near a veterans hospital Thursday was remembered by friends Friday as a generous, considerate man who struggled heroically to overcome a rare form of cancer [...]
One month before the most important meeting for all veterans and especially the Gulf War Veterans 1990-1991 who are coming together in Dallas, Texas. The location was chosen because it is in the center of the country where the Gulf War Veterans came together for the first time nationally and internationally. It is the home [...]
Today a true American is being put to rest beside his loving childhood love, his wife. Having met Senator Byrd, in my work on behalf of fellow gulf war veterans and having heard him speak at a veterans’ function years ago when he was awarded the outstanding Senator from that organization. I want to say [...]
By Eric Athas in the Post Mason Alsaleh was sound asleep when he was attacked at a U.S. Army outpost in northwest Iraq.What happened that August night last year left the 48-year-old interpreter disfigured and unable to sleep, his mind muddled with paranoia, his temper short. But Alsaleh’s injuries — including what look today like [...]
Part 2 Desert Storm Veterans/Gulf War 1 Veterans Recent Deaths We remember and honor each of these veterans who were exposed to toxins in the Gulf War. Do not let deaths be in vain. Their families and survivors need to be remembered! They need attention now. James T. Odom | ODOM JAMES THOMAS ODOM (Age [...]
The VA First Internal Evidence Of Change For Gulf War Veterans Of 1990-91 Does Not Transmit President Obama Pledge For Transparency in Government VETERANS AFFAIRS FIRST OUTWARD EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR TASK FORCE EFFECTS ACTUALLY SHOWS FEBRUARY 4,2010 In November the VA Research Advisory Committee met and was to be followed the day after by [...]
Benefits reconsidered for ill Gulf War vets By Kimberly Hefling – The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department says it will look again at the rejected claims of veterans who say their Gulf War service caused a mysterious illness, the first step toward potentially compensating them nearly two decades after the war ended. [...]
He said the swift victory in the war was an “incredible rehabilitation” for the Army. The malaise that hung around the military following the Vietnam War and the stagnation of the Cold War made the Persian Gulf War an opportunity to show the world what the U.S. military could do, he said.
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