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American Needs a Discussion About Mental Health and the Draft (www.veteranstoday.com)
The media recently asked Veterans for Common Sense about the choices available to President Obama and Secretary Gates on Afghanistan.
Submitted 3 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |
Follow up on the Army fixing recruitment goal numbers to justify SURGE in Afghanistan (www.veteranstoday.com)
A few days ago, we at Veterans Today received this feedback and commentary sent in by from Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense (VCS).
Submitted 3 months ago by indythinker | 2 Comments |
Obama is Looking for an Endgame. So Are We! (www.veteranstoday.com)
"Who is going to...tell us that our government must take immediate steps to root out corruption among Afghan government officials?
Submitted 3 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |
Video: Long War Needs Long Peace Movement
(bravenewfilms.org)
The simultaneous conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond are all connected to the Pentagon strategy of “the Long War” projected to last fifty years in “the arc of crisis” that just... More
Submitted 8 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |
House Takes Up $106 Billion Supplemental War Funding Bill (www.wsls.com)
A $106 billion bill to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan headed for a close vote in the House. The bill, which provides funds through the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30, would bring to nearly... More
Submitted 9 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
SENATE CONTRACTING SUBCOMMITTEE TO EXPLORE SECURITY CONTRACTS AT AFGHANISTAN EMBASSY (www.veteranstoday.com)
Senator Claire McCaskill's (MO)subcommittee will be continuing hearings about the mismanagement of contracts with a private security company in Afghanistan .
Submitted 9 months ago by indythinker | 0 Comments |
Jeremy Scahill: While Obama Escalates War in Afghanistan, Iraq Could Blow Up in His Face (www.huffingtonpost.com)
While the "surge" has been praised by Democrats and Republicans alike as having reduced violence in Iraq, this has always been a dishonest simplification of reality.
Submitted 11 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
No Mention Of Iraq In Bush’s Presidential Library Bio (thinkprogress.org)
Bush’s official 483-word bio on his presidential library website doesn’t have a single mention of the Iraq war. In fact, it has just one short paragraph devoted to national security issues —... More
Submitted 12 months ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
Fred Kagan: ‘The Iraqis Were Not Bitching’ About Civilian Deaths Because They ‘Sort Of Accept’ Them (thinkprogress.org)
AEI’s Fred Kagan, the architect of the Iraq surge, compared Afghanistan and Iraq, claiming that a notable difference between the two wars is that Iraqi civilians “were not bitching” when... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
U.S. Soldier Suicides Outnumber Combat Deaths in January (rawstory.com)
"If we lost that many soldiers to an enemy weapon system, the entire country would be outraged," says Paul Rieckhoff. "The Pentagon would be scrambling to do something about it. We need the same level... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by rmwarnick | 0 Comments |
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