Not Wikileaks, Not Snowden… White House Outs CIA Station Chief
Published on Monday, May 26, 2014 by Common Dreams – Sarah Lazare, staff writer The White...
Read MorePublished on Monday, May 26, 2014 by Common Dreams – Sarah Lazare, staff writer The White...
Read MoreU.S. spent roughly $25 billion last year on what’s loosely known as security assistance
Read MoreMore than 24,000 MRAPs were built for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan starting in 2007 in a crash program that cost some $45 billion, according to Pentagon figures.
Read MoreBe careful, North Korea, Maher warned, “With Afghanistan winding down, America is dangerously close to not having a war. And if you know our history, you know that is something we will not tolerate.”
Read MoreA NATO air attack in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 10 children, officials said Sunday.
Read More…ironically, the U.S. will most likely end up negotiating with the Taliban to end this war, something our government refused to do after 9-11 when it launched the invasion instead. So, 11 years of war, more than 2,000 U.S. troops dead and tens of thousands wounded will have all been for nothing, to arrive at the same opportunity that was available without America’s longest war. Thousands of Afghans have been killed, and the population has suffered enormously.
Read More“Bill O’Reilly supports America’s troops by sending them what they need most on the battlefield: his book.”
Read MoreAl Jazeera’s Listening Post covers the media coverage of 9/11 from its inception to today. This week on the Listening Post: A special look at the media in the post-9/11 world. Few would forget where they were on September...
Read MoreIt is time to bring our troops home. We need them here helping to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and defending us against the rampant pillaging of our treasury on Wall Street. We want them out of harm’s way.
Read MoreThe good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so..
Read MoreOrganized marches are underway in front of White House and Marine Brig in Quantico, Virginia in support of alleged whistleblower Bradley Manning. Early reports on Twitter indicate Capitol Police are keeping press away from the march at the White House.
Read MoreThe footage captured by freelance cameraman Vaughan Smith, who spent two weeks embedded with the paramedics of the US Army’s 214th Aviation Regiment in Afghanistan, reveal just a taste of the hell we have sent our kids into.
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