“The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fighting there or how many U.S. combat troops it will take to win.”
That’s how an Associated Press story, posted on August 13th, begins.
Even after 8 years of a Bush administration that looted the treasury and left the nation in a crazy amount of debt, in large part because of its commitment to the so called “wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan, the wars continue.
What’s missing, to a large extent, is a new debate — where’s the debate? And, as part of the debate, shouldn’t we include the voices of those who have served and who continue to serve — our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, daughters, sons — 1.6 million of them to date.
Are we watching passively while Barack Obama carries out the same policies as George W. Bush? Who is demanding to know just what the mission really is when 30,000 more troops are sent to Afghanistan? And don’t the years of experience that our soldiers have acquired count for anything as far as policy goes?
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“There are no more authoritative voices to speak out about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan than the people who have been there under fire,” declares singer Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman, Rage Against the Machine), as he leads an intense celebration of three days of intense, painful, and liberating testimony. And while James Gilligan reveals [...]
For the first time in history, women have combat and other front-line roles in the U.S. military, yet the military today is rife with sexual harassment…
Why are so many veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan psychologically damaged? Is it the natural trauma of war, or the product of military whose mission is to occupy and suppress the civilian population? Zollie Goodman recounts the racism against Iraqis imbued in his unit, while Kris Goldsmith reveals the hatred that finally made [...]
An Open Letter to Iraq Veterans Against the War Members and Supporters
From David Zeiger, Director of This is Where We Take Our Stand and Sir! No Sir!
Dear Friends,
As I write this, we are getting ready to post the fourth episode of This is Where We Take
Our Stand, our six-part web series about last year’s Winter [...]
As testimony continues, the question “What about the Iraqi people?” takes center stage. When you are part of an occupying army and most of them want to kill you, who do you blame?
February 17th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Well isn’t that lovely, let’s just bypass Congress (yet again). Is there no end to the gall of this man? He has spent his whole administration bashing the President we elected (twice), has committed us to more debt than all previous presidents combined and in the process alienated all Republicans, Representatives, Senators, and the public at large. One recent headline asked “Can Obama Rebuild Trust Among Republicans?”……….not on your life, since when was anyone ever interested in working with someone who slaps them around and then tries to “make nice”. Frankly, I wish he would stop spending our money and get out of our faces, AND our wallets!