Dr. Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute on Generating Crises and Winning Votes by Pretending to Solve Them: President […]
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Wouldn't it be great if wars could be fought just by the assholes who started them? – The Postman
Killing Soldiers With Incompetence
Ed Offley, writing for Military.com on Same Old Story – Combat Gear Comes Too Late: I wish I could be secretary of Defense for one day. I wouldn't spend the […]
Read moreIf I Had A Rocket Launcher…
Jo Tuckman of the Houston Chronicle on Activist seeks justice for massacred Guatemalans: Indigenous activist and grieving survivor Rosalina Tuyuc kneels to tidy the flowers and candles forming an improvised […]
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The New York Times on When Soldiers Go Without Paychecks: Members of the National Guard and the various military reserves joined up to be part-time civilian soldiers, called up during […]
Read moreSecure That Opinion Soldier!
Mike Litwin of the Rocky Mountain News on Gag order leaves troops, reporters speechless: Before the press was herded into the giant hangar in advance of George W. Bush's pep […]
Read moreTurn, Turn, Turn
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute on Turning Point" in the War in Iraq: But Which Way Is It […]
Read moreWhat Support?!
Don Williams of New Millenium Writings on Who really supported troops? So just who truly supported the troops? Those who sent them to Iraq with no clear plan for bringing […]
Read moreDr. No on Veteran and Military Health Care
Representative Ron Paul on Mistreating Soldiers and Veterans: Congress recently voted to send $87 billion to Iraq, money that will be used to build everything from roads to power plants […]
Read moreClucking The Days Away
Oliver Willis has an interesting post on the "Chickenhawk Debate" over here. Here's the point, and it doesn't take a brain surgeon to get it: the people who are supporting […]
Read moreChild Support Fraud
Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks on Defrauded Veterans Have Mixed Emotions on Veterans Day: For Torrance photographer Taron James, a decorated veteran of Operation Northern Watch, Veterans Day always […]
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