The war against Afghanistan continues to be portrayed by President Obama, and other government officials—with the help of a compliant and complicit media—as a
Category: War
When do soldiers die “in vain?”
Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon said it about the soldiers they commanded in Vietnam. The two presidents did not want any fallen soldier in
Democrats could give Obama cover for Libya
“When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” These are famous and not unexpected words from Richard Nixon in his
Deciphering the double-speak of U.S. foreign policy
One of the most crazy-making aspects of political news is having to listen to government double-speak, especially when it involves foreign policy. When the
Heroin deaths rise: Afghanistan war is to blame
Jessie Outhouse of East Alton, Illinois, was found dead on June 13th, 2011 from what is believed to be Madison Count’s 12th heroin overdose
Honor Flight: Remembering, wondering
My Southwest Airlines “A” boarding pass on flight #427 from Baltimore to Albany lost its advantage last week, as I was bumped to the
Obama adopts and extends Bush’s war policies
The main tenet of the Bush Doctrine was the policy of preventive war—using the U.S. military to attack and destroy enemies the administration deemed
On the killing of Osama Bin Laden
Like most of us, I’ve been reading responses to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by order of President Obama to the Joint Special
A “that-won’t-fly” zone for the US
President Obama says that the NATO coalition enforced the no-fly zone in Libya to protect innocent human lives. The idealist in me views that
Five shocking, secret plans for a nation at wars
A recent report from a subsidiary of Wikileaks has blown the lid off some shocking secret plans for America’s three wars. Unfortunately, no mainstream