Category Archives: iraq,afghanistan
Memorial Day 2012: The Perpetual Cost in Human Lives, PTSD, Suicide and Other Issues
Al Waleed Border Crossing 2007 On Memorial Day there will be many official observances at various Military and Veterans cemeteries to honor the members of the United States Military that have died in the service of our country throughout our … Continue reading
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The Fallen: Remembering the Human Cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Today I read through and looked at the pictures of every American service member to die in harm’s way since last Memorial Day in this week’s Navy Times. When I looked at those pictures of men and women, officers and … Continue reading
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Armed Forces Day 2012: The Disconnection of the Military and Society and the Terrible Result
Armed Forces Day was celebrated in some locales Saturday but I would dare say that the vast majority of Americans didn’t notice it. Meanwhile under 50 “Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans” from Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Against the War got lots … Continue reading
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Remembering the Killing of Osama Bin Laden While Realistically Looking at Afghanistan and Pakistan
A year ago US Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six and other Special Operations Forces made a daring night raid into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden had orchestrated the Al Qaeda attacks on September 11th 2001 which … Continue reading
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Failing to Learn from History: The Lesson of the First Anglo-Afghan War and Questions about the US-NATO Campaign
“The Americans in Afghanistan are Demons. They claim they burned Korans by mistake, but really those were “Satanic acts that will never be forgiven by apologies.” Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai It seems that we in the West seldom learn from … Continue reading
Unforced Errors: The Bane of the American-NATO Campaign in Afghanistan
The Scene at one of the Houses (Reuters: Ahmad Nadeem) The efforts of the United States in Afghanistan and chances of coming out with anything resembling a successful conclusion to the longest war in its history are being destroyed by … Continue reading
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Not Alone: The Real Warriors Campaign
“Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.” William Tecumseh Sherman When I returned from Iraq in February 2008 it began the most difficult … Continue reading
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God in the Empty Places: Four Years Later
Four years ago I was leaving Iraq for Kuwait, the first stop in the process of coming home. At that point I wanted to go home but I didn’t want to go either. It was the beginning of a new … Continue reading
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Iraq Commitment Medal
The US Military campaign in Iraq ended at the end of 2011 and in a ceremony marking that the Iraqi government authorized the United States and other coalition partners to award a medal on their behalf to soldiers that served … Continue reading
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