Tag Archives: iraq war
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
Filed under Foreign Policy, iraq,afghanistan, News and current events, Politics
Travels and Tribulations: Padre Steve’s Thoughts on Airport Security and Shared Sacrifice
Your Papers Please… “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin it is going to be a busy couple of weeks. I will be on the road a … Continue reading
Filed under national security, PTSD, travel
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
Filed under faith, iraq,afghanistan, Military, PTSD, Tour in Iraq
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
Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, Military, PTSD, Tour in Iraq
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
Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan
Atrocity in War: The Afghanistan Video
“Our men can’t make this change from normal civilians into warriors and remain the same people … the abnormal world they have been plunged into, the new philosophies they have had to assume or perish inwardly, the horrors and delights … Continue reading
Filed under iraq,afghanistan, Military, national security, News and current events
The Last Troops Leave as Sunnis Quit Iraqi Parliament
The final contingent of American Soldiers except those assigned to the US Embassy. The last US military installation in Iraq, Camp Adder near Nasiriya during the cover of night to avoid traffic jams and for their security. As the 500 … Continue reading
Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, middle east, Military
Marking the Illusion of Peace: December 6th 1941
A great war was already going on in Europe, Asia and the Middle East but most Americans lived as if war would never happen. It didn’t seem to matter that that Nazi Germany had conquered all of Western Europe and … Continue reading
Filed under History, Military, national security, world war two in the pacific
