Earlier this week, the New York Times’ Scott Shane published a bombshell piece about Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis, a 17-year Army veteran recently returne… Read more: Afghanistan Report New York Times, Daniel Davis, Afghanistan Report, Afghanistan War, Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis, Afghanistan Report Rolling Stone, Afghanistan, World News
American employers here are under no obligation to publicly report the deaths of their employees and frequently do not. While the military announces t… Read more: Afghanistan War American Worker Deaths, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Deaths, Afghanistan War Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan War American Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan War, World News
After returning from Afghanistan, a Tennessee man who loved to cut down trees and work on trucks lost his zest for life. Michael Lovely committed suic… Read more: Video, Afghanistan War Veteran, Veteran Suicide, Michael Lovely, Crossing Educational Center, Elkhart, Rob Staley, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Impact News
I have expressed increased concerns about our continued “involvement” in Afghanistan. I have mourned our casualties and fretted about our huge financial costs. But — perhaps insensitively so — I have not mentioned much about the suffering of the Afghan people. Read more: Afghanistan War Casualties, Internally Displaced Persons, Kabul-Afghanistan, Refugees, United Nations, Afghanistan War, [...]
Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of su… Read more: Iraq War, u.s. Military Spending, Afghanistan War, u.s. Defense Budget, U.S. Military, Democrats, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Our troops are professional and do their jobs — men and women, alike. Does Rick Santorum think we’re not? Read more: Gop Presidential Candidates, Pentagon, Iraq War, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Women in Combat, Women, US Military, Department of Defense, Military, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Women in the Military, Afghanistan [...]
WASHINGTON — After 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan, the American public has no way to know if the United States is winning the war or not. Unl… Read more: Obama Afghanistan, Afghan Security Forces, Afghanistan, Mitt Romney 2012, Afghan War, Mitt Romney, Obama-Afghan-War-Policy, Scaparrotti, Obama, Afghan War Progress, Iraq, Romney Afghanistan, World News
“Western soldiers will no longer be dying on a daily basis and, frankly, who will care any more about the deaths of Afghans after 2014? Can we honestly believe that, in this likely scenario, combating the abuse of poor children will be a priority?” Read more: Hamid Karzai, Najibullah Quaraishi, The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan, [...]
Last week the Obama administration sent clear signals that it was planning to fold its tents in Afghanistan earlier than previously advertised. That set off a flurry of speculation as to why and whether we were giving up on the mission. Most of the talk is about how a retreat could be accomplished with credibility [...]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of … Read more: Afghanistan u.s. Marines, Marines Afghanistan Ss Logo, Marines Photo Ss, Marines, Marines Nazi Flag, Afghanistan, Ss, Marines Afghanistan Nazi Symbol, u.s. Marines, Ap, Video, World [...]
