On 15 November, America officially left Iraq – mission accomplished, the war is over. While pondering the rights and wrongs of the intervention in Iraq, I heard about Sam Main a young Scottish student who was thrown of the Edinburgh to Perth train by the ‘Big Man’ for not having a ticket. Read more: Saddam [...]
Mission freakin’ accomplished. I don’t care how ironic that sounds to some, it’s true. Osama Bin Laden declared war on America, waged that war for years (and killed Americans in doing so), then hid for many more years, and was finally hunted down and killed like an animal. Mission accomplished. I wouldn’t care, at this [...]
Mission freakin’ accomplished. I don’t care how ironic that sounds to some, it’s true. Osama Bin Laden declared war on America, waged that war for years (and killed Americans in doing so), then hid for many more years, and was finally hunted down and killed like an animal. Mission accomplished. I wouldn’t care, at this [...]
He’s dead. Mission accomplished. Capture or Kill. Done and done. The consequences of failure were dire, and the mission was very dangerous. Our soldiers and their civilian support had to get him, and they did. Congratulations, gratitude and respect to them. But I don’t agree with our president, that it’s a “great day for America.” [...]
Before President Obama announced Bin Laden’s death the big topic in Washington was the deficit. Pundits and politicians alike eagerly anticipated a possible “bi-partisan” budget-cutting deal forged by “selfless” Republicans and Democrats. Deficits will be the hot topic again after the excitement dies down. But Bin Laden’s death is a timely reminder of what happened [...]
9/11—Mission Accomplished? By Nila Sagadevan for Veterans Today “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke Having researched the 9/11 cover-up full-time for several years and done my bit as an activist, I had finally decided to withdraw in utter frustration at my seeming [...]
Warning: Political Violence. Reader Discretion Advised. Some Scenes May Be Too Intense for Young Children and Reactionaries. My name is Rick. I’m a small-town sheriff. I live in Cynthiana, Kentucky. Or rather lived. I woke up alone in a hospital. The staff had fled. My wife Lori and son Carl were missing. And worst of [...]
By now you’ve probably seen (or at least heard about) the recent WikiLeaks logs on Iraq (and previously on Afghanistan), which reveal a pattern of widespread brutality and official policies that belie any public overtures to liberation or human rights. For all of their impact and historical import, the WikiLogs are particularly noteworthy in that [...]
By now you’ve probably seen (or at least heard about) the recent WikiLeaks logs on Iraq (and previously on Afghanistan), which reveal a pattern of widespread brutality and official policies that belie any public overtures to liberation or human rights. For all of their impact and historical import, the WikiLogs are particularly noteworthy in that [...]
It is noteworthy that the U.S. military’s war in Iraq is officially over and that American troops are returning home after 7 ½ bloody years. Mission Accomplished. Major combat operations over. Sounds eerily familiar. The question remains: are we really leaving? And was it worth the bloodshed? In my books, we’re getting while the getting’s [...]
