http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:29 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:39:29 [link:www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/army_suicides_111309w/|Active-duty suicides almost double from Sept.]
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 13, 2009 18:36:27 EST

As many as 16 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in October, nine more than reported the month before, the Army... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/300 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:04:12 [link:www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/the-word-not-spoken-bagra_b_356921.html|The Word Not Spoken: Bagram]
Harry Shearer
Actor, author, director, satirist, musician, radio host, playwright, multi-media artist
Posted: November 13, 2009 11:50 AM

When the Fox network staged a special Veteran... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/301 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:49:15 http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2009/09/21/19/21web-McChrystal-major.major_story_img.prod_affiliate.91.jpg

[i]Relations have frayed between top U.S. officials and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan.[/i]


[link:www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/78813.html|Another Afghan... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/299 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:58:57 [link:www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/2266-veterans-died-in-200_n_353033.html|2,266 Veterans Died In 2008 Because They Were Uninsured]
The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel
First Posted: 11-10-09 06:38 PM | Updated: 11-10-09 06:49 PM

According to a study released by the Harvard Medical Sc... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/298 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:40:24 [link:www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/11/10/scans_show_ptsd_effects/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed1|Scans show PTSD effects]
By Lauran Neergaard
Associated Press / November 10, 2009

WASHINGTON - Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-trauma... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/297 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:06:41 http://www.lexrex.com/warracket1.jpg

[link:www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm|War Is A Racket]
by Two-Time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Major General Smedley D. Butler - USMC Retired



CHAPTER ONE

WAR IS A RACKET

WAR is a racket. It always has been.

It ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/296 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:35:23 Coming soon, to a port near you:


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... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/295 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:49 [link:www.alternet.org/story/143819/pentagon_pouring_your_money_into_afghanistan%3A_are_they_preparing_for_a_very_long_war|Pentagon Pouring Your Money Into Afghanistan: Are They Preparing for a Very Long War?]
By Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. Posted November 9, 2009.

In recent weeks, President Ob... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/294 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:59:47 I've been reading Jane Mayer's "The Dark Side" for about a month already. I can get maybe five to ten pages before I need to put it down for a while.

Obama's stance on torture makes me nuts. Big time, full time torture started in Afghanistan right after the invasion. Extraordinary rendition (aka... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/293 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:00:23 http://www.commondreams.org/files/article_images/troopsfedup.jpg


[link:www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/06-4|US Fed Up With Troops Dying to Prop Up Karzai]
by Paul McGeouh in Kabul
Published on Friday, November 6, 2009 by The Sydney Morning Herald

It seems that Hamid Karzai just can't... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/292 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:38:55 We are already at nine American deaths this month and it's only the sixth of November.

If you look at previous Novembers in this occupation,

2001 --> 4 American soldiers died
2002 --> 8 American soldiers died
2003 --> 1 American soldier died
2004 --> 4 American soldiers died
2005 --> 4 Am... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/291 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:24 [link:www.airforcetimes.com/news/2009/11/airforce_eielson_taser_110409w/|Eielson airmen Taser 81-year-old priest]
By Erik Holmes
Posted : Wednesday Nov 4, 2009 14:09:04 EST

How many airmen does it take to arrest an 81-year-old preacher?

Four, apparently — plus a Taser.

Airmen from the 354... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/290 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:49:03 http://www.stripes.com/photos/65844_113164210b.jpg

[i]Homeless veterans in Las Vegas, who are working with U.S. Vets to get back on their feet, play dominoes in the shade of a parking garage in September.[/i]


[link:www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=65844|VA unveils strategy to ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/289 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:26:14 [link:watchingamerica.com/News/36652/everything-points-to-war/|Everything Points to War]
Junge Welt, Germany
Translated By Ron Argentati
30 October 2009
Edited by Alex Brewer

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed the $680 billion defense budget for 2010 into law. Of that, $130 billion ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/288 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:10:38 [link:www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/78153.html|Weapons sales are on the rise in Latin America]
By Juan O. Tamayo | The Miami Herald
Posted on Monday, November 2, 2009

Whether it's called an "arms race" or a "coincidental modernization" of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/287 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:11:17 http://www.armytimes.com/xml/news/2009/10/military_afghanistan_foreign_insurgents_103109/103109ap_taliban_800.JPG

[i]Self-described Taliban fighters pose in October 2006 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. A U.S. military commander says there is a "wildfire" of foreign insurgent support coming into A... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/286 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:52:02 http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2009/10/30/1256957944_6175/539w.jpg

[i]Gulf War veteran Tinamarie Polverari greeted a fellow resident at Jackie K's House for homeless women veterans.[/i]


[link:www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/31/for_these_women_v... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/285 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:44:41 [link:www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103003759.html?hpid=topnews|U.S. combat injuries rise sharply]
y Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 31, 2009

[b]More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three month... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/284 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:25:39 margotb822 asked this question: [link:www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6872881|What happened to actual filibusters?]

The threat of the filibuster is enough to make Harry Ried's balls shrink to the size of peas. The Dems say: Oh noes, a filibuster!

Here'... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/283 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:05:25 [link:www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Opinions/Columns/28-Oct-2009/140000-troops-are-not-enough|140,000 troops are not enough]
Arif Ayub
Published: October 28, 2009

Reports on General McChrystal’s request for a further 40,000 US troops to stabilise the situation i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/282 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:53:41 [link:www.military.com/news/article/russia-to-fill-iraq-afghan-helo-orders.html?wh=news|Russia to Fill Iraq, Afghan Helo Orders]
October 26, 2009
Knight Ridder/Tribune

Thanks to the Pentagon and most likely the American taxpayer, the skies of Afghanistan will again be filled with the distinctiv... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/281 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:04:35 http://www.stripes.com/09/oct09/webart1023b.jpg

[i]U.S. soldiers escort Afghan detainees, who were rounded up for the bombing death of an American bomb technician in Wardak province, at Bagram Air Field on October 12. The detainees were then handed over to Afghan intelligence officials for prosec... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/280 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:44:24 [link:smirkingchimp.com/thread/24461|Depleted Uranium: The Dead Babies in Iraq and Afghanistan Are No Joke]
by Dave Lindorff | October 20, 2009 - 10:25am

The horrors of the US Agent Orange defoliation campaign in Vietnam, about which I wrote on Oct. 15, could ultimately be dwarfed by the horror... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/279 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:27:44 [link:www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/77360.html|An air bridge to Afghanistan is growing more important]
By Chuck Crumbo | The State
Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009

CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. -- The C-5A transport's four engines let out a collective groan as the gigantic plane lifted o... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/278 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:59:57 http://www.truthout.org/files/images/101709C.jpg

[i]America's military kids are showing symptoms of deployment-related stress, virtual mirrors of their parents who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. [/i]


[link:www.truthout.org/101709C|Military Children in Crisis]
Saturday 17 October 2009
by: ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/unhappycamper/277 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:31:00