
U.S. sees need for "tangible action" on Iran: Israel
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Professional soldiers are, by virtue of their humanity, anti-war.
Music antiwar video
Child actor Mike Humphries, who played the young Forrest Gump (way back in 1994) has been in the Army for a few years now. He exits the service (barring another stop-loss) in June, and returns to acting.
Hawkish war threats directed at Iran
The US terror war is a plan of organized deception that is focused more upon the American people than upon any enemy nation. The cycle of attacks and retribution is part of a psy-ops campaign of fear meant to frighten the people into complying
Key war on terror architect Douglas Feith has now confirmed Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Wesley Clark in admitting that the so-called War on Terror is a hoax. [in his new book of course]
Is making a profit off the war immoral? It is an old and well established American Tradition, dating from the very beginning. Making a killing off the killing? Why not? If you don't someone else, greedier than you, will grab your share!
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Former Army Sgt. Sam Provance was the only uniformed military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib who broke the code of silence surrounding the infamous prisoner abuses.
Sanchez writes, “It was now crystal clear that a major success had to occur in Iraq before the presidential elections. Critical decisions affecting Iraq would be tied directly to ensuring the success of President Bush’s reelection campaign.”
The mother of Pat Tillman is speaking out about her son’s death in her first television interview, to be broadcast this Sunday on 60 Minutes. Video from CBS’s Early Show, broadcast May 2, 2008.
So "Bannergate" was born -- along with the image of the president spiking the ball on the five-yard line before scoring a real touchdown. "He blamed the sailors for something that his advance team staged," said General Wesley Clar
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