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Ron Paul's Effort to End The War

"It's Time To March Home."

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US People Detached from the True Cost of War?

Suicide rates in the U.S. military are at record levels. Are these deaths a result of... more

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Vets Ask Obama to Send No More Troops

Veterans ask Obama to send no more troops to Afghanistan... more

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Obama’s Agenda Continues To Put Troops at Risk

This article is about Obama and his indecision, while troops are dying.

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Whistleblowers: Blackwater approved $1M in payoffs of Iraqi officials

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Veteran's Day Troop Tribute Episode

In honor of Veteran's Day tribute is a special "Veteran's Day Troop Tribute"... more

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The Fort Hood Shock: Coincidence or Photo Op?

Someone clue me in here. Are the people in our intelligence agencies complete idiots?

It’s November 10th, 2009, the day before Veterans Day. President Obama visits Ft. Hood to mourn with those military families who lost friends and loved ones at the hands of a domestic “terrorist,” who just happens to be a Muslim and who committed this crime so close to Veterans Day and while Obama is on the brink of making a decision to send tens of thousands more troops to the war in Afghanistan (against Muslims) amidst very strong public opinion to get out of that war. Well it was strong, until this shocking “terrorist” act took place. http://stopwar.lafilmonline.com//?p=166

This is absolutely amazing. We have the most well equipped military and intelligence agencies in the world and yet they can’t stop known terror suspects with simple box cutters who even trained in U.S. flight schools - they can’t stop those guys from hijacking five planes and crashing into the Pentagon and the twin towers; and they can’t stop this guy Hasan, who they have known evidence on as well with his relations with a known terrorist sympathizer and they even employ him on a military base.

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There are those who question the whole legitimacy of 9/11 as a purely terrorist act. There were no aircraft engine parts found at the Pentagon on 9/11. Instead they found what appeared to be a hole in the building made by a missile. Some demolition experts believe the twin towers were destroyed with explosives by demolition experts - like our highly trained military who specialize in such things perhaps? There are questions about flight 93 that crashed in a farm field in Pennsylvania, supposedly headed for Washington D.C. piloted by U.S. military trained “Muslim terrorists” (Was it shot down by the military as is standard military policy when a hijacked aircraft becomes a threat, especially a threat to national security?). Why was there so much media analysis of what happened on that flight, which we couldn’t possibly know of for certain, to the point where a Hollywood movie was made depicting such nebulous speculation and conjecture in vivid high definition detail?

Now we have this highly suspicious terrorist act by Hasan, where we know he was thwarted and harassed to the breaking point, and we know he had an internal conflict between his ethnicity and people versus his military service, while working for a military that slaughters innocent Muslims with extreme ethnic prejudice (if you were a white guy working for an Arab army that did this to Americans, do you think you’d have a few internal conflicts too? How about a few dead collaterally damaged Texan babies? Want to work for those guys?).

Yet our military with its vast resources can’t figure this stuff out until after a great American tragedy happens, coinciding with Veterans day and on our American soil - all the talking points of making a case for war against a foreign enemy. What a great photo op for Obama at Ft. Hood the day before Veterans Day. Can you think of a better commercial for going to all out war?

Naomi Kline’s book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine), points out ever so clearly the history of the United states government in using disasters to make a case for war, not only in our country but first in South American countries which were the proving ground for this policy. And we see this happening over and over again. Here we are with Obama on the brink of sending ten’s of thousands more troops off to fight and die in vain for a war without end, without purpose, without strategy. A war that targets innocent civilians because our crack cutting edge military can’t figure out the difference between civilians and terrorists, and in the process of killing the innocent, proliferates more terrorism.

It is very highly likely, in light of this historical fact, that our intelligence agencies employed persons from the Muslim connections that Hasan had, to his neighbors that harassed him to his wit’s end, with the sole purpose of perpetuating and coercing him to commit these crimes, so that they would have an awesome ongoing news story (one that will now last for months since they went to extreme measures to keep him alive) to make a case for perpetual war in Afghanistan and to sway public opinion away from it’s current sentiment against staying in Afghanistan.Someone clue me in here. Are the people in our intelligence agencies complete idiots?... more

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Honoring Veterans Past, Present, and Future

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White House says no final decision yet on 40,000 more troops for Afghanistan

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40000 more troops? maybe possibly yes or no?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones... more

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Chavez, troops to prepare for war

More empty threats? or are Columbia and Venezuela headed for war?

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Ft. Hood Shooter was Mistreated

"Everyone else just sat down there and drunk their beer and looked at him and giggled... more

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WHACKO-TV AFGHAN MAN

After we posted this video last week, we learned of the tragedy at Ft. Hood in Texas.... more

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Policeman who killed British troops had Taliban links

The Guardian reports that tribal elders were aware of policeman's links to the... more

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Parents of soldier who committed suicide in Iraq discuss unfair condolence policy

Gregg and Jannett Keesling are the parents of Chancellor Keesling, a US soldier who... more

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Taliban Leader Rejects US Bribe Money

'Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A top Taliban political leader delivered a message Friday... more

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40,000 Schools Instead of 40,000 Troops

Dispatching more troops to Afghanistan would be a monumental bet and probably a bad... more

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Obama Does What Bush Never Did: Meets Fallen Troops

US President Barack Obama has paid his respects to 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan,... more

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Obama Solutes Returning War Dead

President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met with family members and paid his respects as the bodies of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan were returned to the United States.

It was the president’s first trip to the Delaware air base, the main point of entry for the nation’s war dead to return home. The trip was a symbolic one for Mr. Obama — intended to convey the gravity of his decision as he moves closer to announcing whether he will send more troops to Afghanistan.

The overnight trip was not announced in advance. The president, wearing a dark suit and long overcoat, left the White House at 11:44 p.m. A small contingent of reporters and photographers accompanied Mr. Obama to Dover, where he arrived at 12:34 a.m. aboard Marine One. He returned to the South Lawn of the White House at 4:45 a.m.

October has been the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began eight years ago, with at least 55 troops killed in action. This week alone, about two dozen soldiers have died in attacks and accidents. The bodies returning to Dover Air Force Base shortly after midnight included seven Army soldiers and three agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration who were killed when their helicopter crashed on Monday in rural Afghanistan. The bodies of eight soldiers killed in an attack on Monday also arrived on an Air Force C-17.

On a clear fall morning, Mr. Obama boarded the back of the gray plane at 3:40 a.m., standing watch as Air Force Chaplain, Maj. Richard S. Bach, offered a brief prayer over the cases containing the remains of the 15 soldiers and three federal agents.

The family of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind., agreed to have the transfer of his remains photographed early Thursday morning. The other families chose not to, officials said, under a new Pentagon policy that lifted an 18-year ban on media covering the return of U.S. service members killed in action if families provide permission.

More... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30obama.htmlPresident Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base early Thursday morning, where he met... more

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Obama salutes coffins of dead soldiers at Dover

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Ron Paul's Effort to End The War

US People Detached from the True Cost of War?

Vets Ask Obama to Send No More Troops

Obama’s Agenda Continues To Put Troops at Risk

Whistleblowers: Blackwater approved $1M in payoffs of Iraqi officials

Veteran's Day Troop Tribute Episode

The Fort Hood Shock: Coincidence or Photo Op?

Honoring Veterans Past, Present, and Future

White House says no final decision yet on 40,000 more troops for Afghanistan

40000 more troops? maybe possibly yes or no?

Chavez, troops to prepare for war

Ft. Hood Shooter was Mistreated

WHACKO-TV AFGHAN MAN

Policeman who killed British troops had Taliban links

Parents of soldier who committed suicide in Iraq discuss unfair condolence policy

Taliban Leader Rejects US Bribe Money

40,000 Schools Instead of 40,000 Troops

Obama Does What Bush Never Did: Meets Fallen Troops

Obama Solutes Returning War Dead

Obama salutes coffins of dead soldiers at Dover

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