thenation.com - 11/11/2008
—
Aaron Glantz On Veterans Day, remember the soldiers America sent to war--what's been asked of them, and what they need from us.
zombietime.com - 11/17/2008
—
zombietime.com —
Victory in Iraq Day November 22, 2008 We
won. The Iraq War is over. I declare November...
22, 2008 to be "Victory in Iraq Day." (Hereafter known as "VI Day.") By every measure, The United States and coalition forces have conclusively defeated all ...
(more)
Victory in Iraq Day, November 22, 2008
CommunityOfVeterans.org - 11/11/2008
—
CommunityOfVeterans.org —
"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Tuesday, November
11, 2008 WAMU, Washington DC - 3 minutes ago...
(Nov 11) VIETNAM, REMEMBERED A special ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial takes place at the Wall today at 1pm. Honoring the 15th anniversary of the ...
(more)
Community of Veterans
abcnews.go.com - 11/14/2008
—
abcnews.go.com —
William Ayers, the 1960s radical whose violent history
became a focal point in the 2008 presidential election,...
said today that the Republicans unfairly "demonized" him in an attempt to damage the campaign of President-elect Obama. Ayers defended his ...
(more)
Campaign Boogeyman William Ayers Talks to 'GMA'
Comments
Blog Reactions
Veterans Deserve Better: Breaking Faith With Those Who Serve
Firedoglake —
... The fact that I've been writing about the issue of veteran's care falling through the cracks and mental health services being wholly inadequate for the last few years is shameful enough. That we see this Veteran's Day a still-rising tally of suicides among soldiers who are not receiving adequate mental health care, whose families still have far too little support -- from both the VA and from their communities is an indictment of who we are in this nation. ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
... and marginalization -- electorally, the terms are synonymous -- of the Republican Party. Kathleen Parker: Columns will survive or not as the market dictates, but the blistering response to a dozen or so fellow turncoats reveals something deeply wrong with the conservative movement, such as it is. Or was. P.J. O'Rourke: We blew it. We conservatives unilaterally screwed up. Had we been competent... Aaron Glantz: It's the war. Jonathan Cohn: It's health care. Jack ...
Related Content
Clinton, Reagan, Nixon, LBJ: Farewells
swamppolitics.com 1/15/2009 — by Mark Silva
As President George W. Bush and his writers place the final touches on 15 minutes of televisied talk that will deliver a farewell to the nation after two tumultuous terms in office, it's worth remembering the most tortured words of ...
Inventing Vietnam - Cambridge University Press
cambridge.org 2/19/2009 — This book considers the Vietnam war in light of U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, concluding that the war was a direct result of failed state-building efforts. This U.S. nation building project began in the mid-1950s with the ambitious goal of creating ...
"I am going to die well"
mudvillegazette.com 5/25/2009 — Note: This salute to those who fell in Vietnam was originally published in November, 2005, and is re-posted today in honor of Memorial Day weekend.
*****
Four decades ago the 1st Cavalry Division departed Ft Benning, Georgia for Vietnam. There, ...
The Road Out of Iraq Begins In Vietnam
truthdig.com 12/25/2008 — Iraq is not Vietnam, yet there are parallels between the two wars. The American military dominated the battlefield in both conflicts, and yet America the nation emerged the loser in each. A “decent interval” is now needed for American ...
Maybe now the Democrats won’t be able to pull a Vietnam redux
neoneocon.com 11/14/2008 — One of the main reasons I voted for President Bush in 2004 was that I wanted to give Iraq the chance that Vietnam never had (see this and this for details of the endgame in Vietnam and the role our Congress played).
One of the few comforting things about the last four years is that this hope ...
Welcome Home: Vietnam Veterans' Day
mudvillegazette.com 3/31/2009 — I'm a day late in getting this up but it is their day. Please take time to Welcome them Home.
On Monday, be sure to offer a handshake and a thank you to a Vietnam vet.
On March 24, the US House of Representatives approved House Resolution 234, which declares Monday, March 30 as “Welcome ...
How Republicans win if we lose in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 4/16/2009 — IF YOU THINK the growing similarity between Iraq and Vietnam is tragic but inadvertent, you're not being cynical enough. During the first years of the Iraq war, any resemblance to Vietnam was the result of the Bush administration's disastrous ...
The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
worldaffairsjournal.org 1/14/2009 — Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ...
Could Afghanistan Be Obama's Vietnam? | Newsweek International
newsweek.com 2/1/2009 — About a year ago, Charlie Rose, the nighttime talk-show host, was interviewing Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the military adviser at the White House coordinating efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. "We have never been beaten tactically in a fire fight in ...
On Not Being a Dove
commentarymagazine.com 1/28/2009 — In the summer of 1966 on Martha's Vineyard, where the mail was rendered sticky and soft by the damp salt air, as if permeated by a melting island unreality, I received a questionnaire from some British editors asking in the manner of a book compiled, ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
