American Soldiers

War. What Is It Good For?

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Iraq War, American Soldiers, Military Draft, Parenting, Iraq, College News

Since I became a father 30 years ago, I think about war differently. Would I want my son or daughter "drafted" to fight a particular war? Do I believe in the cause enough that I would be willing to sacrifice my life or the life of one of my children?

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Turning to Nature After Returning From Iraq

Stacy Bare | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: American Soldiers, Iraq Veterans, Nature, Veterans Day, Wilderness, Iraq, Rock Climbing, Outdoors, Green News

From soldier to citizen, the woods, the wilderness, the crashing surf, the still desert, or towering mountains are the most effective bridge over that gulf from combat and war to our communities in the suburbs, small towns, cities, and rural areas of America.

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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?

Ethan Casey | Posted 03.14.2012

What is there to think about, anyway? What is there to say, really, except that there's absolutely no excuse? No excuse for the policy makers and officers, but neither is there one for the brutalized young perpetrators.

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Think Again: As We Leave Iraq, Remember How We Got In

Eric Alterman | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, American Soldiers, Tony Blair, George W. Bush, Pearl Harbor Anniversary, World News

At the same time, if we care about our nation's ability to act as a democracy, we need to ask ourselves and our mainstream media hard questions about how it happened.

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A 4th Of July Salute To Women In Combat

Laura Stampler | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Career & Money, Women Military, Women in Combat, American Soldiers, Independence Day, Slidepollajax, Women Serving Military, Female American Soldiers, Honoring Soldiers, Good News, Fourth of July, Women News

This 4th of July, Huffington Post Women recognizes some of the heroic women who serve or have recently served in the U.S. military. As of Septembe...

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Chicago-Area Men Sentenced In Plot To Kill American Soldiers

AP | JOHN SEEWER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Soldiers, Terrorists, Khaleel Ahmed, Terror Plot, Ohio Soldier Plot, Conspiracy to Support Terrorists, Ohio Soldiers, Zubair Ahmed, Chicago News

TOLEDO, Ohio — Two cousins from the Chicago area who admitted they wanted to kill American soldiers in Iraq as part of a plot centered in Ohio w...

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War Propaganda: Soldiers Become Pawns For The Powerful

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, US Soldiers, Reinhold Niebuhr, Time Magazine, Liberals, President Barack Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Media, Pentagon Budget, Larry King LIve, Pentagon Propaganda, Imperial Presidency, Barry McCaffrey, Afghanistan War, Paul Wolfowitz, Iraq War, Laura Bush, American Soldiers, Iraq WMD, David Kilcullen, US Marines, Gen. David H. Petraeus, Katie Couric, Neoconservatives, Obama West Point Speech, Extraordinary Rendition, Coin, Counterinsurgency, Politics News

As a Patriotic American and a former Marine, I urge all of us to get realistic about this war. At the rate of 8 billion dollars a month, do Americans want to be in Afghanistan for the next 15 years?

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Veteran's Day Special: Coming Down to Earth with "Occupation: Dreamland"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Dead, Veteran's Day, American Soldiers, Fort Hood, Carol Smaldino, Pakistan, Independent Spirit Awards, Ian Olds, Fort Hood Shootings, Afghanistan War, Occupation-Dreamland, Garrett Scott, 82nd Airborne, Politics News

The massacre at Fort Hood is a stark reminder of the need to guard against becoming numb against the horrors our soldiers face in war. Fortunately, the film "Occupation: Dreamland" fills that void.

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Military Report On Iraq Stress Clinic Killing Spree: Soldier Showed Obvious Signs Of Unraveling

AP | REBECCA SANTANA and CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, American Soldiers, Iraq Stress Clinics, John M. Russell, U.S. Military, Middle East, Killing Spree, Iraq, Military Report, Iraq Soldiers, Sgt. John. M. Russell, Stress Clinic, Iraq Clinic, World News

BAGHDAD — The soldier at the center of the military's worst soldier-on-soldier violence in six years had gone to four counseling sessions. His r...

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Interrupting Unfriendly Persuasion

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

When persuasion is used without regard for the other person, when it becomes sadistic and reckless endangerment, it is what we have come to know as torture.

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US Army Reduces Soldiers' Sentences For Iraqi Murders

AP | GEORGE FREY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Soldiers, u.s. Army Murders, Army Slayings, Iraqi Soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Mayo, Iraqi Slayings, Iraq, Sgt. Michael Leahy, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Soldiers, U-S-Army, Iraqi Murders, American Soldiers in Iraq, Master Sgt. John Hatley, World News

FRANKFURT — The U.S. Army said Friday it had reduced the sentences of three soldiers convicted of murder in the execution-style slayings of four...

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Taliban Video Shows Captive US soldier: AP sources

AP | PAMELA HESS and LOLITA BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Soldiers, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, Defense Department, War on Terror, US Soldiers, World News

WASHINGTON — The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, a...

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U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Iraq: Share Your Stories

Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, u.s. Drawdown, Iraqi Soldiers, American Soldiers, u.s. Pullout, War Wire, Iraq Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal Al-Maliki, Baghdad, Iraq Occupation, General Ray Odierno, Iraq, Status of Forces Agreement, World News

On June 30, 2009, thousands of American troops will withdraw from Iraqi cities. The U.S. and Iraqi governments agreed last year to a security plan whi...

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