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Re: Scott Kesterson's "The Other Side of Paradise"

Sean Gilfillan | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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The one thing that all US Army personnel have in common is their choice to wear the uniform and volunteer to serve the nation, regardless of who is in charge and regardless of if they agree.

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The Other Side of Paradise, Part 2

Scott Kesterson | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Talking about the election, the Staff Sergeant said to me, "If there is anything I take away from this, it is that change is fearful."

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The Other Side of Paradise

Scott Kesterson | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Warwire, President Obama, US Soldiers, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Obama Muslim, War on Terror, Election Day 2008, Afghanistan, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Barack Obama, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Obama Military, Politics News

Eastern Afghanistan--In the early hours of the morning, an Army Captain watched as the election results were being reported. He shook his head in disgust. "This is proof that the media can elect a President."

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Afghanistan: A Surge in ROE Education is the First Step

Vivian Gembara | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutor, Trial, US Soldiers, Military Justice, Ware Crime, Mccain, US Troops, Obama, Roe, Soldiers, Marines, Army, Troop Misconduct, Code of Conduct, Jag, Detainee Abuse, Afghanistan, Insurgents, Iraq, Rules of Engagement in Iraq, Politics News

The ugly issue of the misconduct of some U.S. troops in a war zone must be addressed before sending more soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan.

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Iraq Seeks Security Pact Rewrites, Right To Try American Soldiers

Reuters | Mariam Karouny and Peter Graff | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Soldiers, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Iraq Trials, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq demanded changes to a draft security pact with the United States Tuesday after it failed to win the support of its political ...

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My Lucky Charm

Neil Burger | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rachel McAdams, Iraq, Film, The Lucky Ones, Tim Robbins, Movies, US Soldiers, War on Terror, Economy, Entertainment News

Can a movie about returning soldiers be funny? The Lucky Ones is a road movie that looks at the disconnect between three soldiers on leave and the country they come home to.

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Legalized Murder

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Baghdad, Iraq War Deserters, Awol, Iraq, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News

Remember the wars, everyone? I know, it's easy to get distracted with all of this talk about pigs and lipstick, but in Iraq and Afghanistan, the killi...

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Deployed to Afghanistan and in need of soap

Bil Browning | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living

Read More: US Soldiers, Soap, Army Corps of Engineers, Afghanistan, Lesbian, Afghanistan War, Living News

I wanted to be sure HuffPo readers saw my post on The Bilerico Project about the Great Bilerico Soap Drive! One of our readers is a lesbian deployed t...

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The Loss of Superman

Doon Baqi | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Trains, Moral Relativism, Civilian Casualties, Superman, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Spider Man, War, Politics News

I was an officer in the U.S. Army. I know the rules of engagement. Soldiers respect civilians, for the most part (admittedly there are exceptions).

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Quit Hiding Dead Soldiers -- Support H.R. 6662

Ruth Hochberger | Posted 09.17.2008 | Media

Read More: U.S. Soldiers Killed, Photos of Dead Soldiers, Flag-Draped Coffins, Fallen Heroes Commemoration Act, U.S. Soldiers, Media News

There is no reason, aside from naked manipulation of public opinion, the "ignorance-is-bliss" theory, to prevent news photographers from documenting the return of flag-draped caskets to the United States.

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4 Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Nato, US Soldiers, Politics News

KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombs killed five NATO soldiers and a civilian in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, while a coalition of aid groups w...

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Bush Hits Home

Darryle Pollack | Posted 08.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Military Families, George Bush, Iraq War, Troops, US Soldiers, Iraq Troops, Military Families Iraq, Iraq, Living News

My daughter is a military wife. Which makes me a military mother-in-law. Which means that I have a personal interest in Bush's announcement about shorter combat tours.

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Senate Republicans Block Troop Funding Bill

America Blog | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate Republicans, Warwire, Funding for Troops Blocked, Funding for Troops, Troop Funding Bill, US Soldiers, Senate Republicans Troop Funding Bill, Funding Bill Us Soldiers, Senate Gop Troop Funding Bill, Republicans, Politics News

Wow. Just when you think the GOP Senate obstructionists can't sink any lower, they do. Brandon Friedman at VetsVoice posed the question: "Will Senate...

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The Military Is More Liberal Than You Think

Rod Lurie | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democrats in Military, Democratic Military Leaders, US Soldiers, U.S. Military, General Petraeus, Rod Lurie, David Petraeus, Politics News

Why do so many members of the military who decide on continuing in public service join the Democratic Party?

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Pain Management Is for Sissies

Hal Donahue | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pain, Wounded Warrior, US Soldiers, David Chu, Department of Defense, Bethesda, New York Times, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Iraq, Dod, Veterans, Politics News

The Department of Defense "lost" their only pain management center AND one of the few pain management fellowships in the world. The incompetence of the Bush regime knows no bounds.

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Reading The Pictures: 4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq, Zoriah Miller, War Fatalities, Photographs, Cristoph Bangert, Military, Fallujah, Michael Kamber, Ashley Gilbertson, U.S. Soldiers, Dover, Anbar, Casualties, Censorship, Media News

The military has been so effective in muting the war, and the war photographer, that many of our best shooters have found themselves turning to the technique of irony.

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Sergeant Manzella Comes Out, Is Kicked Out

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gays in the Military, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military, Army, US Soldiers, Don't Ask Don't Tell Debate Question, Don't Ask Don't Tell 60 Minutes, Dadt, Politics News

At the very time the Pentagon is actively recruiting to keep its numbers up, soldiers who happen to be openly gay are being treated as though they are convicted felons and unceremoniously booted out.

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Death of My Friend's Son in Iraq Finally Sparks Pentagon Probe

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Kbr, Warwire, Troops, Iraq War Contractors, Iraq, Casualties, US Soldiers, Politics News

The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.

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War, The Economy And The Death of A Man

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Seabrooks, Iraq War, Class Warfare, Jobs, Afghanistan War, US Soldiers, Economy, Recession, Politics News

In the United States, a man who wanted to work could not find enough work to keep him from being homeless. So, he went back to war so he could make enough money to survive. And he died.

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Officials: 30,000 Troops Heading To Iraq In 2009

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, US Troops, US Soldiers, Warwire, Iraq, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is preparing to order roughly 30,000 troops to Iraq early next year in a move that would allow the U.S. to maintain 15...

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McCain's Afghanistan: Macabre Visions Through The Eyes of an Ex-President

Shoaib Harris | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

Unlike McCain, who keeps recycling President Bush's bravado of catching "Bin Laden dead or alive," Obama, to his credit, has articulated his Afghanistan strategy more clearly.

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Staying Sane In Iraq: A Soldier's Story

AJ Jacobs | Posted 06.25.2008 | Living

Read More: US Soldiers, Iraq War, Iraq, War in Iraq, Soldiers in Iraq, Living News

I got a remarkable letter last week from a soldier in Iraq named Shaun Feingold. I found his words so inspiring, I asked him if I could post them, and he agreed.

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Veterans Benefits Checks Delayed: Soldiers Risk Financial Ruin

AP | MICHELLE ROBERTS | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, US Soldiers, Benefit Checks, Veterans Benefits, Iraq, Benefits Delayed, 100 Days, Politics News

SAN ANTONIO — His lifelong dream of becoming a soldier had, in the end, come to this for Isaac Stevens: 28, penniless, in a wheelchair, fending ...

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Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison

AP | NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, US Soldiers, Afghanistan, Politics News

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after...

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Iraq PM Raises Possibility That US Might Be Asked To leave

McClatchy | Leila Fadel and Mike Tharp | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq, Warwire, US Soldiers, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki raised the possibility that his country won't sign a status of forces agreement with the United States and will a...

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