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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "vietnam"

The Pornography of Power: Lust for Empire Has Weakened America

The Pornography of Power: Lust for Empire Has Weakened America

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. July 25, 2008.
Veteran journalist Robert Scheer on the media's complicity in war, the rise of the neocons and how even Nixon got some things right.

"We're Going to Be Paying For This For a While": Soldiers Bring the War Home

Jill Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. July 16, 2008.
When veterans of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan bring their troubles home, police and judges often are the first to deal with them.

Echoes of Vietnam: VA Stalls, Dissembles While Vets Suffer and Die

Echoes of Vietnam: VA Stalls, Dissembles While Vets Suffer and Die

Penny Coleman, AlterNet. July 4, 2008.
The latest episode of the Department of Veterans Affairs' callous denial of veterans' suffering is a continuation of a long tradition.

Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 25, 2008.
The author of Antiwar Soldier discusses the GI movement, the election and why "the military needs racism" to fight its wars.

Blame Rising Oil Prices on Bush, Not Consumers

Blame Rising Oil Prices on Bush, Not Consumers

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. June 11, 2008.
Americans do need to cut down on their resource consumption. But the key variable in the high cost of oil is Bush's failed foreign policy.

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

Marco Lanzagorta, PopMatters. April 6, 2008.
"Die Hard" is a militaristic fantasy that serves as an allegory for an outnumbered and out-gunned America.

April 4, 1968: The Moment That Made Me a Radical

April 4, 1968: The Moment That Made Me a Radical

Michael C. Dawson, The Root. April 4, 2008.
Forty years ago, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. radicalized a generation of African Americans.

Do Americans Really Want a War Hero for President?

Do Americans Really Want a War Hero for President?

Matt Stoller, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. March 28, 2008.
While the conservative myth is dominant in the political press, there's no just no evidence voters want a hero for President

Waterboarding? Racist Cops Have Been Torturing Black Suspects for Years

Waterboarding? Racist Cops Have Been Torturing Black Suspects for Years

Thomas J. Gardner, Madison Capital Times. February 29, 2008.
Torture is not a new phenomenon. Just ask the Memphis police officers who beat me forty years ago.

Agent Orange Deforming a Third Generation in Vietnam

Agent Orange Deforming a Third Generation in Vietnam

Tom Fawthrop, Comment Is Free. February 13, 2008.
Washington denies responsibility for the effects of chemical warfare, fearing that legal precedent may limit future military endeavors.

Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Bush Likely to Attack Iran, Impeachment a Must

Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg: Bush Likely to Attack Iran, Impeachment a Must

Sari Gelzer, TruthOut.org. February 7, 2008.
The American public and media have not picked up on the urgency surrounding a pending war with Iran.

Intelligence Lessons From Vietnam and Iraq

Intelligence Lessons From Vietnam and Iraq

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. January 27, 2008.
How can our president speak so glibly about 10 more years in Iraq? Doesn't he know anything about Vietnam?

Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 21, 2008.
People usually focus on the historic "I Have a Dream" speech, but it's the work King was doing at the end of his life that deserves more attention.

McCain's Two Wars

McCain's Two Wars

Michael Shank, Foreign Policy in Focus. January 16, 2008.
Two of America's greatest foreign policy debacles have shaped the "straight-talker's" unbridled militarism.

Veterans Make Up One Quarter of US Homeless, Here Are Some of Their Stories [VIDEO]

Alex Jung, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 12, 2007.
If we are to demonstrate our true patriotism, then we must rehabilitate the present and future lives of those veterans who carried the biggest burdens of our declarations of war.

The Bush Administration Plans to Blame You for Iraq

The Bush Administration Plans to Blame You for Iraq

William Astore, Tomdispatch.com. November 9, 2007.
After holding so few high-level government and military officials accountable for failures in Iraq, Bush needs a scapegoat.

Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. October 30, 2007.
As the occupation of Iraq continues, the number and magnitude of demonstrations appear to be shrinking. What is happening to the protest culture of wars past?

Yoko Ono's Iceland Peace Tower

Yoko Ono's Iceland Peace Tower

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. October 17, 2007.
The peace tower in Iceland that Yoko Ono dreamed up 40 years ago has as much resonance now as it would have during the Vietnam War.

Here's the Smell of Blood Still

Here's the Smell of Blood Still

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. September 12, 2007.
As the autumn of 2007 begins, the reality of Uncle Sam as an unhinged mega-killer haunts a large minority of Americans.

Bush Gets Away with Lies, Lies and More Lies in History-Illiterate America

Bush Gets Away with Lies, Lies and More Lies in History-Illiterate America

AlterNetAugust 27, 2007.
George Bush and other Iraq War supporters have argued that if we withdraw from Iraq the result will be like the killing fields of Cambodia -- an odd comparison considering that the US has direct responsibility for that holocaust.

"War Made Easy": From the Gulf of Tonkin to WMD [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 7, 2007.
A terrific sequence from the new documentary "War Made Easy", which shows the identical pattern of lies that got us into both Vietnam and Iraq.

The Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush:

The Late Halberstam's Final Verdict on Bush: "He's No Truman"

Adam Howard, AlterNet: PEEK. July 5, 2007.
Adam Howard: The late journalist's last article destroys the current president's self-created myth.

The Night Robert Kennedy Was Shot

The Night Robert Kennedy Was Shot

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 5, 2007.
Jim Booth: Thirty-nine years ago on this day an assassin's bullets took down RFK, I ask Bobby to forgive me and my generation for failing to pick up his torch.

A Veteran Speaks of the Forgotten Wounded of Iraq

A Veteran Speaks of the Forgotten Wounded of Iraq

Ron Kovic, Truthdig. May 28, 2007.
A Vietnam veteran, paralyzed in the war, talks about his own struggles, those that the recently wounded in Iraq face, and how we can break this cycle of violence and begin to move in a different direction.

Divide and Rule: Bush's Doomed Plan for Baghdad

Divide and Rule: Bush's Doomed Plan for Baghdad

Robert Fisk, The Independent. April 12, 2007.
Revealed: a new counter-insurgency strategy to carve up the city into sealed areas. The tactic failed in Vietnam. So what chance does it have in Iraq?