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Ten Years After Iraq, A Debate About America`s Role in the World

Some neoconservatives are prepared to go to war haphazardly, as we did, at their urging, in Iraq.

(WASHINGTON DC) - It is now ten years since the U.S. invaded Iraq over false information on alleged weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. embarked upon war with a country which had never attacked us, and which had nothing to do with 9/11.

It was as if, some pointed out, after Pearl Harbor we launched an attack upon Mexico.

PTSD/Depression and Anguish: Marijuana Vs. Many Fake Dangerous Drugs

Marijuana wins hands down!

(PORTLAND, OR) - The VA medical system would like you to think that PTSD is depression, it isn't! It is a combination of extreme fear and extreme anguish.

Vietnam Vets learned marijuana was good and effective for "battle terrors," and therefore, why not PTSD? According to them, it was better than a whole list of very dangerous, zombifying and lethal drugs.

Salem-Area High School ROTC Cadets to Plant Trees at Belcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum

Community youth to assist in maintaining beauty of local cemetery.

(SALEM) - Belcrest Memorial Park is proud to announce Salem-area high school ROTC cadets will be planting trees and plants beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 6 at the cemetery, 1295 Browning Avenue South in Salem.

The new trees and plants will replace those that have died or have sustained damage.

Dogface Soldiers

A Special Salute to My Infantry Buddies...

(PORTLAND, OR) - Post Traumatic stress is one of the worst medical ailments of combat infantry, especially but also for emergency room personnel and severe trauma.

Because most of the PTSD victims are military, Army and Marines, this story is about the causes of Post Traumatic Stress and what it psychologically does to the victims, regardless of whether they are military or civilian, because civilians get PTSD too.

In The Shadow Of The Baobab: Kagame Blows Cold And Hot On A Third Mandate

A report from 2010, suggests that this might only be one side of the story, that the reality of Rwanda’s traumatic recent history might be much more complex.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Paul Kagame: survived his annus horribilis in 2010 and looks to be preparing to reliquish power under his own terms.

In October 1990, after Fred Rwigyema’s death, Paul Kagame took over the command over the Rwandan Patriotic Front and led it to victory in July 1994.

VIDEO REPORTS: Iraq, Ten Years After...

For many the nightmare continues...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The dust has settled, somewhat, and the screams are fewer, as are the sounds of military aircraft thundering overhead, but Iraq remains a dangerous place.

People are hard pressed to simply raise their families and the United States is wholly responsible for killing up to 1.5 million people here during its terrible, decade long war based on bad intelligence.

War Without End

I still feel haunted by children and their heartbroken mothers and fathers whom we met in Iraqi hospitals.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Ten years ago, in March of 2003, Iraqis braced themselves for the anticipated “Shock and Awe” attacks that the U.S. was planning to launch against them.

The media buildup for the attack assured Iraqis that barbarous assaults were looming.

The Hives Are All Abuzz

With the successful nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA, drone killings could increase.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The drones have roused the hive; and Junior Republican Senator Rand Paul has the bees swarming. Excuse the analogy.

Until Paul decided to filibuster the Senate on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, both the polity and the mainstream media were paying little attention to the U.S. government's use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones.

US Refuses to Transfer High-Risk Prisoners to Afghan Control

The Obama administration considers the detainee problem a short-term disagreement unrelated to the strategic negotiations on Afghanistan’s future security.

(KABUL Khaama Press) - A dispute between Kabul and Washington over the fate of about three dozen militants held by US forces in Afghanistan has disrupted negotiations over a long-term security agreement between the two nations, Washington Post reported.

Nathan Blanc - Video Statement נתן בלנק - הצהרת וי - או

Sentencing a person more than once for the same offence is against Israeli and international law, but this is the seventh consecutive term Nathan is sent to prison for the same 'offense'.

(TEL AVIV) - Nathan Blanc has been in prison for 110 days, because he believes in democracy.

Nathan, 19 years old, is an Israeli Conscientious Objector who wants to do a civil service instead of a military service.