Some experts worry that, if the country went to war, many reserve units might be unable to deploy. A U.S. official who works on these issues put it simply: ‘We can’t get enough people.’” “Vietnam Syndrome” hasn’t gone away! It resulted in the elimination of the draft and ultimately morphed into “Iraq Syndrome” – so … Continue reading “Could the US Military’s Recruitment Problem Be a Good Thing?”
Robert Koehler
Assange’s Freedom Is Also Ours: To Tell the Truth
After 12 years – including five years of solitary confinement at Belmarsh Prison in London – Julian Assange is free. God bless America! He wasn’t extradited to the U.S. to stand trial, where he faced a sentence of 170 years in prison for violating the so-called Espionage Act. Instead, he took a plea deal with … Continue reading “Assange’s Freedom Is Also Ours: To Tell the Truth”
The War on Gaza: Public Relations vs. Reality
For its victims, war is . . . yes, hell. For the rest of us – the onlooking and supportive patriots – war is an abstraction embedded in ignorance, a.k.a., public relations, served up for public consumption. At least that’s the way it’s supposed to be. The reality of war should never directly confront the … Continue reading “The War on Gaza: Public Relations vs. Reality”