Democracy Thwarts US Base Plans
Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk on Guam and Okinawa’s fight
Tag: us military
Court-Martial for Soldier Who Wrote Angry Song About Stop-Loss
MARFA, Texas — Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the U.S. Army in Georgia for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army’s stop-loss policy. Now he waits to be shipped to Iraq to face a court martial. Stop-loss is a policy that allows the Army to keep … Continue reading “Court-Martial for Soldier Who Wrote Angry Song About Stop-Loss”
Budget Freeze as Political Theater
Charles Pena on false fiscal conservatism
60 Minutes Does Rambo
Jeff Huber on the military’s media division
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — Don’t Go
Justin Raimondo on gays in the military
Stealing Success Tel Aviv Style
Philip Giraldi on Israel’s US-subsidized tech boom
Who Would Jesus Shoot?
Charles Pena on a clueless gun company
Going Rogue in Combat Boots
Here’s a bit of cheery news: Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates met with the nation’s top defense company executives, including the CEOs of those mega-military-industrial combines Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and called for a “closer partnership.” He also made them a promise. He pledged, according to his spokesman, “to work with the White … Continue reading “Going Rogue in Combat Boots”
Just What We Need: More Pentagon Spending
Well not really, says Winslow Wheeler
666 to 1: The US Military Against al-Qaeda
Engelhardt and Turse on our war of futility