Speaking at American University
These days it’s impossible to find anyone who supported invading Iraq, but back in 2003 it was a wildly popular idea. This clip is from a conference at American University where I talked about opposition…
Category: Media
Uh oh–me on Washington Journal WAY BACK in 1995
August 5, 1995. This is ancient history, my first television interview (I think), on the Saturday Washington Journal. I came across it recently while researching other stuff. This interview aired live at 5 in the morning,…
Returning Home from Iraq: Interview with NPR’s All Things Considered
Veterans’ Voices: Returning Home From The Gulf War Charles Sheehan-Miles was a tank loader in the Gulf War, engaged in combat in the 24th Division. He had a hard time coming back to civilian life.…
Charles on the Diane Rehm Show: Mental Health and Iraq
10:00 Mental Health and Military Service in Iraq A new study shows more than one in three members of the U.S. armed forces serving in Iraq seeks help for mental health problems. We talk about the…
Remembrance and Responsibility: Why Abandonment of Iraq is Wrong
Iraq as a nation sits on a razor’s edge. On one side is a reasonably stable society, with power sharing among its people and a better future for all Iraqis. On the other side is a major sectarian war, ethnic cleansing in the many mixed communities in Iraq, with possible dissolution as a state or a return to totalitarian regime. And, as much as we opposed the war, now the one thing preventing Iraq from falling on the wrong side of that line is U.S. and coalition troops, and newly deploying Iraqi police and military units.…
Interview with Wolf Blitzer on Iraq
CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS Civilians Working for U.S. Military Gunned Down in Kuwait; Skiers Killed in Avalanche in British Columbia Aired January 21, 2003 – 17:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY…
The New Forgotten Vets
Kind of a “getting started as a veterans” activist article. The first real ink we got when starting out Gulf War Vets of Massachusetts fifteen years ago.…