The Lost Battalion
Having never met my grandfather, I never really knew any details of his World War II experience. He died the year I was born (I think) or shortly afterward. My Dad emailed me a couple…
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.…
The Trials of Julian Goodrum
Lieutenant Julian Goodrum is the picture of an American soldier: a young man with quintessentially good looks and a friendly smile, despite the hell he has been through for the last two years. Goodrum served…
Energy Bill Bankrupts Our Future
Originally published on Alternet June 23, 2003. In what may be the worst piece of legislation the Senate has passed in decades (and they’ve had some whoppers), the Senate voted last week for a huge…
Even in victory, soldiers return bearing unseen burdens
Charles Sheehan-Miles and Robert K. Musil The little-told toll of combat is in the minds of the soldiers who fight. Every war, we forget the ordeal inflicted on soldiers, even those uninjured. After the war…
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…
Going too far: Israel plans killings on U.S. soil
This article ran on Antiwar.com on January 24, 2003. In a development that probably shouldn’t shock me, but does, Israel has publicly announced plans to murder people on U.S. soil. The story initially surfaced in…
Anniversary of Iraq War: Time to Listen to the Vets
Twelve years ago, at roughly two a.m. local time on January 17, I was ready to go off guard duty when the call came down from the command post: wake up the platoon leaders ASAP.…
And the State of the Union Is … None of Your Business
This article ran on Alternet on December 30, 2002. Soon George Bush will deliver his second State of the Union address. As we all know, it’s been a tough couple of years, so as we…
Let’s flip a coin: heads, we invade. Tails…. we invade.
Or so says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield, who says that if the inspectors give Iraq a clean bill-of-health, “What it would prove would be that the inspection process had been successfully defeated by the…