One of the few conservative magazines worth reading, The New American, reports that Henry Kissinger told an Italian reporter in 1972 that the war in Vietnam had "been a useless war." I think if I was one of the 58,000 soldiers killed or one of the 304,000 soldiers...
The Bush Eye Chart
Click here for a larger PDF to check Bush's vision.
Conservative War Tanks
Most conservative think tanks are nothing but conservative war tanks. A case in point is the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Even though the Marine Corps has called up more reservists, more cannon fodder is still needed. As reported in today's USA Today,...
Some Job
Regarding the Haditha massacre, we have been told by the Pentagon that 99.9 percent of soldiers perform their jobs magnificently. Let's hope not. What is their job? It is to kill people and break things. The job of U.S. soldiers is to bring death and destruction to...
I Didn’t Raise My Son to Be a Soldier
Here is an anti-war song sent to me from a reader. He says that it was written and sung by the British in protest to that Empire's wars around the turn of the century. The song was revived for WWI. It then became "Americanized," and was used to protest the USA being...
Soldiers’ Rights
The wife of a U.S. soldier who is a conscientious objector has informed me of a website to help soldiers know their rights: soldiersrights.com.
Home-Schooled Soldiers
According to March 6, 2006, "Education Report" in The New American: "Home-schoolers will find it easier and more rewarding to join our nation's military forces. They are now considered 'preferred enlistees,' and are on an equal footing with other top recruits." In...
A Trillion Here a Trillion There
This may be old news, but I had not seen it, and it is something we need to be reminded of everyday: According to an article by Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz in the LA Times, the final bill for the war in Iraq "will be much higher than previously reckoned—between...
Those Elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction
They have got to be somewhere.
Classic War Movies
"Just in time for Father's Day!" said the ad I recently received via e-mail. For only $22.99 I can get twelve double-side DVDs with a total of 50 war movies. Featured actors include Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, and Sidney Poitier. Why in the world would anyone think...
