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Afghan War Anniversary March Protests Traumatized Troop Deployment
By Tey-Marie Astudillo - Politics DailyOn the ninth anniversary of the Afghanistan War, the military is coming under criticism by some veterans for deploying traumatized troops. Click play below to watch a video report on how one anti-war organization is calling on the government to end this practice. ...
British Launch Inquiry Into Iraq War
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Nov. 25) -- Almost seven years after Britain joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and amidst a still blazing public debate, a government-appointed panel has launched a sweeping investigation into why the country went to war and why British forces were so poorly prepared for the chaos that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein. "We've waited a long time for this," says Rose Gentle, whose 19-year-old son Gordon was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Iraq in 2004. "I want to know why our troops were sent to Iraq in the first place, why we unquestioningly followed America, and why our ...
For Barack Obama, Breaking a Campaign Promise Easier than Ending Iraq War
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn yet another example of President-elect Barack Obama learning that governing is much harder than campaigning, Obama is poised to abandon his campaign promise to end the Iraq War within 16 months of his inauguration. Obama has already raised eyebrows in some quarters of the anti-war left with his selections for Secretary of State and Defense, the top two Cabinet posts in his national security team. His choice for State, former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), voted to authorize the war, and was bitterly opposed in the Democratic primary by anti-war groups on the basis of that vote. Obama's ...
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