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The US military is exhausted

13 hours ago ago from Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog

December 26, 2009 The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment. As Barack Obama, the US president, gears up for a further escalation that will bring the total number of troops in Afghanistan to over 100,000, he faces a military force that ...

Al Jazeera – ‘The US military is exhausted’

10 hours ago ago from The Jungle Apocalypse Podcast

The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment. As Barack Obama, the US president, gears up for a further escalation that will bring the total number of troops in Afghanistan to over 100,000, he faces a military force that has been exhausted and ...

Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce

17 hours ago ago from Chrisy58's Weblog

Published on Saturday, December 26, 2009 by The Nation Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce by John Nichols This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall an old warrior who came to see the futility of fighting. British veteran Harry Patch was the last survivor of World War I's ...

Veterans kept waiting all these months later

13 hours ago ago from The Common Ills

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