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Nguyen Van Tu asks if I’m serious. Am I really willing to tell his story — to tell the story of the Vietnamese who live in this rural corner of the Mekong Delta? Almost 40 years after guerrilla fighters in his country threw the limits of U.S. military power into stark relief — during the 1968 Tet Offensive — we …
In February of 2008 under the administration of President George W. Bush, Jr., the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) was officially launched with its base in Stuttgart, Germany. The reasoning behind the creation of AFRICOM has evolved over the last eight years from being a necessary security measure to protect vital American interests on the continent to a mechanism designed to assist post-colonial African states …
From spending $150 million on private villas for a handful of personnel in Afghanistan to blowing $2.7 billion on an air surveillance balloon that doesn’t work, the latest revelations of waste at the Pentagon are just the most recent howlers in a long line of similar stories stretching back at least five decades. Other hot-off-the-presses examples would include the Army’s purchase of helicopter gears worth $500 …
If Baghdad today is a byword for inner-city decay and violence on an unspeakable scale, its foundation 1,250 years ago was a glorious milestone in the history of urban design. More than that, it was a landmark for civilisation, the birth of a city that would quickly become the cultural lodestar of the world. Contrary to popular belief, Baghdad is …
It was half a century ago, but I still remember it vividly. “We have to help South Vietnam,” I explained. “It’s a sovereign nation being invaded by another nation, North Vietnam.” “No, no,” my friend protested. “There’s just one Vietnam, from north to south, divided artificially. It’s a civil war. And we have no business getting involved. We’re just making …
the January 31 edition is a discussion on the proposed National Desert Storm Memorial!
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National Desert Storm War Memorial
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Your support is needed TODAY! The National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission meets tomorrow, Thursday, January 28, 2016 to discuss the location in Washington D.C. for the memorial. We need you, and everyone you know, to write an e-mail to the Commission asking them to pick the best possible location for the National Desert Storm War Memorial in the Area I region of the capital. This is the area where the other war memorials have been placed.
This correspondence is absolutely vital in helping us secure the most appropriate site for our memorial. We have to show that the American people demand our memorial is given the same honored place near other war memorials. Spread the word and share this effort!
Statements and correspondence should be e-mailed to brandon_bies@nps.gov today!
Scott Stump, CEO NDSWM
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Dear Mr. May,
I want to voice my enthusiastic support for the construction of the National Desert Storm War Memorial in Washington D.C. Operation Desert Storm was a very significant event in our country’s modern history. We liberated the country of Kuwait while restoring the belief in the dominance of the U.S. Armed Forces and American power. The over 300 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice should never be forgotten.
I would also like to strongly encourage you and all of the other members of NCMAC to allow the memorial to be constructed in close proximity to the other war memorials in an Area I location. By doing this, you will allow the Desert Storm War Memorial to take it’s rightful place of honor for generations to come and for our living veterans, survivors and their families to honor their memories.
Thank you for your consideration and for the work that you do!
Sincerely,
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If the highest ranking U.S. and NATO military commander in Afghanistan gets his way, America’s longest official war could become even more protracted. Army General John Campbell said in a USA Today article published on Tuesday that he wants to keep the 9,800 American troops currently in Afghanistan there for as long as possible—and is considering asking for even more …
Public perception about the so-called “Global War on Terror” is manipulated in various ways by a trail of misinformation and disinformation. This article is a case study on the October 22, 2015 lone gunman rampage of Parliament Hill in Ottawa that was used by the government of Steven Harper to justify Canadian entry into the US war in Iraq and, later, the …
The news from Afghanistan is very bad. No one says that, of course. President Ghani has a “national unity government” that “supports a strong partnership with the United States”, according to Barack Obama two months ago. Sure, Kunduz was captured by the Taliban – but then the Afghans got it back (though minus one American-bombed hospital, along with most of …
“The funding to continue the war against ISIL is an authorization of force against ISIL, albeit a quiet one, designed not to attract public attention.” Jack Goldsmith, Lawfare, Dec 17, 2015 Money is raining down on the US military complex in the $1.15 trillionspending bill that was unveiled on Wednesday by various leaders of Congress. Of that portion, a good $572.7 billion is …
