Archive for October, 2014
This was published yesterday on Task and Purpose. ———————– Earlier this month, C.J. Chivers at the New York Times dropped a bombshell report (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=0). After we invaded Iraq in 2003, the Pentagon covered up casualties from chemical weapons left behind by Saddam Hussein. The story was immediately seized by many conservatives as proof President George […]
Filed under: Iraq | 13 Comments
Tags: George W. Bush, iraq war, veteran writers, WMD
Women in the Infantry? Yes.
This was published yesterday on Breach Bang Clear. Not surprisingly, many readers launched into vitriolic diatribes against the idea, without bothering to read the article. On the other hand, quite a few infantrymen agreed with me. I’ll take that as a win. 🙂 ******************* Over the last several years we’ve had much debate on the […]
Filed under: Afghanistan, Writing | 51 Comments
Tags: afghanistan war, veteran writers, women in combat, women in infantry
Illegal Aliens in the Military?
This was published a few days ago on TaskandPurpose.com. It’s gotten about 150 comments on Facebook. And of those 150, I think only two of them actually read the article. ****************************** The headline jumped at me like a Bouncing Betty: “Department of Defense Planning to Let Illegal Immigrants Enlist.” The words evoke images of prison-tattooed […]
Filed under: Writing | 10 Comments
Tags: illegal immigration, us military
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