Tag: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans
Talking Torture: Mordechai to Manning
“If you had free reign over classified network...and you saw incredible things, awful things…things that belonged in the public domain...what would you do?”
In Obama –Netanyahu Meeting, Who Is Who?
“At this point and as the ticking seconds seemed like ages for Obama, it was clear that Mr. Netanyahu was slapping Obama in the face in public and for the whole world to see.”
These are the times that try men’s souls
Dayton, Ohio Chapter of Veterans for Peace represented at the 16 Dec 2010 Peace Protest at the White House.
It is important to emphasize that...
March Forward! – 15 Dec Afghan War Protest
Veterans lead dramatic act of civil resistance at White House - Over 130 arrested protesting the wars.
This statement was sent into VT via Facebook...
First Iraq War Vet elected to Congress loses seat
This article relates to the loss of Veteran friendly members of Congress and the potential impact on Veterans benefits with a focus on the Post 911 GI Bill
Afghanistan & Iraq Vets Call for End to Deployment of Traumatized...
IVAW - Operation Recovery
VT has already published several articles about the likelihood that military commanders in dire need of warriors in combat are sending...
Military Families join Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops.
Less than a week after VT posted Sign the Petition for Operation Recovery – STOP deploying injured troops!, Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) has...
Sign the Petition for Operation Recovery – STOP deploying injured troops!
Iraq Veterans Against the War is launching their first strategic campaign to stop the deployment of troops suffering from PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injuries,...
On Obama’s Iraq Speech Tonight – Combat’s Not Over!
As the hour for President Obama's speech to the nation on Iraq approaches, VT has been getting input from across the political spectrum from...
The Iraq War – It’s Not Really Over
Mainstream television news has begun making a big show of the withdrawal of America's "last combat troops" from Iraq, but the painful saga continues...
McChrystal is Gone But the Mockery Stays On
I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in the White House political thinking
General Petraeus was last week...
Veterans Need to Get to Know the Campus Anti-War Network
The inspiration to do this story came from Paul Wisovaty a member of Vietnam Veteran Against the War (VVAW) who wrote about how Veterans...
Study on Brain Processing May Lead to PTSD Treatment
Medical researchers and veterans advocates eagerly await the findings of a University of Wisconsin-Madison study on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) focusing on how brains...
Veterans Descend on DC to close GITMO
In addition to Veterans and Military Families marching on Washington in the Spring to protest the continued occupation of Iraq, Obama’s SURGE in Afghanistan, how our troops and Veterans are treated when they come home, and to close Guantanamo Bay (GITMO), there has been a more recent effort by military Veterans and families to close GITMO that occurred this month.