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IRAQ & VIETNAM WAR STORIES
http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/
Begun last summer as a place to read and write stories about the Vietnam era draft, the site has evolved to focus on both the Iraq War and the Vietnam War - the parallels between them, the experience of serving in each, the tragic mistakes we are repeating in responding to the needs of veterans and the effects of the wars on our country and the world.
- Added on: Jan 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Tom Weiner
- Listed in: Political Activism Veterans
- Tags: war iraq draft vietnam resistance veterans
Recent Posts
A PLEA FROM A VIETNAM VET TRYING TO PERSUADE OBAMA NOT TO ESCALATE IN AFGHANISTAN!
Yesterday I received the comment and letter below. I want to make sure everyone who reads my blog knows about what the courageous and determined man, Thomas Mahany, who wrote the letter is trying to do. His fast, which he began on Veterans̵...
WOMEN, WAR AND PTSD – SUFFERING ALONE AND IN SILENCE
The latest article in a series by the N.Y. Times about American women soldiers in the two wars is all about how PTSD is affecting so many of those who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military. It is a difficult story to read since it ...
“WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE CLASS WAR, DADDY?” REVISITED
I found the following piece on commondreams.org this afternoon and it not only addresses the role of social class in the two wars/occupations in which the U.S. is currently mired, but it also harkens back to the role class played in Vietnam, which ha...
MUSICIANS ACCUSE BUSH ADMINISTRATION OF USING THEIR MUSIC TO TORTURE!
Yet another group is seeking to redress the horrible policies of the Bush administration at Guantanamo. This time it is musicians, many of whom have joined together to make it known that they refuse to accept that their music was used to torture pris...
Afghan Women Must be Heeded
Yet another opportunity to learn what is really happening and needing to happen in Afghanistan as the Obama administration contemplates its next steps. A group of Code Pink women went to the source – the women of Afghanistan – to learn ...
For Barack the Parallels Between Vietnam and Afghanistan – Going Back to J.F.K.!
A new book, “Lessons in Disaster”, by Gordon M. Goldstein, a foreign-policy scholar who collaborated with McGeorge Bundy, the Kennedy-Johnson national security adviser, is making the case for the undeniable, disturbing and ultimately illuminating...
My wife was fathered by a UN worker, suspect a Swiss national in the 1960's.
Any idea how to search for this person?
Posted: May 24th, 2009 | Report This Comment