Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts

Wednesday

Bloated military budget misses the target

A brilliant short article.

READ IT HERE

"The reality is that many more Americans die of poverty than terrorism. According to the U.S. State Department, 56 American civilians died due to terrorism worldwide in 2005. That same year, 472 lives were cut short due to homelessness (pdf) in Los Angeles County alone."

Wednesday

Fundamentalism is alive and well - or - Now who's the Army of One?

Don't Ask Don't Tell is going to be repealed.  The nation's two top defense officials are seeking it's end.  Heroes in our armed forces will no longer have to live lives of secrecy, and another shameful wall will come tumbling down.
“No matter how I look at the issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens,”
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee.  Amazing video after the leap . . .