In a trip designed for domestic political consumption, President Obama gives the impression that the U.S. war in Afghanistan is ending. It is not. Read more.
The focus of the discourse is on what is done with the bodies of the dead—a crime against humanity—but not at all on why there is such carnage in Afghanistan. Read more.
U.S. Army Specialist Daniel Birmingham has been successfully honorably discharged as a conscientious objector, averting a deployment to Afghanistan. Read more.
With the video of Marines in Afghanistan urinating on dead bodies circulating around the world, veterans and active-duty troops put the incident into context. Read more.
Yesterday evening the command at 4/9 Infantry bowed to public pressure and the action of soldiers within the unit, and ended their inhumane lockdown of Charlie Company. After six long days, soldiers were finally reunited with their families. Watch the television coverage of the March Forward! campaign to end the lockdown. Read more.
