The "Military-Industrial Complex". It characterizes one of the most influential (and terrifying) undercurrents of power in the United States government, and conceptualizes the fusion of government and military business. Read More »
afghanistan
The Military-Industrial Complex: It's Real!
By blueskye202 - Posted on December 5th, 2008
Tagged: afghanistan
• barack obama
• Blackwater
• CONGRESS
• economy
• iraq
• militarism
• military industrial complex
• nbc
• social media
• United States of America
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
RED FLAG!!! - Soldiers Who Self-Inflict Harm Just To Not Go Back to Iraq
By nharris1032 - Posted on June 25th, 2008
Tagged: afghanistan
• Iraq War
• psychology
• Soldiers
• War on Terror
• Effective government
• Better future
If asked to be sent back to fight in Iraq for another tour, would be willing to pay someone to shoot you in the knees just so you wouldn’t have to go? How about swallow a pen at the bus stop for the bus that you will be taking to base camp? Although you may not do something this extreme, this a real problem that more soldiers now than ever in history are having to deal with. Read More »
Iraq, Afghanistan and ...Unemployment
By whispers awnesty - Posted on June 19th, 2008
Tagged: afghanistan
• bills
• congress (the House)
• Government
• Iraq War
• Montgomery GI Bill
• Unemployment
• United States Senate
• Effective government
I just read an article that said a bill was signed by the House, and going on to the Senate for debate, that will pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and… unemployment? Read More »
Breaking News-Prison Break in Afganistan
By restinpeace - Posted on June 13th, 2008
Breaking News-Prison Break in Afghanistan
This will have large implications for the Bush Administration and the John McCain Campaign. Bush earlier in the day just had given a speech in France saying that Afghanistan needed more attention. Ironically it was called one of the most important speeches ever given by George W Bush. Read More »
The Misshapen View of The Islamic World
By nharris1032 - Posted on June 5th, 2008
Tagged: afghanistan
• Ayman al Zawahiri
• islam
• Middle East
• muslim
• Osama Bin Laden
• Personal freedom
• Better future
Osama bin Laden gathers troops for his jihad (holy war) by saying that the Qu'ran and Allah say that it is honorable if the jihadists die in a suicide bomb so long as America is taken down and Islam is helped, but recently, this view has been under attack from inside the Islamic world. Read More »
My First Time
By JenniferLebron - Posted on April 23rd, 2008
On July 23, 2007, 1st Sgt. Michael S. Curry Jr., Pfc. Adam J. Davis, Sgt. Travon T. Johnson, Pfc. Jessy S. Rogers were killed when a makeshift bomb exploded near their vehicle. Read More »
There's Nothing Like Afghanistan in the Springtime
By JenniferLebron - Posted on April 22nd, 2008
Did you catch the sarcasm?
This weekend I picked up the LA Times and in the upper right column, the article was about Afghanistan and the rising activity of insurgents because of the warming weather. (They are coming out of their winter bases in Pakistan, and coming back to Afghanistan.)
Read the Story:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-spring13apr13,0,5241948.st... Read More »
Good Morning America's Three Words Segment
By JenniferLebron - Posted on April 10th, 2008
Tagged: abc
• afghanistan
• america
• GMA
• iraq
• mass media
• War on Terror
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
The last few minutes of GMA are always so moving. Their Three Words campaign is something that has gotten viewers involved in the business of media broadcasting and get a few seconds, and three words to show each other, the praises, the struggles, the little things in life that make it worth while. Read More »
