Troops won’t get Purple Heart for stress disorder Medal will not be given solely for diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder Eleven percent of Iraq veterans, 20 percent of Afghanistan veterans may have PTSD PTSD “not a wound intentionally caused by the enemy,� awards panel decided Decision...

The minimal value of the lives of our troops is far more shocking. This is not about fear of Hussein; it’s about ideology driven by the neocon founders of the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). The war planning actively began in the frst month of the Bush presidency, as Richard Clarke ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — It is a politician’s dream: Handing out cold, hard cash to people on the street as they plead for help. Iraq’s prime minister has been doing just that in recent weeks, doling out Iraqi dinars as an aide trails behind, keeping a tally. · Goal is to rebuild basi...

Afghanistan dangerously off the radar It’s hardly an anniversary many will register, but last week marked 30 years since President Jimmy Carter authorised the first covert CIA operations against the government of Afghanistan. By backing the anti-Communist mujahideen and creating civil unrest, ...

The White House has demanded that Congress approve a bill strictly with war funding, but the Senate measure also includes a $52 billion, 10-year measure that would pay for higher-education benefits for military veterans, an $11 billion, 13-week extension of unemployment insurance, $1 billion for low...

Our president was bullshitting the troops and voters about progress in Iraq, even though their eyes and experiences in Iraq were telling them the truth. And the sad conclusion? Now the president has admitted to it. And it still hurts. When the honorable are dishonored and can’t trust anything ...

I understand the urge to scoop the world, and the frustration of not getting a story out there before someone else beats you to the punch. If you look at the front page of American Street today, there are at least two stories I thought about covering that I won’t now. This is [...]...

I looked at jjd's blog and I got thinking, why do people think supporting the troops means supporting the war. You can almost always hit dead center when assuming that some one with a support your troops sticker is a bush supporting conservitive and also supports the war, which sux(I'd like to put s...