Browsing Tag Iraq
A Quacked-Up Strategy to Stop Terrorism
By Walter Brasch at September 9, 2014 | 9:59 am | 0 Comment
Just about everyone has an opinion of what President Obama should do about the ISIS threat in Iraq. Many of the suggestions have come from the architects of America’s latest invasion of Iraq who claimed the nine year war that led to more than 25,000 deaths and 110,000 injuries among American and coalition troops would […]
[...read more]The No News News Media
By Walter Brasch at February 4, 2013 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment
There was a lot of news last week. Some of it was even reported by the news media. First, there was a football player from Notre Dame who either did or didn’t know that his girlfriend was or wasn’t real, but died sometime during the season. Six column headlines for several days announced the fraud. […]
[...read more]Iraq: Just Another War Without an End
By Walter Brasch at October 26, 2011 | 6:59 am | 105 Comments
We know the names of every one of the 4,479 Americans who were killed and the 32,200 who were wounded, both civilian and military, between March 20, 2003 and Oct. 21, 2011, the day President Barack Obama, fulfilling a campaign promise, declared the last American soldier would leave Iraq before the end of the year. […]
[...read more]Crocodile Tears on a Cash Register Patriotism
By Walter Brasch at September 14, 2011 | 8:28 am | 11 Comments
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Walter Brasch has written dozens of columns, human interest stories, and investigative articles about 9/11 and its effects. He was one of the first to write about the PATRIOT Act violating civil liberties and parts of the Constitution. He was one of the first, using extensive investigation techniques and inside information, to question […]
[...read more]Bring back the draft
By John Messeder at July 21, 2011 | 5:40 pm | 1 Comments
It’s time to reinstate the national draft. Everyone over 18 gets the call. Men and women. Standard exceptions: delay for being in school and exemption for being physically or mentally incapable of working. It’s not about “making a man” out of anyone; it’s about investing in the community. Paying dues. Taking responsibility for what is […]
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