Category — Military America

When Bush was president he made laws by asking lawyers to write secret memos “legalizing” blatant crimes, most famously torture. Bybee signed the worst of the torture memos and was rewarded with a nomination to a life-time seat as an appeals court judge in the Ninth Circuit (west coast) Continue reading

Americans want peace! Join the movement and show your support! Continue reading

Rethink Afghanistan is a Robert Greenwald’s new ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. Continue reading

After Downing Street is a nonpartisan coalition working to expose the lies that create and sustain wars and occupations and to hold accountable those responsible. Continue reading

Congressman David Obey (D., Wis.), Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is in charge of spending our money. And until this recently, he has always maintained that spending hundreds of billions of our dollars on wars was something he just had no choice about. Now Obey has taken a step in the direction of joining us. (more) Continue reading

“This is so cool! This is so cool!” a thirteen-year-old boy repeated as he squeezed rounds from a real M-16, picking off “enemy combatants” in a video game while perched atop a real Army Humvee at the Army Experience Center (AEC). The 14,500-square-foot “virtual educational facility” is located in the Franklin Mills Mall in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Continue reading

US military spending will top $1.175 trillion in 2009. Everyone who wants to make America strong, again, must arm themselves with information and understand the difference between spending for safety and paying for pork. Continue reading

President Obama vows to veto any defense bill that promotes defense contractor and Pentagon special interests rather than the life and death needs of U.S. troops. He criticized projects and weaponry geared toward the now-defunct Cold War rather than battling today’s insurgents in rugged terrain. Continue reading

Why do senators want to bust the budget for missile defense that doesn’t work and a fighter plane we don’t need? It is no coincidence that pieces of the F-22 are manufactured in 46 states; for more than a half-century, the services have been subcontracting out their most cherished weapons to as many congressional districts as possible in order to maximize political support. Continue reading

The American people recognize what Colin Powell told us a few years ago: the U.S. is running out of (serious) enemies. Without enemies formidable enough to warrant such cold-war spending levels, it is time to cut the military budget accordingly. Continue reading

72% of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday. Continue reading

The U.S. military reported that Al Qaida has been recruiting teenagers as young as 14 for suicide and other attacks in Iraq. Continue reading

IVAW gives a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent. Continue reading

Obama administration seeks to end occupation of Iran on an expedited, but responsible basis. Defense Secretary Gates sees possibility of accelerated schedule. Continue reading

American voters are armed with all of the information we need to understand the horrors of war and how we can support the leaders who are seeking to end it. 87,000 US Weapons are unaccounted for in Afghanistan. Major US Corporations sell arms to right-wing dictatorships – even those that harbor terrorists. Continue reading

Their work for nonviolent revolution has spanned decades and been shaped by the new visions and strategies of each generation’s peacemakers. Continue reading

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Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. By releasing this film in parts for free online, we are able to stay on top of news of the war as it continues to unfold. We hope to raise critical questions regarding Afghanistan that Congress must address in oversight hearings, which inform the public and challenge policymakers… Continue reading

American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France a few German fighter planes flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. Continue reading

Research reveals key to popularity of right wing wackos like Sarah Palin…We all know nice, smart people who become agitated and irrational when they think about Islamic religion, immigration and criminal justice. Continue reading

In one of the many tragic tales of environmental heroism, Ken Saro-Wiwa stood up to the oil giant Shell with peaceful demonstrations and vocal opposition—until he was executed by his own government on false charges. Continue reading

Retool weapons makers, redeploy military personnel and re-purpose military bases. Continue reading

Check out these examples of government agencies abusing powers to spy on americans who just want peace.. Continue reading

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that US military spending equals all other countries combined. And, that’s just looking at the tip of America’s military spending iceberg (and ignoring at $400 billion in annual spending). Continue reading

“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
-Hermann Goering, commander of the NAZI Air Force Continue reading

The Pentagon has removed a controversial question from its anti-terrorism training exam that labeled “protests” a form of “low-level terrorism,” calling the question “poorly worded.” Continue reading

A written exam administered by the Pentagon labels “protests” as a form of “low-level terrorism” — enraging civil liberties advocates and activist groups who say it shows blatant disregard of the First Amendment. Continue reading

Newly leaked Pentagon documents have confirmed the military has been monitoring and collecting intelligence on anti-war groups across the country. Peace protests are being described as threats and the military is collecting data on who is attending demonstrations. We speak with William Arkin, the former Army intelligence officer, who obtained the secret Pentagon documents. Continue reading

Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay “as long as they are needed” Continue reading

WASHINGTON — Seventy-two percent of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday. Continue reading