Veterans

US Government Sanitizes Vietnam War History

October 17, 2014 Marjorie Cohn, www.truth-out.org Educate! mental health, Veterans, Vietnam, Wars and Militarism

For many years after the Vietnam War, we enjoyed the "Vietnam syndrome," in which US presidents hesitated to launch substantial military attacks on other countries. They feared intense opposition akin to the powerful movement that helped bring an end to the war in Vietnam. But in 1991, at the end of the Gulf War, George H.W. Bush declared, "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all!" With George W. Bush's wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, and Barack Obama's drone wars in seven Muslim-majority countries and his escalating wars in Iraq and Syria, we have apparently moved beyond the Vietnam syndrome. By planting disinformation in the public realm, the government has built support for its recent wars, as it did with Vietnam.

Veterans For Peace Calls Out U.S. And Afghanistan Agreement

October 2, 2014 Veterans for Peace, www.veteransforpeace.org Educate! Afghanistan, US, Veterans, Veterans for Peace, Wars and Militarism

U.S. and Afghan officials signed a Bilateral Security Agreement that allows the U.S. to keep 10,000 service members in Afghanistan past December 2014. A separate agreement was signed with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) who may contribute about 2,000 troops. Veterans For Peace calls for total withdrawal of U.S. troops and calls on the government of the United States to provide humanitarian aid directly to the people of Afghanistan, in non-coercive forms, to help the Afghan people rebuild their own lives and nation in cooperation with other nations in the region. The people of Afghanistan should be allowed to freely determine their own government without interference by the US.

Veterans For Peace Opposes Bombing Of Syria And Iraq

September 24, 2014 Veterans for Peace, www.veteransforpeace.org Organize! ISIS, US, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

The U.S. is racing down a slippery slope towards war in Iraq and Syria. Since Aug. 8, the U.S. has conducted more than 124 airstrikes in Iraq. Approximately 1,000 U.S. troops are now on the ground in Iraq, with at least 350 more currently on their way. President Obama initially said the bombing was part of a humanitarian mission to assist the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq being threatened by ISIS, the fundamentalist Islamic army that now controls wide swaths of Iraq and Syria. But Obama has now announced an open-ended bombing campaign, and he has ordered Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry into the region to build military and political coalitions to sustain a long term war against ISIS.

Veterans Groups Oppose More War In Iraq

July 5, 2014 C.J. Lin, www.stripes.com Resist! Foreign Policy, Iraq, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

As President Barack Obama announced Thursday that military advisers would be sent to Iraq, some veterans of the Iraq War railed against more military intervention in the country, warning that it would add to the violence and destruction. More U.S. intervention will only prolong the current conflict and further destabilize the country, said Matt Southworth, an Army veteran who in 2004 deployed to Tal Afar and is a member of Veterans for Peace. “My experience taught me that any foreign military intervention, especially if led by the United States, will only harden the resolve of the radical groups and unite the less religiously motivated into one fight against what they view is an illegitimate Iraqi government with considerable U.S. support,” Southworth said. A former intelligence analyst, Southworth suggested five steps for the U.S. to quell the violence in Iraq: Reject another U.S. military intervention Stop unconditional military aid to Iraq Convene a conference to establish an arms embargo to Iraq and Syria Increase humanitarian efforts and funding to address the basic needs of Iraqis affected by war Publicly support a comprehensive political settlement among the key parties in the conflict

Stop Persecuting Bowe Bergdahl

July 4, 2014 Matthew Hoh, www.politico.com Educate! Empire, Health Care, Jobs, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

When you go through the military’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) School there are a number of things that are literally beaten into you. You are hit in the face and slammed against walls. Rifle butts and barrels strike you in the head. You are placed in small wooden boxes and deprived of food and sleep, and some of you are water-boarded (yes, it is torture). But the most important and beneficial aspects of the training are the psychological pressures and forces you are subjected to. You are taught what you should expect and what it is you should do to mentally survive captivity as a prisoner of war. You learn through practice to depend on your fellow prisoners and, most importantly, to hold fast in your faith and the knowledge your country will never forget you and the United States will always come for you.

IVAW Statement On The Crisis In Iraq

June 19, 2014 IVAW, www.IVAW.org Resist! Crisis, Iraq, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) – an organization comprised of individuals who served or continue to serve in the US Military following September 11, 2001 – calls on Congress, the President, and his administration to reject the use of violence and militarism in response to the current outbreak of violence in Iraq. Many of our members deployed to Iraq during the recent US occupation. Those of us who were there know first hand that US military solutions in Iraq do not serve the interests of the Iraqi people. We advocate for the self-determination of all people, in this case the people of Iraq. Any solution to this crisis must come from them. When the United States invaded and occupied Iraq, the formerly secular country was destabilized. The United States and the Department of Defense intentionally created and agitated sectarian divisions that would not have otherwise existed. The result of this is what we see today, and Iraqi civilians are paying for it.

New York Veterans Denied Justice… Again

March 13, 2014 Ellen Davidson, www.stopthesewars.org Resist! Veterans, Veterans for Peace

Five U.S. military veterans were found guilty March 12 of disorderly conduct, failure to obey a park sign, trespassing, and failure to obey a lawful order for refusing to leave New York City’s Vietnam Veterans Plaza at the 10 pm closing time last October. “I hope we all understand clearly that we are winning,” said Tarak Kauff, one of the defendants. “Winning is not determined by what a corrupt and pathetic judicial system determines. We, and everyone else in that courtroom, including the judge and prosecution, knew damned well that we advanced the struggle. Why? Because we held our heads high, we didn’t beat around the bush or try to win the case on technicalities—we owned what we did, were adamantly clear about what and why we did what we did.”

Let Them Stay Week 2014 – Stop Deportations!

January 15, 2014 Resisters, www.resisters.ca Resist! Asylum, Iraq, Refugees, Veterans

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the arrival in Canada of Jeremy Hinzman, the first Iraq War resister to seek asylum here after refusing to participate in an illegal and immoral war. Yet 10 years on, Jeremy and his family, and many other U.S. war resisters, are still living in limbo – not certain if they will be forced to return to the U.S., where they face harsh punishment for their courageous decision. From January 12 to 19th, join Canadians across the country in Let Them Stay Week 2014, to send a message that U.S. war resisters are welcome in Canada, and that the Canadian government must stop the deportations and enact a provision to let them stay.

Florida Veterans Medical Cannabis Whistle-Stop Tour

November 9, 2013 Michael Krawitz, www.gofundme.com Resist! Health Care, Marijuana, Veterans

Day three started out on Bob’s turf. Bob Jordan has a special role in this national battle for medicinal access as he is a caregiver for the only Florida - legal medical marijuana patient. Bob’s wife Cathy suffers from ALS however with the judicious application of cannabis has survived beyond all expectations. To be legal in Florida Cathy had to be arrested and then had to prove that she had no other viable medicinal options and even then that the benefit was so great as to outweigh the value of enforcing the law. We were one of the very few besides the police to have a chance to view her beautiful cannabis garden.

October 7: Stand Against War And For Our Rights

September 5, 2013 Tarak Kauff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Peace, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

“Plato wrote ‘only the dead have seen the end of war.’ War veterans, loved ones of the fallen, and certainly those living in war zones do not have the option of closing down their memories at 10 p.m. “I know that many want us war vets to go out of sight and not bother them, except when we are needed for some parade. Some of us are not going away at 10 p.m. or any other time. If they do not like it, maybe they should have thought of that before they sent us to war. “We have an absolute right to our memories and to assemble peacefully. I was there last October and was arrested. I will be there again on this Oct. 7th. I am not coming in order to be arrested by the NYPD. My intention in coming is because it is my right and my obligation to my comrades, those who died in Vietnam and those who still live, to be there.”

Vietnam War Veteran Arrested in Wisconsin During Sing-Along

August 9, 2013 Lady Forward, www.wcmcoopcom Resist! Veterans, Wars and Militarism

Mike Hearington, a Vietnam War veteran with Veterans for Peace, was arrested over the noon hour for participating in the Solidarity Sing Along. Capitol Police took a large white Veterans for Peace flag from Harrington’s hands and rolled it up. They handcuffed Hearington and marched him out of the rotunda, followed by his fellow Veterans for Peace activists and a crowd of outraged supporters.

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