Kill Anything That Moves by Chris Hedges + Moyers and Company: Nick Turse Describes the Real Vietnam War

by Chris Hedges
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
March 12, 2013

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Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
A book by Nick Turse

Nick Turse’s Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam is not only one of the most important books ever written about the Vietnam conflict but provides readers with an unflinching account of the nature of modern industrial warfare. It captures, as few books on war do, the utter depravity of industrial violence—what the sociologist James William Gibson calls “technowar.” It exposes the sickness of the hyper-masculine military culture, the intoxicating rush and addiction of violence, and the massive government spin machine that lies daily to a gullible public and uses tactics of intimidation, threats and smear campaigns to silence dissenters.

Psychological Warfare in Palestine–Gaza’s Children Haunted by Nightmare of War

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TheRealNews·Dec 22, 2012

UNICEF report indicates vast majority of Gaza’s children are struggling to cope with war trauma and PTSD. This is the first of a two part series on the psychological toll the war and siege has taken on Gaza’s most vulnerable population. TRNN explores the Oum el Qurra school in the Tar el Hawa neighborhood in Gaza city where many of the students were still being pulled out of class for counseling one month after Israel’s eight day assault.

Tom Waits: Hell Broke Luce

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Aug 6, 2012 by antirecords

Directed By Matt Mahurin

“Hell Broke Luce” from the album Bad As Me, Anti Records 2011

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Rick Rozoff: Obama’s attitude main threat to world peace

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Stop NATO
Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism
February 4, 2012

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Press TV
February 4, 2012

An American anti-war activist says the majority of U.S. citizens are against their country’s military interventions across the globe or war threats against other countries including Iran.

Smoked! A soldier’s life and death: The story of John Needham

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by Maverick Media
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Michael Needham tells how his son, John Needham, joined the army, was stationed with the 2-12 unit known as “The Lethal Warriors” in Al Doura, a suburb of Baghdad, and how John became disillusioned, not only with the war, but with the actions of his unit.

When Will The Killing End? by Jill Dalton

by Jill Dalton
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
Originally published at http://proactvoice.wordpress.com, May 8, 2011
May 9, 2011

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Sunday night when I learned of the death of Osama Bin Laden I did not feel elated, I did not hop on the #1 subway and head to ground zero, nor did I celebrate in the streets, drink champagne or chant USA, USA, USA!   Honestly, I wish he’d been brought in alive and put on trial like we did at Nuremberg.  I’d like to hear what he had to say and expose him for who and what he was.  I prefer justice to murder or assassination.  So instead of reveling in his demise I took a moment to reflect on what this has cost our country and our souls.

“Following Orders” Never a Defense for Immoral Acts by Walter Brasch

by Walter Brasch
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.walterbrasch.com
February 3, 2011

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A man who killed 100 sled dogs has received not a prison sentence but workers’ compensation from a British Columbia agency. The man successfully proved he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after he claimed he was ordered to kill the dogs. “It was the worst experience [he] could ever imagine, his lawyer told CKNW, Vancouver, which had obtained the government document and then contacted the Humane Society.

Adam Curtis: The Living Dead Part 2: You Have Used Me as a Fish Long Enough (1995)

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BBC

Three Films About the Power of the Past was the second major documentary series made by British film-maker Adam Curtis. This series investigated the way that history and memory (both national and individual) have been used by politicians and others. It was transmitted on BBC Two in the spring of 1995.

In this episode, the history of brainwashing and mind control was examined. The angle pursued by Curtis was the way in which psychiatry pursued tabula rasa theories of the mind, initially in order to set people free from traumatic memories and then later as a potential instrument of social control.

“Not For Nothing…!” Understanding PTSD by Eileen Coles

by Eileen Coles
Guest Writer
Dandelion Salad
November 5, 2010

A newly published World War I diary is considered to be one of the most accurate depictions of the horrors of war. Ernst Jünger, the German diarist, served for 3 years in the trenches on the Western Front. He was wounded 7 times. That he survived the combat theaters he was in at all was a 1 in 20,000 chance.

It is interesting to note that he did not suffer from PTSD. Der Spiegel has the details.

I believe there were two factors which contributed to the diarist’s lack of PTSD. One was the firm belief that what he was doing was right, noble and good. (While the Nazis revered him and tried to exploit his deeds, he himself refused to associate with them.) The other was that he kept a diary, which allowed him to mentally work through any issues as they happened or shortly thereafter.

Dr. Robert Bowman: Vietnam, Star Wars and 9/11 (must-listen)

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with Dr. Robert Bowman
Bonnie Faulkner
http://www.kpfa.org
Guns and Butter
August 25, 2010

Dr. Bowman discusses his US Air Force experiences in Vietnam in 1968-69; as Director of Advanced Space Programs Development in the Ford and Carter administrations; the 1982 Defense Guidance Document; his public opposition to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) better know as Star Wars during the Ronald Reagan administration; his take on the events of September 11, 2001; and wars of aggression.

We Afghans shall live in peace someday

photo by Hakim in Afghanistan

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ourjourneytosmile
January 19, 2010

Dennis Kyne: Depleted Uranium (DU) and Very Sick Soldiers and the Cover-Up

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Warning

Extremely graphic photos towards the end of this video (43 minutes in).  To be viewed by a mature audience only.

talkingsticktv
November 22, 2009

Interview with Dennis Kyne, 15-year U.S. Army Veteran serving in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.

Dahr Jamail on Fort Hood, Iraq and Afghanistan, and soldiers’ resistance

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by Maverick Media
Dahr Jamail Interview – Nov. 9, 2009 – Ventura, CA on Vimeo
Nov. 9, 2009 – Ventura, CA

Interview with Dahr Jamail, award-winning, independent journalist and author of “Beyond The Green Zone” and his most recent book “The Will To Resist” and website “Mideast Dispatches”. Interviewed by Cindy Piester with PULSE TV. Discuss Ft. Hood, Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers’ resistance and U.S. foreign policy including Obama administration. Produced by Maverick Media and filmed at CAPS TV Channel 6 in Ventura, CA on Nov. 9, 2009.

Dahr Jamail Interview

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Dahr Jamail and Ahmed Rehab: The aftermath of Fort Hood

2nd Cup of Tea Peace Vigil, our 2nd mile of love

Fort Hood, Veterans Day And Defending America by Rick Rozoff

Reaction to Fort Hood – Stupidity Beyond Belief by Richard C. Cook

U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr Jamail

Afghanistan, the graveyard of empires or just a graveyard with a pipeline running through it? by William Bowles

Matthew Hoh: Taliban is not a threat to the US, it is a threat to the Karzai Government

from the archives:

Refusing to Comply – The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military By Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail and Ahmed Rehab: The aftermath of Fort Hood

Dandelion Salad

AlJazeeraEnglish
November 12, 2009

What were the motives and how will this impact Muslim communities in the US?

more about “Riz Khan – The aftermath of Fort Hood…“, posted with vodpod

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U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr Jamail

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By Dahr Jamail
IPS
PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov 6, 2009

While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident “brings the war home”.

“Fort Hood is pretty much a ghost town right now,” Specialist Michael Kern, an active duty veteran of the Iraq war, told IPS by telephone. “Most units gave their soldiers the day off. Security is heightened all over. There are soldiers on guard everywhere. In my opinion, they are afraid of another attack.”

Kern, who is based at Fort Hood, served in Iraq from March 2007 to March 2008.

“We’re all in shock,” Kern added, “Every single person that I’ve talked to is in shock. I’m surprised this hits so close to home, but at the same time, I knew something like this was going to happen given what else is happening – the war is coming home, and something needs to be done.”

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via U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings – IPS ipsnews.net

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Fort Hood, Texas Shooting: 12 dead, 31 injured