AltWeeklies Wire
Why Can't Obama See He's the New Robert McNamara?
Like McNamara, Obama doesn't understand a basic truth: you can't successfully manage an inherently doomed premise. Colonialism is dead. Occupiers will never enjoy peace. Neither the Afghans nor the Iraqis nor the Pakistanis will rest until we withdraw our forces.
Vets with PTSD Tackle the Scars You Can't Seenew

New cases of PTSD are flooding the VA system. Some veterans of earlier wars know what those Iraq and Afghanistan vets are in for.
Students Connect with Those Touched by the Horrors of Warnew
UCSB Students who sign up for RS-155 find that it’s neither a history class nor a religion class, but an emotional journey through the psyche and experiences of real live veterans.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ben Preston |
07-08-2008 |
War
The Talking Woundednew
Vietnam survivors offer some friendly, if heavy, advice to today's soldiers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-20-2007 |
War
Battle Crynew
From 'Nam to Iraq, two generations of vets find their common ground.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
02-06-2007 |
War
Vietnam to Iraq: Activism Across Generationsnew

It's a different time and a different war, but the movement against the Vietnam War in the late '60s and early '70s offers lessons for young residents of Eugene, Ore., who are part of the nascent student movement against the Iraq War.
Eugene Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
11-29-2004 |
War
Photos Are Souvenirs of Torture in Vietnamnew

A former UPI correspondent in Vietnam comes across some pictures taken by a young—and naive—Sean Flynn, son of Errol Flynn, showing typical torture of Viet Cong prisoners in Vietnam.