What Was I Fighting For?

The Nation, Common Dreams, Brave New Films by Rick Reyes | May. 21, 2009 (Opinion)

Based on an interview by Z.P. Heller, editorial director of Brave New Films

I never detained or arrested anyone guilty of a crime.

I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, I didn't fully grasp the extent of these failed foreign policies or our government's deception until I returned home from war. Realizing there never were weapons of mass destruction, and that we would have difficulty tracking terrorists even if we had committed all the troops in our military, I ... Full Story »

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by Tom Caine - May. 26, 2009

This is the best possible journalism. No b.s., just the unvarnished facts of life in an un-winnable "war against terrorism". Clearly shows that the U.S. military is a terrorist organization whose actions create and sustain growing hostility in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This message needs to get to Obama. He seems to have forgotten the brutally insane reality of the war for oil.