Clipmarks | Vietnam Clipsa decade dies-a movement diesclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: i always sort of like this time.......new year- yep- new can be good........... Hazlitt got gloomily drunk for a fortnight after the battle of Waterloo, accurately anticipating that decades of reaction lay ahead, now that Boney had been definitely put away, with the Holy Alliance in the saddle and the French contagion safely bottled up. Smart fellow, that Hazlitt. He should have stayed drunk for a month. Sometimes, on the edge of a new decade, things look dismal, but one has the feeling that something good just might be around the corner. The 70s for example: At their onset, Nixon was in the high noon of his first term, presiding over frightful slaughter in Vietnam, while his Attorney General, John Mitchell, pored over plans to lock up the left at home. It looked as though darkest night was falling. Forget Vietnam Analogies - Remember Cambodia and Laos - now Pakistanclipped by: nedhamson1clippers remarks: Pakistan is beginning to look like a combination of the not-so-secret wars in Cambodia and Laos - Those pesky Viet Cong kept slipping into Laos and Cambodia to escape B-52s. Those Taliban - they just wont stay in one place. Didnt the British say the same thing about those pesky Minute Men and Green Mountain boys. Not saying the Taliban are right in any way, its just that - we are the British to the Afghans. When Afghans unite for their own freedom against the Taliban view of the world, they will win and we can go home. The training up of Afghan army and police also seems a lot like what we did not get right in Vietnam. why? Because, we are simply empowering rule by old tribal war lords. I suspect that the Afghan people want none of the Taliban, us or the tribal war lords. Think about how to help them come to fore might help to bring peace that will last. Bombing in Karachi Kills 25![]() On Monday, a suicide bomber attacked a Shia procession commemorating Ashura in Karachi, killing at least 25 people and injuring 50. Today?s incident on MA Jinnah Road was the latest in a string of violence in Pakistan this past weekend. Following the assassination of mid-level political administrator Sarfaraz Khan and his family in the Kurram tribal area Sunday, a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 80 during a Shia religious procession in Muzaffarabad, Americas Most-Decorated Soldier Diesclipped by: lakotahopeclippers remarks: Awesome Waco, TX, United States (AHN) - A soldier believed to be Americas most-decorated living fighter died on Wednesday. Until his death in Waco, Texas; Retired Army Col. Robert Lewis Howard, 70, was said to be Americas most celebrated living soldier, receiving numerous awards including the Medal of Honor. He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a statement said Howard was the bravest soldier he ever met. He received the Medal of Honor in 1971 for rescuing a platoon leader who was wounded while taking on heavy enemy fire. During his 4-and-a-half years in Vietnam, Howard was wounded 14 times for which he received eight Purple Heart Medals. He enlisted in the Army in 1956 when he was 17 and retired as a full colonel in 1992. Howard served in Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army Special Forces. He spent most of his five tours in the secret Military Assistance Command USs UNWINNABLE Wars..a Deliberate TACTICclipped by: leevardiclippers remarks: ......excellent analysis of the UNDISCLOSED US/USSR secret Alliance which only recently fractured. THE DELIBERATE LOWERING OF THE QUALITY OF AMERICAN LIFE: UNWINNABLE WARS This next section is even more astonishing. Most of us never understood why things like "Hamburger Hill" happened in Vietnam, where soldiers were continually ordered to retake the same hill and perpetually fall back, over and over again, causing massive casualties with no tactical significance. Or, lets say, no apparent tactical significance. This is truly sickening to comprehend, but for those who treat war like a chess game, the greater design is revealed by Dr. Beters testimony (emphasis added): [The New World Order plan] required subtle movement of the American political system in the direction of dictatorship. It required weakening of Americas financial and monetary system. And to bring about the radical changes desired, it meant wars with the United States carefully maneuvered into a losing position. Americas first no-win war was the Korean War. new warbler discovered in laosclipped by: doodleiciousclippers remarks: cute and little.......... New Warbler Discovered in LaosScienceDaily (Dec. 24, 2009) ? A diminutive, colorful bird living in the rocky forests of Laos and Vietnam has been discovered by a team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Lao PDR Department of Forestry, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Swedish Museum of Natural History, BirdLife International and other groups. ![]() Named the "limestone leaf warbler" because it breeds in Laoss limestone karst environments -- a region known for unusual wildlife -- it is similar to other warblers in this area of Southeast Asia, except for its distinct vocalizations and slight morphological differences. The tiny bird is greenish-olive with a yellow breast and striped crown. Although it looks similar to other warblers, it is smaller with shorter wings and a larger bill than its closest relative the sulfur-breasted leaf warbler. In Russia, foreboding about Americas war in Afghanistanclipped by: dgreplayMOSCOW ? Thirty years ago this week, the Red Army began its invasion of Afghanistan , a move that sank the Soviet Union in a decade of guerrilla war and hastened the collapse of the Cold War empire. Today, as former Soviet soldiers watch American troops trying to pacify the same stretches of Afghan land they once fought for, aging Soviet generals and grunts alike are reminded of a war theyd rather forget. The retired soldiers talk about Afghanistan in terms that echo the American experience in Vietnam : of winning battles but losing the campaign, watching the local population throw its support behind an insurgency and, finally, coming home to a country that no longer understood or supported their war maya lin - unchopping a treeclipped by: doodleiciousThe Haunting, Beautiful "Unchopping a Tree" Video You Must SeeThe latest work from Maya Lin is a green call to action. Also see 11 powerful environmental messages.[Video] World renown American artist and architect Maya Lin -- designer of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington -- is in Copenhagen today with the What is Missing? campaign. As part of this memorial she has unveiled a stunning multimedia piece called Unchopping A Tree. The slow-burning, reflective piece features ethereal music by Brian Eno. "If deforestation were happening in your city, how quickly would you work to stop it?" the video asks, pointing out that 90 acres of rainforest are destroyed every minute. Deforestation threatens half of the worlds species, and is responsible for 20% of global warming emissions. We can reduce emissions and protect species. "Together we can save two birds with one tree," the piece argues. Tags: video Military Vets - in Prison and on Death Rowclipped by: beanzPurple Hearts On Death Row: War Damaged Vets Should Not Be Executed By the State Mental exhaustion. Battle fatigue. PTSD. Whatever its called, many of our soldiers who served in wars over the years came home with combat-related mental illness, traumatized by the carnage and destruction they saw and experienced. Unfortunately, too many veterans mental conditions have fueled criminal behavior resulting in their imprisonment. Dating back to the Civil War, veteran incarceration rates increased after each conflict. This is not a small, marginal problem. Government statistics for the 1980s show that 21 percent of state prison inmates then were Vietnam veterans. The U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration estimate that two of every five of the 800,000 new Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans exhibit post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. As veterans ourselves, we believe that people who commit crimes as a result of severe mental impairments should not be executed. 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