If Trump Declares Martial Law Due to Coronavirus, Can He Suspend the Election?Open Letter from Truthdig’s Publisher & CEO: Breaking My SilenceImagining A New World on the Other Side of the PandemicSenator Dumped Up to $1.7 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus PreparednessIf Trump Declares Martial Law Due to Coronavirus, Can He Suspend the Election?The Trouble With America's Only Memorial to Its Forever Wars Lynch, the Army supply clerk who was captured in an ambush on a convoy in which she was riding during the early days of the Iraq war, recounted how the news media repeated “the story of the little girl Rambo from the hills who went down fighting.”She said that the story of her capture and a dramatic rescue videotape that was released to the media by U.S. forces may have helped “inspire our troops and rally a nation,” but that the real heroes were her comrades who died during the ambush.“The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals for heroes,” she said. But O’Neal reiterated an assertion he made to Pentagon investigators that the unsigned document had been changed from the version he submitted.The Tillmans have dismissed as insufficient repeated Pentagon inquiries into the killing. Speaking of Tillman, it’s nice to hear about the connection the family still has with the ASU football program. Times Staff Writer Zuade Kaufman Marine Corps Veteran Kirstie Ennis stood before the biggest names in sports at the 2019 ESPY Awards and accepted the 2019 Pat Tillman Award For Service.
To bookmark your favorite articles, please An Independent, Progressive Journal of News and Opinion. Reminder that Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire (three shots in the head) while serving in Afghanistan, and a cover-up was immediately launched to hide that fact. Venezuela is not a threat. Jim Hightower / Both UCLA and USC have reported over 150 positive cases. If Venezuelans believe Maduro has mismanaged their nation’s most valuable asset, it is their right to seek change, but this is not a right enjoyed by Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi or Elliott Abrams.Like Iraq, our interference is not about liberating the Venezuelan people from some tyrannical regime. After Sept. 11, 2001, the little plane also was outfitted with missiles and used to kill al Qaeda leaders.An Air Force commando attached to Tillman's Army Ranger platoon testified that as the incident unfolded, he heard the unmanned reconnaissance plane's distinctive propeller buzz overhead.His recollection of the Predator was enough to spark a search for any video the drone might have gathered. The fabric of Venezuelan society could be destroyed for generations. Rangers in a convoy trailing Tillman's group had just emerged from a canyon where they had been fired upon. "We've all been betrayed ... We never thought they would use him the way they did," she said.The Tillman family has made similar accusations against the administration and the military before, but has generally shied away from news media attention. by Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he called the hearing -- which also included testimony by former Iraq prisoner of war Pfc. To the nation, it was a moment of disorientation. Like many in this country, I have lost family members and friends in both Iraq and Afghanistan. It is reminiscent of the U.S. propaganda surrounding Saddam and weapons inspectors. Not only is regime change illegal and morally wrong, it has proved to be disastrous.Yes, Venezuela has problems. Choose authors to follow, bookmark your favorite articles and more. It was the same decision thousands of other young people of his generation made in the aftermath of 9/11. A speech by Bush days later that included a reference to Tillman but did not mention the circumstances of his death. From the sanctions to the freezing of assets to the blocking of Venezuela from the international financial system, this is what appears to be driving that country over the edge. Statements and opinions expressed in articles and comments are those of the authors, not Truthdig. Posted by 1 year ago. ""Our family will never be satisfied. That is what it appears our leaders are going to do.
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