For eight years this country has been held hostage by an administration that clearly has it's own agenda.

The Sludge Report #135

The Vietnam War (also known as the Second Indochina War, the American War in Vietnam and the Vietnam Conflict) occurred from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was a successful effort by the Democratic Republic   more...of Vietnam (DRV or North Vietnam) and the indigenous National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, (also known derogatively as the Vi?t C?ng, Charlie or VC) to reunify Vietnam under a communist government. To a degree, the war may be viewed as a Cold War conflict between the U.S., its allies, and the Republic of Vietnam on one side, and the Soviet Union, its allies, the People's Republic of China, and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on the other. Others, however, viewed the conflict as a civil war between communist and non-communist Vietnamese factions.

The U.S. deployed large numbers of troops to South Vietnam between the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, and 1973. Some U.S. allies also contributed forces. U.S. military advisers first became involved in Vietnam in 1950, assisting French colonial forces. In 1956, these advisers assumed full responsibility for training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. President John F. Kennedy increased America's troop numbers from 500 to 16,000. Large numbers of combat troops were dispatched by President Lyndon Johnson beginning in 1965. Almost all U.S. military personnel departed after the Paris Peace Accords of 1973. The last American troops left the country on April 30, 1975.

At various stages the conflict involved clashes between small units patrolling the mountains and jungles, amphibious operations, guerrilla attacks on the villages, and cities and large-scale conventional battles. U.S. aircraft also conducted massive aerial bombing, targeting North Vietnam's cities, industries and logistical networks. Cambodia and Laos were drawn into the conflict. Large quantities of chemical defoliants were sprayed from the air, in an effort to reduce the cover available to the enemy.

The Vietnam War was finally concluded on 30 April 1975, with the Fall of Saigon. The war claimed 58,000 U.S. combat dead and the lives of between 2 and 5.1 million Vietnamese, a large number of whom were civilians. Although exact numbers are difficult to verify, the disparity in deaths illustrated the overwhelming superiority of U.S. firepower  less

Pinky wants some Answers: Is the U.S.-led Invasion and Occupation of
Iraq Legal or Illegal? Do any of the charges of illegality we've been
hearing about have any Legal Basis at all? And why should we even   more...care
about international law anyway? Pinky and friends do the research and
then tell you all the answers!

For more Educational Political Truths see Pinkys Web Channel @:
http://www.youtube.com/pinkyshow

My Fear is that the United Nations will never Prosecute the Leaders of
these Nations because it means Prosecuting its Own Member Nations
and That's a Sad Indictment not just on the United Nations but also on
the Citizens of those Nations Who will Just Sit Back and Let these War
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Flynt Leverett worked as a senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council, the NSC, and he was a CIA analyst.
http://representativepress.blogspot.c...

The Bush Administration has   more...committed fraud before. See background information on the fraud committed by the Bush Administration to get us into the Iraq War:

The Problem Was Not "Faulty Intelligence," the Problem Was Dishonestly Selecting And Omitting Intelligence
http://representativepress.blogspot.c...

Senate Hearing on Iraq Pre-War Intelligence
http://representativepress.blogspot.c...

US Intelligence About Iraq Didn't Really Fail, It Was Manipulated
http://representativepress.blogspot.c...

Beyond all reasonable doubt, the Bush Administration is guilty of the high crime of lying our nation into war.
http://representativepress.blogspot.c...

Read Dealing with Tehran by Flynt Leverett here: http://www.newamerica.net/publication...

See video: Elliott Abrams is another NeoCon that doesn't respect the Constitution
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(We are IVAW)Pointing imaginary guns and roughing up "Iraqi civilians", a group of antiwar veterans brought the realities of the Iraq debacle to Manhattan, in a Memorial Day protest that briefly   more...turned the streets of the city into a combat zone. In "Operation First Casualty," a half-dozen members of Iraq Veterans Against the War employed the tactics of street theater to stage mini-dramas in Times Square, Union Square and the World Trade Center site, simulating sniper fire and staging mock arrests of fellow protesters who portrayed Iraqis. The group plans to take Operation First Casualty to the streets of Chicago June 17. If there ever was a group whose voices deserve to be heard more in this country it's the IVAW.  less

If you ever wanted to end a war...
<strong>Sir! No Sir!</strong>
The suppressed story of the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam
More info on screenings @
http://www.sirnosir.com

<strong>Link to part 2 of 4 below</strong>
US Iraq war vets speak out about their experiences during the recruitment process, while in the middle of the War on Terror and upon returning back   more...from active duty to "civilian" life.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/EFE99A3EC1AF4666BD5724C72FA62367/gulf-war-vets-speak-out-pt-2.aspx"><strong>Click here to watch part 2 of 4</strong></a>

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It was a cold, windy nasty day on the huge, empty beach in Margate,NJ on July 4th, 2007. In addition to yours truly, the only people on the beach that day were a few men- Margate neighbors. They were   more...proudly flying a very big American Flag, held steady by the wet sand. We chatted for a short time about their experiences in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.  less

Tisk Tisk!

During the vietnam war, the troops would have their occasional RnR. Here were the action availabe at the time.

This video is being posed In remembrance to Honor all our Veterans who have fought for freedom in all past or present wars some of whom made the Ultimate sacrifice

Important information for Veterans about a program by the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides improved health care as well as improved services for Vets through a secure online website.

Program to deliberately subject infants and small children to known toxins. Sponsored by the Pesticide Industries! So if you have kids and you live in America,..This should concern you! I will state   more...this again "I am not a democrat nor a republican I'm only a concern American who is fed up the or LAME Ass media and Fascist acting government!  less

It's one of the most amazing displays of journalistic incompetence in recent memory.

The US news media failed to draw the obvious connection between the bizarre federal law enforcement investigation into   more...the private life of New York Governor Spitzer and Spitzer's all out attack on the Bush administration for its collusion with predatory lenders.

While the international credit system grinds to a halt because of a superabundance of bad mortgage loans made in the US, the news media failed to cover the details of Spitzer's public charges against the White House.
Yet when salacious details were leaked about alleged details of Spitzer's private life, they took that information and made it the front page news for days.
To the 9/11 fiasco, the Iraq War, the travesty of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, and the shredding of the US Constitution, we can now add a deliberate and reckless attack on the credit and banking system of the US.  less

R.I.D. (RECOGNIZE, IGNORE, DELETE)

unable to post as video comment due to friends only status -- FAIL!

Treasonous evidence of hiding information found out about their 9/11 plan before the day of the event.
Lie after lie after lie and you can see it in their faces.

Watching this footage from 1964 and then later during the lead up to the Iraq War featuring prominently Colin Powell, I can't help ponder what goes on in that man's mind. Of all the Bush Administration   more...clowns one would think Powell would have learned some lesson from Vietnam or held onto some bitterness once it was revealed that the entire event that was supposed to have triggered that war never happened and yet as this video shows how he was seen by many pundits and people as the man who "sealed the deal" on this current war. I just wonder if that keeps him up at night.  less

The sludge Report #132

<strong>Link to part 1 of 4 below</strong>
US Iraq war vets speak out about their experiences during the recruitment process, while in the middle of the War on Terror and upon returning back   more...from active duty to "civilian" life.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/3251F458AE0C4776B67EB9839DB244B5/gulf-war-vets-speak-out-pt-1.aspx"><strong>Click here to watch part 1 of 4</strong></a>

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<strong>Link to part 3 of 4 below</strong>
US Iraq war vets speak out about their experiences during the recruitment process, while in the middle of the War on Terror and upon returning back   more...from active duty to "civilian" life.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/5E65F903D51C423BB7C9DC268AB44957/gulf-war-vets-speak-out-pt-3.aspx"><strong>Click here to watch part 3 of 4</strong></a>

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<strong>Link to part 2 of 4 below</strong>
Tracing Donald Rumsfeld's career from his time as an advisor to President Nixon to his rise as the oft-seen and well-known face of the George W. Bush   more...administration during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Interviews with key administration officials, military leaders, and reporters expose how the Secretary of Defense bent on reform became the Secretary of War accused of ignoring the advice of his generals.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/82A3BA0D5FAE46A6ADD1A0ECCBFA7C46/rumsfeld-s-war-2-4.aspx"><strong>Click here to view part 2 of 4</strong></a>

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peace action organized by moveon.org

The Slam Dunk for impeachment.
What are we all waiting for? WWIII