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Losing Our Sense of Priorities as a Nation...

Honesty is increasingly becoming a crime in Amerika.

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - It's a bizarro world we live in.

In days of old Daniel Ellsberg was considered a national hero, but in a bizarro world Bradley Manning faces life in jail or death for doing what was formerly considered heroic.

Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?

The Iraq war cost U.S. taxpayers $810 billion and counting. Imagine how much health care, social services, education, housing, fire and police this money could have purchased.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and get out,” a position proposed by the late Senator George Akin of Vermont at the end of the Vietnam war?

What does victory mean and why did the U.S. invade and occupy Iraq in the first place?

Q Madp Featured in KATU Report: `Photographer preserves memories of fallen soldiers`

News story "Photographer preserves memories of fallen soldiers" tells the story of Oregon's most dedicated patriots.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Q Madp has a love for his country and those who serve it that is unmatched, for years he has attended the funerals of those killed in the wars overseas to take photos for the family.

In cases where the family agrees, Q provides photos of the service to the media, in fact he is one of our writers.

Women Veterans, PTSD and Invisible Scars: Brutish Betrayal Again

The elephant in the room, military sexual trauma.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As a VA Hospital customer for PTSD, along with other aches, pains and fractured limbs, I have a dim view of their purported excellence of treatment.

Some of it is barely OK, but some of it wouldn't be allowed by the SPCA.

Was Syria `Nuked`? (INCLUDES VIDEO)

Striking evidence of the use of American EPW (Earth Penetrating Weapons) nuclear weapons in Syria has come to light. Experts say the proof is irrefutable.

(DAMASCUS Press TV) - Dramatic video footage from Syria reveals startling evidence that counters Israel’s claims of “surgical strikes” on weapons headed to Lebanon.

Syria had come under attack by Israel using, not just nuclear weapons, but an American nuclear bunker buster bomb.

Hypocrisy of US War on Terrorism

For throwing stones at Israeli armoured vehicles, boys are put in solitary confinement, given electric shock, have their heads beaten against a wall and kicked until they passed out.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - "I don't have a single American friend," said Tamarlan Tsarnaev "I don't understand them."

Boston terrorism has been squelched: Tamarlan, dead in a police shoot-out left his younger brother Dzhokar wounded in the hospital.

Why Does SF Gay Pride Board Pres. Lisa Williams Hate Gay Whisetleblower Manning?

Bradley Manning is gay, his bravery unprecedented, his participation in the SF gay rights parade, denied.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Bradley Manning was asked to be one of the Grand Marshals of the annual San Francisco gay pride parade, but the group has little consistency.

Their leader has openly and profoundly denied the opportunity to the national whistleblower who is a Nobel Prize Nominee.

What you Need to Know About Bradley Manning

Bradley Manning believed he was the worst foreign policy disaster since Vietnam.

(BROOKLYN) - In June, Bradley Manning, who caused the greatest security breach in US history by giving classified war documents to Wikileaks, will go on trial at Fort Meade, MD.

Two nights ago, Chase Madar, author of the stirring book, The Passion of Bradley Manning, had a dialogue about the case with Sarah Leonard, an editor at The New Inquiry.

Wounded U.S. Army Captain Goes to War Zone in Afghanistan

“Our injuries don’t define us. We control our own destinies and set the example on how to live our lives positively and be inspirational to our fellow Americans as well as an asset to our country.” - Salem-News.com writer James Van Thach

(NEW YORK) - Why would an already wounded soldier return to the War Zone?

Captain James Van Thach, a Vietnamese American law graduate of Touro Law Center, retired from the United States Army in March 2009, decided it was time to return to a war zone on Operation Proper Exit, a program sponsored by the Troops First Foundation.

US to Keep Vilifying Caracas Even With Chavez Dead

Moros says his government believes foul play was involved in President Chávez’s death.

(TORONTO) - On the day that it was announced Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez had died from an unidentified cancer, two US diplomats were expelled as persona non grata from Caracas for trying to organize some type of coup and conspiracy against Venezuela.

The Obama Administration would calmly wait until March 9, a day after Chávez’s state funeral, to retaliate by expelling two Venezuelan diplomats.