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Dual Loyalty Revisited

Any American not outraged is not yet fully informed.

(TEMPE, Az.) - Four-fifths of the U.S. House and Senate recently declared in correspondence to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the U.S. must reaffirm its “unbreakable bond” with Israel.

What persuaded our Congress to proclaim their loyalty to Israel while our military is waging war in the Middle East based on fabricated intelligence?

Poetry: Iraq & Afghanistan

Taking a moment to observe the sacrifice; Foreword by Tim King.

(LOS ANGELES) - It is so easy for Americans to be supportive of the wars overseas, but understanding what they support is a different thing altogether. There are the politics, but let's put that aside.

The lives of combat forces are hard, very hard. There is the fear, there is the anticipation, the heat, the cold, the fatigue, the marginal food, the attitudes, the endlessly competitive spirit of competition, the list goes on and on.

PTSD and the Multi Cultural Expression of War Related Music

Music can be a source of healing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I wish I could explain the emotion that surges through my world when I put pieces like this together.

Our YouTube page never stops receiving comments and friend invites, and tonight not one but two songs were sent to me by performers who are writing about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.

Human Trafficking

"Remember, before we holler foul and start sending them back,
Not 1 Hispanic has ever been linked to a planned terrorist attack."

(LOS ANGELES) - Human Trafficking is the practice of tricking, luring, coercing or otherwise removing people from their home or country, and then forcing them to work with no or low payment or on terms which are highly exploitative.

Three Points of View: The United States, Pakistan and India

STRATFOR Writer Peter Zeihan examines the interests and potential futures.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - In recent weeks, STRATFOR has explored how the U.S. government has been seeing its interests in the Middle East and South Asia shift.

When it comes down to it, the United States is interested in stability at the highest level — a sort of cold equilibrium among the region’s major players that prevents any one of them, or a coalition of them — from overpowering the others and projecting power outward.

Poem: Arizona Immigration Law & Senator John McCain

"As a former marine I am honored by your call to duty & sacrifice, But you and no one alive should deny any minority a better life."

(LOS ANGELES) - What do you think of John McCain's politics? Millions of Americans see Arizona's decision to have local police officers begin enforcing immigration law. as the last thing that this nation needs.

To some, the act of singling out people on a border with a Hispanic country without racial profiling is a cruel fantasy.

From War to Prison: a PTSD Documentary, Debuts Online

Documentary highlights conflicts between returning PTSD Combat Vets and a criminal justice system that often fails to consider their unique situation.

(LOS ANGELES) - Nathan Keyes served two tours in Iraq during his 8 years in the U.S. Army.

But when he came home from the war suffering from PTSD, everything went terribly wrong, and now this soldier is serving three years in prison.

Confessions of a War Resister

A serious narrative with sexually explicit content about a veteran soldier's successful resistance to war.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Yesterday was a great victory for me, the entire peace movement and for troops and civilians all over the world.

I faced the military for my refusal to deploy to Iraq, and I walked away a free man with a general discharge from the Army’s Individual Ready Reserve.

The Alleged `Undertreatment of Pain` in the U.S. Military

The notion of "undertreatment of pain" involves a goal of addicting every class of people in our country with opioids -- even our bravest -- our military.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - The pharmaceutical industry, their pain societies/foundations and their lobbyists fought for a Military Bill for the "undertreatment of pain in our armed forces" and were successful at having the bill pass.

Tel Aviv Israel Concert Canceled by Gil Scott Heron

Scott-Heron is perhaps best-known for the classic The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, was a leading voice in calling for the cultural boycott of apartheid South Africa.

(LONDON) - Gil Scott-Heron, whose political poetry influenced a generation of rap artists, sensationally announced the cancellation of his planned gig in Tel Aviv.

From the stage of London's Royal Festival Hall, Scott-Heron told the audience he "hated war" and his Israel tour date would not be going ahead.