Found at McClatchy:
Bush wants $600 million for Iraq police; but cuts aid to U.S. cops
— At the same time the Bush administration has been pushing for deep cuts in a popular crime-fighting program for states and cities, the White House has been fighting for approval of $603 million for the Iraqi police.
Seven veterans under VA's care commit suicide
They served their country honorably but after risking their life in combat abroad, coping with coming home was too much. In the last three months seven servicemen being treated by Spokane's VA Hospital have committed suicide.
What does one say when they have watched others go through All This Before, and having beared witness through these many years!
Iraq
Contractors operate equipment under the crackle of automatic weapon fire and with the protection of M-1 tanks, Stryker vehicles and Apache helicopters. The workers in this case are constructing a series of walls to block certain areas of Sadr City, the vast Shi'ite slum in Baghdad.
MAKE MAYDAY A "NO PEACE, NO WORK HOLIDAY"!
The following was written by Jack Heyman a longshoreman who works on the Oakland docks
Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war
While millions of people worldwide have marched against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and last week's New York Times/CBS News poll indicated that 81 percent believe the country is headed in the wrong direction - key concerns being the war and the economy - the war machine inexorably grinds on.
A few days ago we get this:
U.S. Wants British 'Surge' In S. Iraq: Paper
And why, because:
It quoted an unnamed senior U.S .military source saying: "Three big militias are currently engaged in a particularly bloody battle in southern Iraq.
And the U.S.
"If they do not have enough troops, then they will be offered U.S .Marines to help out.
Sen. Robert Byrd has a request posted over at Huffington Post, the title is his.
He hasn't Waivered as apparently many in this Country have!
Each brave soul leaves behind devastated loved ones -- sons, daughters, wives, husbands, moms, and dads. Each tragic loss leaves a void -- a missing smile and loving embrace, an empty chair at the family dinner table -- that can never be filled.
He also says this in the commentary:
"For my disconnected, disinterested
uncaring friends, it's not about the damn money, We have the
damn money, it's us, we suck, we do not care...We are all
collectively allowing out government to perpetuate this
crime, the crime of not taking care of soldiers."
