SMALL CHANGE |
Rich Raitano A cold, biting rain cut through the early Seattle morning. It was a typical mid-January, Pacific Northwest rain being bullied by a brisk wind off of Elliot Bay. Most of SoDo's indigent c...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:18:00 GMT |
Veterans Day 2007 |
War is hell. Ask any combat vet. The experiences and consequences of combat do not cease at the end of a combat tour. There is no escaping the "beast" settling into the darkest corners of your life; l...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:35:00 GMT |
Vietnam 1967-1968 |
Stolen Youth
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Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:03:00 GMT |
Revolving Door War |
Our valorous and loyal military, having been sent into an ill-planned and fraudulent invasion into Iraq over four years ago, have now had their tours extended from twelve months to fifteen mon...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 20:24:00 GMT |
Time For Diplomacy |
It is long past timeAs of Saturday, March 17th, 3218 American service members have been wantonly sacrificed in Iraq; a conflict which has been mishandled from day one by an overly zealous and inept ad...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:00:00 GMT |
LZ Sue |
The chopper circled the saddle shaped hill and made its gentle gliding approach. Several troops were standing nearby the pad as we touched down and began to off load. When we jumped from the bird we c...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:02:00 GMT |
LZ Carentan / December 1967 |
LZ Carentan The Huey's turbine whined as it reached for peak power. The giant rotor blades accelerated smoothly above us, cutting into the hot air, sending a swirling, reddish dust cloud billowing i...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:54:00 GMT |
Veterans at the Wall |
I made my first journey to the Vietnam Memorial in September, 2006, thirty-eight years after having returned to the "world" from that bitter place. I was profoundly astonished by the simple grace and ...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:22:00 GMT |
Justice |
By now it should be painfully obvious to all Americans, except to the diminutive number of loyal diehard, that the conflict in Iraq was conceived and executed through deliberate deception and outright...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:17:00 GMT |
Blame |
With nowhere left to lay the blame, and certainly it will never land on him, the president wiggles a critical finger at the media for all the "bad news" being broadcast over the American airwaves abou...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:12:00 GMT |
