Part One In the first post, “Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldiers Killing Civilians in Cold Blood,” viewers witnessed the indiscriminate slaughter of Iraqi civilians by a U.S. helicopter crew, and heard the cheerful banter of the crew as they rained heavy fire down on civilian bodies. While some chose to dispute whether there was a legitimate… [Read more…]
Barbara Boxer, a U.S. Senator for California, elected as a Democrat, is apparently struggling with the concept “federal” and with her own role as a senator who sits on the Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism, the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and… [Read more…]
Steve Fondacaro is now the former program manager of the US Army’s Human Terrain System. He was dismissed on or about 11 June 2010. Sources speculate there are many reasons that may have led to his departure to include personal issues. His departure comes just as the HTS propaganda film Talibanistan was released by National… [Read more…]
In a military-dominated culture, where the militarist ethos tries to reach into every little corner of social experience and attempts to appropriate every possible making of cultural meaning, this is the latest for our files: Team USA at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was apparently unable to think of motivation, discipline, and… [Read more…]
June 17, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
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