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PTSD: Anxiety, Fear or Terror

December 7 1941, a sacred day for PTSD.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This sermon is based upon two sources; Time Magazine has a major article on Dec. 5 2011 with the title 'Anxiety or more explicitly, the two faces of Anxiety'.

I didn't know that there were two faces and further, I didn't know that there was a comparison like 'anxiety, anxianter and axientiest, which is the same as the comparison between good, better and best', which seems to be the basis of this article.

Poetry: Medal Of Honor & The $1 Value Meal

A British military contractor has been on the offensive with slanderous and libelous statements about this hero of the highest order.

(CLEVELAND / SALEM) - As we reported in a recent article, a Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic rescue of 36 human beings, has been under assault by a British military contractor for alleged "drinking" problems and also for supposedly for having "mental" problems.

Of course none of this was on the radar of the contractor BAE Systems, until after former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer blew the whistle on the company's attempt to sell high-powered sniper scopes to the Pakistani military.

Julian Assange & Bradley Manning`s Defense Fund

The US response to Assange's release of secret documents was to prohibit banks and PayPal transfer funds; now there is a way to help.

(EUGENE) - You might recall that when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the press, no one in the press was prosecuted for releasing the information.

When Bush's chief advisor, Karl Rove and Cheney's chief advisor, Scooter Libby, outed an undercover agent by talking to the press, which resulted in the deaths of a dozen of her secret contacts, destroyed her career, and made her a death target for life, Bush waved his wand and it was all okay.

Wounded Vietnamese-American Soldier Receives Segway

Vietnamese-American United States Army Captain James Van Thach, who was among thirty-seven severely wounded warriors that were presented Segway personal transporters by Segs4Vets.

(NEW YORK) - "As the holidays approach here in the United States, let us reflect for a moment how fortunate we are to live with freedoms in a country that is protected by our brave military men and women," says Tommy Nero Sullivan of V.I.P. Promotions.

"Since the United States’ War on Terrorism, many of our military men and women have sacrificed to protect our nation and many more return home to us with severe wounds..."

Marine Medal of Honor Recipient, Nation`s Best- Faces Retaliation as Whistleblower

The Medal of Honor reflects the gratitude of the entire nation. Here's the rest of the story...

(SALEM) - Marine Corps sergeant Dakota Meyer was awarded the Congressional medal for saving 36 lives in the heat of extensive combat, in Afghanistan.

But now, instead of being honored, Dakota Meyer is experiencing retaliation for having blown the whistle on a former employer based in England, military defense contractor BAE Systems, that he believes was trying to sell military hardware to Pakistan that could in turn be used against U.S. forces.

Once Again, War is Prime Time and Journalism`s Role is Taboo

The role of respectable journalism in western state crimes — from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Libya — remains taboo.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - On 22 May 2007, the Guardian’s Iran’s secret plan for summer offensive to force US out of Iraq." The writer, Simon Tisdall, claimed that Iran had secret plans to defeat American troops in Iraq, which included "forging ties with al-Qaeda elements."

Reflections of the Iraq War

It's a war where nationalism drove an aggressive U.S. to mirror the behavior it supposedly believed Iraq was 'capable' of committing.

(SALEM) - For many the war in Iraq will never end, and for their sake everyone should understand as much as possible about this military operation that claimed far more lives than western media sources accurately reveal.

There is right and there is wrong and there is popular opinion. U.S. politicians with few exceptions, follow that third option.

As the Troops Come Home

Acquired knowledge and experience can be used in the interest of peace.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - They should not be discharged unless they want to be, providing their enlistment has expired.

They can be used for peace time duty; search and rescue in the event of a calamity. Whatever; You get the idea.

Comparing Evils

From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Jamal Khan is an Afghan journalist who fled his country because of Taliban persecution and now lives in Germany.

Keeping Veterans` Claims Alive

Important info for U.S. military vets.

(SAN DIEGO) - In 2010, more than 3 million veterans received monthly monetary benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including more than 1 million veterans each from the Vietnam War and Gulf War eras, as well as veterans who served as far back as World War II.1 Nearly 40 percent of the veterans receiving benefits are age 65 or older.