Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

The DoD is flirting with the idea of medicating soldiers to desensitize them to combat trauma — will an army of unfeeling monsters result?  January 10, 2008 – In June, the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health acknowledged … Continue reading →

We’ll nuke Iran – Bush promises Israel Thu, 01/10/2008 – 16:08 – Wire Services – US President George W. Bush promised Israel’s opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu that the United States will join the Jewish state in a nuclear strike against … Continue reading →

January 8, 2008 – An Army Reserve Colonel and decorated Iraq war veteran joined a growing pack of Democrats vying for the chance to take on U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) in November. Col. R. Wayne Dudding, who was awarded the … Continue reading →

January 8, 2008 – Stress and fear about terrorism after 9/11 are giving Americans heart problems, even if they had no personal connection to the attacks, according to a UC Irvine study released Monday. UCI researchers linked psychological stress responses … Continue reading →

January 4, 2008 – Soldiers returning from war don’t need to exhibit any scars on their bodies to be injured. Many — as many as 65 percent — have witnessed and survived the trauma of explosions and detonations. Those jolts … Continue reading →

January 7, 2008 – The CIA destroyed videotapes showing its agents subjecting high-level al-Qaeda detainees to waterboarding after the agency’s inspector general issued a classified report in the spring of 2004 that concluded the interrogation methods used on the prisoners … Continue reading →

January 7, 2008 – They are the other casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: spouses – mostly wives – of military personnel as well as their children, parents and even siblings struggling with the fear that accompanies combat … Continue reading →

January 3, 2008 – Tomah, Wisconsin – Ah, the wonders of privatization. On Dec. 10, locked doors greeted veterans seeking treatment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics in Rice Lake and Hayward. Corporate Wellness & Fitness, the Kentucky … Continue reading →

January 5, 2008 – Too many severely injured troops and their families haven’t been getting the bedside help they need in preparing applications to qualify for up to $100,000 in traumatic injury insurance. But that is going to change, says … Continue reading →

January 5, 2008 – The U.S. military said Saturday that an Iraqi soldier apparently shot dead two American service members for “reasons that are as yet unknown” while they were on a joint patrol north of the capital. Three other … Continue reading →