Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Guantanamo Process as a Public Danger

Posted on October 13, 2005 by Team VCS

The prevailing belief that the procedures at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) protect us because they make it easy to keep “enemy combatants” locked away is misguided. When legal process is not rigorous and convictions are easy to win, the danger is … Continue reading →

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When Torture becomes Policy

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Team VCS

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government.” Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 President Bush has made it clear … Continue reading →

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Americans Favor Impeachment of Bush If He Lied about Iraq War

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Team VCS

Poll: Americans Favor Bush’s Impeachment If He Lied about Iraq By a margin of 50{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d} to 44{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d}, Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he lied about the war in Iraq, according to a new poll commissioned by … Continue reading →

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GOP Stands Up For U.S. Right to Torture

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Team VCS

GOP Stands Up for U.S. Right to Torture Austin, Texas — On one of those television gong shows that passes for journalism, the panelists used to have to pick an Outrage of the Week. Then, each performer would wax indignant about … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Vietcong doctor: The Anne Frank of Vietnam

Posted on October 11, 2005 by Team VCS

“I had to do an appendix operation without enough medicine. Only a few tubes of Novocain, but the wounded young soldier never cried out or yelled. He continued to smile to encourage me. Looking at the forced smile on his … Continue reading →

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The War to End All Wars That Started Them All

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Team VCS

I just read an excellent book on World War I, and it made me incredibly sad. World War I was the beginning of all the horrors of the 20th century and of problems we still have to deal with in … Continue reading →

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Dangers in Damascus

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Team VCS

For a Syrian, Samir Nashar is close to being a dream democrat. He’s liberal, secular, rich—and brazenly outspoken. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has “lost his credibility,” Nashar boldly told a NEWSWEEK reporter who visited him recently at his home in … Continue reading →

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Torture Advocate Withdraws Nomination for #2 Spot at Justice Department

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Team VCS

Flanigan Withdraws as Nominee for Deputy Attorney General By Dan Eggen and R. Jeffrey SmithWashington Post Staff WritersSaturday, October 8, 2005; A03 The Bush administration’s choice for deputy attorney general has withdrawn his nomination amid mounting questions from Senate Democrats … Continue reading →

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The Other Hurricane: Has the Age of Chaos Begun?

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Team VCS

The genesis of two category-five hurricanes (Katrina and Rita) in a row over the Gulf of Mexico is an unprecedented and troubling occurrence. But for most tropical meteorologists the truly astonishing “storm of the decade” took place in March 2004. … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Police Beating Caught on Tape

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Team VCS

New Orleans Police Beating Caught on Tape At least one police officer repeatedly punched a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication, and another officer assaulted an Associated Press Television News producer as a cameraman taped the confrontations. There will be … Continue reading →

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