Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

I was then 20-year-old, naive, uneducated, with zero knowledge of politics. Arriving in Korea we hiked up steep mountains as replacements. Departing soldiers made puns while we remained silent not knowing what lay ahead—it was nighttime. At daybreak, a devastated … Continue reading →

More than 2000 Scots soldiers are awaiting official notification to leave their base near Bergen, Germany, for the Gulf. Yesterday, the last Challenger II tanks of the 7th Armoured Brigade were delivered to the ferry port of Emden. There they … Continue reading →

Shortly after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the federal government surveyed the sorts of air defense systems available from a variety of agencies – for use here, or elsewhere in the country. The government then conducted experiments to … Continue reading →

Peace Begins in the Neighborhood Seattle, Washington – “Forty-nine, fifty,” said Daniel Schwenk, while working his way along a row of protesters waving “No Iraq War” signs to Lake Forest Park’s evening rush hour. “I wasn’t counting,” he quipped. “I … Continue reading →

“Toxic Sludge is Good For You” (Chapter 10) The Mother of All Clients by John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton On August 2, 1990, Iraqi troops led by dictator Saddam Hussein invaded the oil-producing nation of Kuwait. Like Noriega in Panama, … Continue reading →

“Risky Nerve-Gas Drug” To the Editor of the New York Times: Re: “Drug Tested in Gulf War Is Approved for Troops” (news article, Feb. 6), about the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of pyridostigmine bromide (PB), a drug to help … Continue reading →

The former Cold War adversaries agreed a joint declaration, which was read out by President Jacques Chirac at the start of a press conference with Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, in Paris. “There is still an alternative to war, we … Continue reading →

Gamble by UK’s Ambassador to NATO Misfires, and the NATO Alliance Ruptures By all accounts there have been few more difficult and dramatic meetings in the 54-year history of Nato. At 10.30am, the besuited ambassadors of all 19 nations assembled … Continue reading →

Scientists and several veterans groups said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ignored evidence indicating serious safety concerns when it recently approved a drug called PB to protect soldiers from poisoning by a nerve gas. The veterans groups, including Gulf … Continue reading →

U.S. encounters more resistance to Iraq plans China adds to calls to avoid war Brussels, Belgium (AP)- Washington’s effort to build a coalition for war against Iraq hit more resistance today from NATO and beyond, with allies balking and China … Continue reading →