Articles tagged with: Viet Nam
Hamid Karzai: A Taliban in Sheep's Clothing
Mr. Karzai, who owes his position and probably his very existence, to the overthrow of the Taliban government in a 2001 invasion, has become emboldened by the corrupt election that kept him in power. Under the protection of the U.S. military in Afghanistan , Mr. Karzai has been able to hold secretive meetings
War and PTSD
Years ago I had a friend whom I will call Sam. He had been a Marine in Viet Nam and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His conversations threw me back into the clutches of a time which stirred a cauldron of emotions in me. Having come of age in the sixties, I thought I had developed a perspective of that …
Beware of A New Season of Storms
The warming sunshine and easy-going days of summer have once again become a memory, at least in most parts of the country, and the 2009-2010 hurricane season has slipped silently (so far) through the door. The experts in these matters at the National Weather Service tell us that America is in for a severe hurricane season this year, largely due to …
Woodstock and Flower Seeds
As my children were growing up they were enamored of the sixties and in particular of Woodstock. They wanted to hear stories of that era, but not the reality of it. It was, in part, a culmination of the events of protests, marches, sit-ins, flower power, and let’s face it, drug abuse. But the era was much more than that.
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Go To Your Room, Dick Cheney
Will someone please advise this man that his term has ended? Even when he was VP he became a bane that George Bush could not tolerate without cracking jokes. I held off writing about Cheney because I did not want to give him the attention he so desperately seeks or the appeasement he will never receive. I’m just a lowly …
A Viet Nam Veteran’s Hope
This year will mark the 40th anniversary of my tour of duty in Viet Nam aboard the USS Ticonderoga, and what a time it was. Back in 1969, when I had only been in the Navy for about a year and a half, I got orders to leave my land-based job in San Diego to report for duty aboard the Ticonderoga. The ship …
War and PTSD
Years ago I had a friend whom I will call Sam. He had been a Marine in Viet Nam and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His conversations threw me back into the clutches of a time which stirred a caldron of emotions in me. Having come of age in the sixties, I thought I had developed a perspective of that …
