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  1. Trump says ISIL second-in-command Abu-Bilal al-Minuki killed | Donald Trump News

    US and Nigerian forces carry out a joint operation against the commander, who was deemed a ‘global terrorist’…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #África #DonaldTrump #dronestrikes #ISIL/ISIS #military #News #Nigeria #trump #US&Canada
    europesays.com/2993194/

  2. Why is piracy rising off Somalia again — and is the Iran war responsible? | Crime News

    At least three vessels have been targeted in hijackings this week off the coast of Somalia in what analysts…
    #NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Africa #alqaeda #breakingnews #Crime #Djibouti #Explainer #Iran #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #NATO #Shipping #somalia #US-IsraelwaronIran #WorldBank
    newsbeep.com/513938/

  3. ROSE COVERED GLASSES @rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com@rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com ·

    What It Means To Kill in Combat

    “DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

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    “If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

    This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

    More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

    What It Means To Kill In Combat

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

     

    #COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #Israel #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #MiddleEast #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY
  4. ROSE COVERED GLASSES @rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com@rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com ·

    What It Means To Kill in Combat

    “DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    “If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

    This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

    More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

    What It Means To Kill In Combat

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

     

    #COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY
  5. ROSE COVERED GLASSES @rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com@rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com ·

    What It Means To Kill in Combat

    “DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    “If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

    This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

    More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

    What It Means To Kill In Combat

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

     

    #COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY
  6. ROSE COVERED GLASSES @rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com@rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com ·

    What It Means To Kill in Combat

    “DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    “If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

    This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

    More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

    What It Means To Kill In Combat

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

     

    #COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY
  7. ROSE COVERED GLASSES @rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com@rosecoveredglasses.wordpress.com ·

    What It Means To Kill in Combat

    “DEFENSE ONE” By Phil Zabriskie

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

    “If a war fails to achieve its stated objectives—as Vietnam did—it can make the reasons for killing even harder to accept. Some recent vets of Iraq and Afghanistan, said the psychiatrist, are already asking, “What was it all for?”

    This is not to cast troops who kill in combat as victims. They should carry the weight of what they did. But they should not be forced to carry it alone. Their leadership, from the company level all the way to the Chief of Staff, is part of every killing that’s carried out. So too are the civilian architects of these wars. And the rest of us bear some responsibility as well.

    The killing a country does through its soldiers is part of its fabric and identity. The less it is examined, the less a country will know about itself, its impulses, and the impact of what it has trained and dispatched its sons and daughters to do.

    A more honest conversation about what war is and what war does is a good place to start. Those who [called] for boots on the ground in Iraq, Syria, or anywhere else, should be first to have it. They should understand and explain exactly what it [means] if troops are deployed, and they should press the military to give its charges tools that not only help them kill when they should, but also how to live with the killing they’ve done later in life.

    More counseling must be made available as well, as part of the broader overhaul of the VA, and steps taken to remove the stigma that still exists around seeking help for the psychological wounds of war. And no one should ask a veteran if he or she has killed anybody unless they really want to hear the answer—and are prepared to listen.”

    What It Means To Kill In Combat

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

    Phil Zabriskie, a writer living in New York, is the author of The Kill Switch. Previously, he lived and worked throughout Asia and the Middle East, including in Iraq and Afghanistan.

     

    #COMBAT #GoodLeaders #GovernmentAccoutability #GovernmentWaste #healthCareReform #history #Iran #iraq #isil #ISIS #LabelsBigGovernment #MIC #Pentagon #politics #PTSD #VeteranSAssistance #VetsAgainstWar #war #WORLDHISTORY
  8. French cement giant Lafarge guilty of financing ISIL in Syria | ISIL/ISIS

    NewsFeed Cement company Lafarge and eight of its ex-employees were found guilty of financing ISIL in a French…
    #Conflict #Conflicts #War #Europe #france #ISIL/ISIS #Newsfeed #ShowTypes #Syria
    europesays.com/2917875/

  9. europesays.com/iran/65800/ French court rules cement giant Lafarge guilty of funding Syria ‘terrorism’ | ISIL/ISIS News #ISIL/ISIS #News #Syria #Syria'sWar

  10. Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

    france24.com/en/somalia-islami

    #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

  11. Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing vs. war in northern by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

    france24.com/en/somalia-islami

    @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

  12. Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

    france24.com/en/somalia-islami

    #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

  13. Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

    france24.com/en/somalia-islami

    #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

  14. Good video reporting from frontlines of still-ongoing #Puntland vs. #ISIS war in northern #Somalia by @bastien_rnl, @willswanson, and @ARTEfr for @France24_en. Seemingly shot last Nov - reporters visited ISIS-Somalia's former "so-called capital", Sheebaab village in Almiskat Mts.

    france24.com/en/somalia-islami

    #geography #geopolitics #HornOfAfrica #journalism #armedconflict #ISIL #war #GulfOfAden #security #worldnews #Africa @geography @geopolitics @internationalrelations

  15. europesays.com/iran/29967/ US says over 5,700 suspected ISIL detainees relocated from Syria to Iraq | ISIL/ISIS News #Iraq #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #News #Syria #UnitedStates #US&Canada

  16. europesays.com/iran/28930/ Syrian army takes control of al-Tanf military base as US troops pull out | ISIL/ISIS News #DonaldTrump #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #News #Syria

  17. europesays.com/iran/21018/ Syria takes over northeast base after anti-ISIL coalition pullout #base #isil #Syria

  18. europesays.com/iran/6238/ Exodus of ISIL-linked detainees from Syria camp sparks security concerns | Syria’s War News #Features #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #News #Syria #Syria'sWar

  19. europesays.com/iran/4214/ More than 5,000 ISIL detainees transferred from Syria, says Iraqi ministry | ISIL/ISIS News #Iraq #ISIL/ISIS #MiddleEast #News #Syria