Tag: US military
The ongoing U.S. “war on terror” has forcibly displaced as many as 59 million people from just eight countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia since 2001, according to a new report published Tuesday by Brown University’s Costs of War Project. #waronterror
The so-called War on Terror launched by the United States government in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has cost at least 801,000 lives and $6.4 trillion according to a pair of reports published Wednesday by the Costs of War Project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. #stopwars #WarOnTerror
We Are Not Your Soldiers brings exposure of imperial wars to a generation of youth largely unaware of the crimes being carried out throughout the world in their names. #nomorewars
The company, Malloy Aeronautics, which is housed in the United Kingdom, is the creator of this hoverbike, as well as many other drone-related products. The company also created a remote control version of the bike, which is already in use – running on the physics similar of a drone. The awesome invention that is storming the world – particularly the United States military has impressed its funders – is having your own personal hover bike.
Like it or not, as the world’s sole superpower, the U.S. provides a remarkably good model for the imperial and imperious aliens of our screen life.
The US military has been engaged in a policy of forcing wounded and disabled veterans out of service to avoid paying benefits and to make room for new able-bodied recruits. Identifying injured combat soldiers as delinquent and negligent has lead to a practice called “chaptering out” which results in those soldiers being forced to leave the military without an honorable discharge. Because of this, thousands of soldiers have been chaptered out, losing federally sponsored benefits including health care, unemployment, and educational programs.
