Fires engulfing Australia. Friendly fire on the 2020 campaign trail. Government forces firing on protestors in Hong Kong, Iran and Iraq. The fire of rocket attacks and enemy infiltrations hitting our troops from Kenya to Kabul. Tense protests in Richmond, Virginia continue to raise the heat–but thankfully, no fire. This time. And in Washington, […]
Read MoreThe deputy commander of the American-led operation in Iraq said the Pentagon was putting service members through medical examinations to see if they had traumatic brain injuries. “Don’t just be outraged by #PresidentMayhem’s latest asinine comments,” Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, wrote in a Twitter post. “Take action to […]
Read MorePresident says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very serious; veterans say his comments were ignorant Mr. Trump’s comments are “really counterproductive because we’ve worked for the last decade-and-a-half to highlight and educate people about the invisible injuries of war,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of […]
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