From March 14th to 16th 2008, Pacifica Radio provided coverage of the historic Winter Soldier 2008 gathering in Washington, DC.
National broadcast (April 22nd) on the first class action lawsuit brought by Iraq war veterans against the Department of Veterans Affairs. US vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder are alleging a system-wide breakdown in the way the government treats injured soldiers.
When young American men and women sign up to serve in the US military, our government makes a basic promise to them: that if they are wounded in the line of duty they will get the care they need. Unfortunately, for tens of thousands of veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, that's a promise that only exists on paper.
Corporal Phillipe Louis Jean: When I Got Back from Iraq, They Tried to Deport Me
Specialist Joshua Casteel: Abu Ghraib Interrogator Meets With the Pope
Lance Corporal Jeff Key: Gay Marine Comes Out on CNN
Sergeant Todd Bowers: While I Was in Iraq, My Student Loans Were Sent to Collection
Sergeant James Dean: Afghan Vet Shot by Maryland State Troopers
Supporting our troops does
Supporting our troops does not end with their tour of duty. We need to support them for as long as they need us. Anything less is the epitome of ingratitude. The manner the present administration treats our troops is scandalous.
I was deported and Im an ex navy sailor
I could not belive the night I had a nock on my door to find 9 ICE persons standing there. I remember telling one that I was more American then they were. I moved to the US when I was 10 years old. I served in the US navy for 8 years. Honorable discharge. The Imigration judge didnt even look at my navy papers. I do have to admit that I did break the law. I had a misdeminor that Imigration changed it to a felony. I am now deported and so wishing to come home. The US the country I protected agains Russa, Libia, Iraq and Iran. I left behind 3 kids and the rest of my family along with friends that all wrote the judge.
We Americans support our
We Americans support our troops. We want them home NOW!
Phillipe Louis Jean
This is as sad it gets!!! When the bush empire, earlier in the war, brought press in to watch many non permanent residents who were about to be shipped off to Iraq, be sworn in as citizens. And then this...what a pathetic mess. Listening to Phillipe's story is totally heartbreaking.
Canada
Check out the story of Arar, should you be deported from the usa (even if you have Canadian citizenship) you'll be sent to the country of your birth.
cdn ex-serviceman (never went to war, not a vet.)