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“…I got a Purple Heart here and I hope I get another one fighting these motherfuckers”: In The Tradition Of VVAW Iraq, Afghan War Vets Throw Back Their Medals

“I’m going to toss this medal today for the 33,000 civilians who have died in Afghanistan that won’t have a monument built for them.” ~~Brock McIntosh, Army National Guard, deployed to Afghanistan

“I’m giving back my medals for the children of Iraq and Afghanistan. May they be able to forgive us for what we’ve done to them.” ~~Steve Acheson, U.S. Army Iraq war vet

On May 20 2012 more than 40 vets — men and women, from different branches of the military — made a dramatic statement to the world. Veterans of America’s so-called “war on terror” courageously tore off their medals and denounced what they represent: “Global War on Terror Service Medals,” “Operation Iraqi Freedom Medals,” “National Defense Medals,” “Good Conduct Medals,” “Expeditionary Medals.”

They spoke from the heart about why they were rejecting these “cheap tokens,” given to them, as one vet put it, “in an attempt to fill the void where our conscience used to be…
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The vets’ action in Chicago was consciously modeled on the 1971 anti-Vietnam War “Dewey Canyon III” protest organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, which brought hundreds of veterans to Washington, DC to throw their medals back at Congress. [In Full]

A recounting of the Dewey Canyon III action…

“Dewey Canyon III was a limited incursion into the country of Congress—a militant protest—organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, against the Congress and the U.S. government. Almost a thousand Vietnam veterans camped for a week on the mall in D.C., and through various activities disrupted the normal routine of politics and tourism, especially by conducting guerilla theater reenactments of what they did to the Vietnamese people on the steps of different government buildings.

The vets defied a Supreme Court ban on camping on the mall, and in a final blast on April 23, thousands of vets threw their medals and various military regalia at the Congress, expressing their solidarity with the Vietnamese people and denouncing the U.S. government in no uncertain terms.

Following are some of the brief statements by the brothers at Dewey Canyon III as their medals flew through the air:

“Bruce, New York, I have a Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, a Vietnam Service Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon and Purple Heart…”

“My name is John and here’s a bunch of bullshit!”

“More bullshit.”

“My name’s Peter and I got a Purple Heart here and I hope I get another one fighting these motherfuckers.”

“Robert, New York, and I symbolically return all Vietnam medals and other service medals given me by the power structure that has genocidal policies against non-white peoples of the world!”

“This is for the brothers and sisters at Kent.”

“This is for the brothers and sisters this year.”

“Second Battalion, First Marines, Power to the people!”

“22nd Calvary strike Danang. I hope they realize this is their last goddamn chance.”

“Spec 4, Army, retired. I’ve taken in 9 Purple Hearts, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Army Commendation and a lot of other shit. This is for my brothers!”

“We’re not gonna fight anymore, but if we have to fight again, it will be to take these steps!” [A recounting of that historic day here]

Surveilled Yet Sane… A Returning American Veteran’s Story: Calm Before The Storm - Free Range International

Free Range International “Outside the wire. Inside the loop.”

An interesting story passed along by babatim @ Free Range International from a returning Afghanistan war vet who finds that the VA doctor he was being treated by informed the local sheriff he had returned and may be a PTSD victim. It sounds as if passing that info along to local authorities is a Pentagon requirement… Returning vets are apparently being treated as a security threat:

I asked if he detected anything that would give him the impression you were a ticking time bomb near the end of his fuse, and he said you seemed normal. But then added that you can’t be normal, but seem normal, and that’s abnormal, so he used the most aggressive state treatment protocol on you and contacted me as required.”

Calm Before the Storm
by babatim on May 6th, 2012

[Dalton Thomas posts the second of I’m still not sure how many posts about coming home.]

I didn’t sleep well on my third night home. I gave up trying around 0500, made coffee and sat outside to watch the sunrise. Just after 0800 the county sheriffs prowler climbed up the long gravel driveway and parked behind my rental. The sheriff got out, about 6’3”, around my age, a little on the husky side, thinning blond hair, bigl friendly smile. I liked him immediately.

“I’m from the government and here to help …you got another cup of coffee up there”?

“Sure, come on up “ I stuck my hand out and introduced myself.

“Ron Jackson, county sheriff, damn glad to meet you. Seen any zombies?

“No”

“How about psycho combat vets you seen any of them”?

“Not yet Sheriff, grab a seat and I’ll get us some coffee”.

We sat down on the back porch taking in the spectacular view of Mount Rainer.

“So Dalton, are you aware that physicians are obligated to contact local law enforcement if they think their patients are a threat to themselves or those around them?”

“I’ll take your word for it Sheriff”.

“Yesterday I get an email followed by a phone call from the doctor you saw and he tells me that a guy, who has been Afghanistan for 8 years, and been blown up over 15 times, came to see him for sleeping pills.”

“I haven’t been blown up over 15 times Sheriff, I’ve never been blown up”.

“I can see that Dalton, I’m trying to tell a story here” He gave me a sidelong glance like I was irritating him, I smiled, it was like talking to an old friend. ”so I asked the doctor if he thought you were dangerous, and he sez ‘how can he not be? Over 15 IED’s, eight years of Afghanistan, it is, in my professional opinion, impossible for him not to be severely damaged’. I asked if he detected anything that would give him the impression you were a ticking time bomb near the end of his fuse, and he said you seemed normal. But then added that you can’t be normal, but seem normal, and that’s abnormal, so he used the most aggressive state treatment protocol on you and contacted me as required.”

“Is that really the law Sheriff”?

“Not really Dalton, the doctor wanted to put you into the system as a potential severe PTSD or TBI candidate. If you committed a crime the his notes could be factored into the prosecution,

In Full. The story continues with a glimpse of life as an American soldier outside the wire in Afghanistan

March 27 2012 Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: If So… Why? Will The US Supreme Court Force Us To Pay Commercial Interests For Our Health Insurance?

[After the commentary the Austin Lounge Lizards, with a plug for one of RazerRay’s favorite meds! Courtesy of the respective artists andf KPIG Radio Freedom California Earth.]

«o» Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has assured us that the killing of our soldiers by the Afghanis we are ‘training’ (See this for more on that joke) will not deter us from “our” goal of building an independent and capable Afghan military to protect an installed government that isn’t survivable after the ISAF’s departure. As if they aren’t ‘independent and capable’. The ones we supplied in the 90s… The TALIBAN seem to be doing a pretty good job of driving the West out of the country. Three more Westerners… Two British troops and an American were killed yesterday.

«o» The Iraqi government in Baghdad will not offer a resolution asking for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to step down at the upcoming Arab League meeting. They want a dramatic change in government (done) but they will not lead an Arab League Jihad against Syria.

«o» Today is the day the US Supreme Court will discuss the constitutionality of the US government’s requiring Americans to purchase health insurance from for-profit commercial insurance companies. Decisions will most likely come down from the bench in late June… Just in time to become a ‘hot button’ in the upcoming presidential elections.

«o» NASA has launched five rockets from Virginia that are to explode in the atmosphere for the purpose of observing the Gulf Stream storm patterns.

«o» President Obama is taking a strong stand at the nuclear disarmament conference in Seoul Korea with a request for the reprocessing of enriched nuclear material stockpiles into nuclear power plant fuel rods.

In OTHER News:

Killer of Florida teen told police he was attacked first

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The man who shot and killed an unarmed Florida teenager in a case that has sparked widespread public outrage told police the victim had punched him, knocked him down and slammed his head into the pavement repeatedly before he fired the fatal gunshot. [Reuters]

It is day 27 since he killed Trayvon Martin, and George Zimmerman is still free.

We live in quite a country. A celebrity with zero talent is flour bombed and the person throwing the flour is arrested immediately as if they just shot the president.

Flour!

“I think ‘What if that was some other substance? What if that person had a dangerous weapon?;

Kardashian told US.

“And so we are definitely changing things up a little bit, amping up security, taking some measures, and… I’m gonna definitely deal with it because it is not acceptable.”

Yes, God forbid she had thrown some skittles at you. [More from the “field negro”]

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