Post-It notes latest attack in neigborhood prank war
This is war.
“And we are losing,” said Clifford McManus, 25, as he scanned the carnage of battle Sunday morning.
Shadow of Clinton war vote hangs over other 2016 contenders
In 2002, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cast a vote in favor of the Iraq war that would later come to haunt her presidential campaign.
Obama to send his new war powers request to Capitol Hill
President Barack Obama is expected — as early as today — to ask Congress for new war powers, sending Capitol Hill his blueprint for an updated authorization for the use of military force to fight the Islamic State group.
Bill would grant war powers to fight Islamic State militants
The top Democrat on the House intelligence panel is introducing a bill today to authorize President Barack Obama’s war against Islamic State militants.
Emotional toll taxes military drone operators too
President Barack Obama has assured Americans he opposes sending U.S. ground troops to crush Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria — well aware the country is not ready to return to the battlefield with its war wounded still recovering from a decade of conflict.
Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress?
As a U.S. senator from Illinois running for the White House in 2007, Barack Obama sponsored a resolution to prohibit President George W. Bush’s administration from taking military action against Iran unless it was explicitly authorized by Congress.
No end in sight for America’s Mideast war duties
Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, this was supposed to be a season of relief, with Iraq managing on its own and most U.S. troops finally ending their combat duty in Afghanistan.
Susan Estrich: Bombs on Jerusalem
Jerusalem used to be safe. It is nearly 40 miles from Gaza and 3,000 feet above sea level. In the last go-round, the Hamas rockets couldn’t reach that far. Now they can. Rockets were fired aimed at both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv this week, as Israel launched its own offensive in Gaza. “Every Israeli is a target,” a Hamas spokesman was quoted in the press.
General: ‘Conditions are set’ to win Afghan war
WASHINGTON — The No. 2 American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday he believes the stage has been set for winning the war, but hard fighting
Veteran says Vietnam taught invaluable lessons
Turner Jackson was 21 when he left Columbus, headed for the jungles of Vietnam. As a young black man, the first lesson he had to learn was trust.
Boston victims face huge bills; donations pour in
Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee’s
Young North Koreans train to seek ‘revenge on U.S.’
North Korea’s newest batch of future soldiers — scrawny 11-year-olds with freshly shaved heads — punch the air as they practice taekwondo on the grounds of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School. Students and teachers here say they’re studying harder these days to prepare for a fight.
War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims
The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat the 13 amputees and nearly a dozen other patients still fighting to keep damaged limbs after Monday’s attack.
After 40 years, Vietnam memories still strong
The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago today, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise lived it.
Costs of US wars linger more than 100 years
If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
History shows North Korean pattern: Wait, then attack
Recent Korean history reveals a sobering possibility: It may only be a matter of time before North Korea launches a sudden, deadly attack on the South. And perhaps more unsettling, Seoul has vowed that this time, it will respond with an even stronger blow.
Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting terrorism.
Our view: The wars we didn’t have to fight
It is doubtful that Josie Shumake was chosen to speak at Tuesday’s meeting of the Columbus Rotary Club in deference to Thanksgiving.
First since ’52: No talk of war in GOP speech
ith America embroiled in its longest armed conflict, Mitt Romney became the first Republican since 1952 to accept his party’s nomination without mentioning war.
Jay Lacklen: Vacation revelations
A May vacation to Spain via military space-available transportation presented two revelations I had not anticipated or sought. I thought relaxation and sightseeing would be my most stringent tasks, yet events impinged.