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Grinding Duty
May. 19th, 2007 12:13 pmThis item on the morning news from NPR caught my attention. To say the least. Related earlier reporting also noted.
Duty and Doubt in a Family of Soldiers
" Weekend Edition Saturday, May 19, 2007 - Lt. Andrew Bacevich died in Iraq this week. He was the son of a retired Army colonel and Vietnam veteran who had just written an article expressing his view that there is no way to salvage the situation in Iraq."
Son of Prominent War Critic Dies in Iraq
" All Things Considered, May 15, 2007 - First Lt. Andrew Bacevich Jr. was killed in Iraq on Mother's Day. His mother and father received the news when two uniformed officers rang their doorbell in Walpole, Mass. Bacevich is the 3,400th U.S. serviceman to die in Iraq. His father, a professor of international relations at Boston University, is one of the most prominent critics of the Iraq war in America. Professor Andrew Bacevich is a retired Army colonel and a veteran of the Vietnam War."
Sag in War Support Pinned to Doubts on U.S. Purpose
"Weekend Edition Saturday, December 10, 2005 - As public support for the U.S. war in Iraq declines, Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich tells Scott Simon the key issue is uncertainty about the war's purpose. He wrote 'The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War'."
'How Americans Are Seduced by War'
"Morning Edition, April 1, 2005 - Andrew Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, argues that the U.S. is too willing to send its troops around the world. He discusses the increasing use of military power in U.S. foreign policy and how it is threatening national security. Bacevich is a historian and a Vietnam veteran."
Duty and Doubt in a Family of Soldiers
" Weekend Edition Saturday, May 19, 2007 - Lt. Andrew Bacevich died in Iraq this week. He was the son of a retired Army colonel and Vietnam veteran who had just written an article expressing his view that there is no way to salvage the situation in Iraq."
Son of Prominent War Critic Dies in Iraq
" All Things Considered, May 15, 2007 - First Lt. Andrew Bacevich Jr. was killed in Iraq on Mother's Day. His mother and father received the news when two uniformed officers rang their doorbell in Walpole, Mass. Bacevich is the 3,400th U.S. serviceman to die in Iraq. His father, a professor of international relations at Boston University, is one of the most prominent critics of the Iraq war in America. Professor Andrew Bacevich is a retired Army colonel and a veteran of the Vietnam War."
Sag in War Support Pinned to Doubts on U.S. Purpose
"Weekend Edition Saturday, December 10, 2005 - As public support for the U.S. war in Iraq declines, Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich tells Scott Simon the key issue is uncertainty about the war's purpose. He wrote 'The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War'."
'How Americans Are Seduced by War'
"Morning Edition, April 1, 2005 - Andrew Bacevich, author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, argues that the U.S. is too willing to send its troops around the world. He discusses the increasing use of military power in U.S. foreign policy and how it is threatening national security. Bacevich is a historian and a Vietnam veteran."
