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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: War

Laser beam weapon unveiled

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 19, 2010, 11:01 AM Jul 19, 2010
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A Star Wars-like weapons was unveiled at a UK air show today.

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The chain of command

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 22, 2010, 11:03 AM Jun 22, 2010

The wars in the Middle East have claimed a fair number of military careers.

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Apathy and the brain-injured soldier

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 11, 2010, 10:41 AM Jun 11, 2010

Is it possible that we’re so used to these stories now that we just accept it as the way things are?

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Photo of the day

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 9, 2010, 2:33 PM Jun 9, 2010
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Soldiers left behind by their own government

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 8, 2010, 10:38 AM Jun 8, 2010
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Even after they’re injured in service to their country, U.S. soldiers have to fight for appropriate treatment, especially in the face of the occasional doctor who thinks a soldier is faking it.

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Delayed casualties

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2010, 3:15 PM May 29, 2010
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An iconic image from Iraq.

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The Vietnam success story

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 28, 2010, 3:13 PM Apr 28, 2010

To anyone who lived through the Vietnam War, today’s Associated Press poll on Vietnamese attitudes toward their economy has to sting a little bit.

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Karzai threatens to join Taliban

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 5, 2010, 2:18 PM Apr 5, 2010
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On a day when word came that a soldier from Rochester has been killed in Afghanistan, the head of the government for whom he and others have died reportedly has threatened to join the Taliban. “He said that ‘if I come under foreign pressure, I might join the Taliban’,” Farooq Marenai, who represents the eastern Read more →

Edith Morgan’s history lesson

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 31, 2010, 1:44 PM Mar 31, 2010

The Massachusetts woman is in the state this week to talk about her experience escaping from the Nazis and emigrating to the United States, drawing parallels with today’s immigrants.

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Marching to remember Bataan

edebruyn March 23, 2010, 11:59 AM Mar 23, 2010

Plenty of runners can handle a brisk little 5K to raise money for charity. How about a 26-mile slog through the desert?

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Still a shock in Iraq

edebruyn March 19, 2010, 11:33 AM Mar 19, 2010

The Iraq War began seven years ago. The war’s start is a mile marker in my life. I’ll always remember where I was when the Iraq War began: inside the razor wire at an American military base in northern Kuwait.

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Kennedy’s tirade

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 10, 2010, 5:11 PM Mar 10, 2010
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Talking about ending a war isn’t as newsworthy as actually ending one.

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Keeping secrets

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2010, 2:54 PM Feb 16, 2010
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When it comes to ‘national security,’ the New York Times can keep a secret.

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Marines under the gun over PTSD

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2010, 5:24 PM Feb 4, 2010

A whistleblower criticizes the Marines’ treatment of soldiers with PTSD and gets blackballed for it.

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Are soldiers who kill themselves casualties of war?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 11, 2010, 11:27 AM Jan 11, 2010
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Considering the U.S. policy of not sending presidential letters of condolence to families of military suicides.

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