A Gathering of Eagles

 

 

 

The Limits of Power by Col Andrew Bacevich, 2008.

 

Bacevich graduated from West Point in 1969 and served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, serving in Vietnam from the summer of 1970 to the summer of 1971. Afterwards he held posts in Germany, including the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, the United States, and the Persian Gulf up to his retirement from the service with the rank of Colonel in the early 1990s. He holds a Ph.D. in American Diplomatic History from Princeton University, and taught at West Point and Johns Hopkins University prior to joining the faculty at Boston University in 1998.

 

On May 13, 2007, Bacevich's son, also named Andrew J. Bacevich, was killed in action in Iraq by an improvised explosive device south of Samarra in Salah Ad Din Province. The younger Bacevich, 27, was a First Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

 

And this Colonel has something to say…

 

The Colonel on Exponential Appetite

The Colonel on Globalization

The Colonel on Post 911

The Colonel on Who Fights and Who Consumes

The Colonel on Ponzi Schemes

The Colonel on Obama

The Colonel on Money

 

 

Dissent: Voices of Conscience by Col Ann Wright, 2008

 

Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia.  In December, 2001 she was on the small team that reopened the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.  She is the co-author of the book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." (www.voicesofconscience.com)

 

And this Colonel has something to say…

 

The Colonel on Gaza

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The Colonel on the Heart of Darkness