http://miles.activecharity.org sheehanmiles en-us Copyright 2008 sheehanmiles http://miles.activecharity.org/xml/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:58:08 EST "Are you okay?"My wife asked the question after we learned that Robert Stewart Flores, who killed three professors at the University of Arizona before shooting himself, was a Gulf War veteran. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/18 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:04:00 EST A few weeks ago the U.S. was inundated with coverage of the Iraqi so-called elections. Everybody rushed off to vote for the one candidate -- Saddam. Surprise, he won. The stories were somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and they laughed it up on CNN how they don't have any democracy in Iraq, and how much better off we are, by contrast. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/17 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:01:00 EST Soon George Bush will deliver his second State of the Union address. As we all know, it's been a tough couple of years, so as we approach the President's second address, I think it's time to take a careful look at our current condition. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/16 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:58:00 EST Twelve years ago, at roughly 2:00 a.m. local time on January 17, I was ready to go off guard duty when the call came down from the command post to wake up the platoon leaders ASAP. Not long after, we got the official word: U.S. forces were in contact. Lieutenant Dorr, my platoon leader, came back and briefed us: A hundred tomahawk missiles had been launched, and Special Forces were engaged behind the lines. We didn't need the briefings; all we had to do was look up at the sky to see hundreds of planes heading north for their bombing runs. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/15 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:55:00 EST In a development that probably shouldn't shock me, but does, Israel has publicly announced plans to murder people on U.S. soil. The story initially surfaced in a January 15 report by United Press International correspondent Richard Sale. Sale reports not only the aggressive plan of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency to conduct targeted assassinations in other countries, but also the nonplussed reaction of U.S. officials. I can't decide if Israel's new policy, or the American lack of outrage, is what disturbs me the most. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/14 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:50:00 EST In what may be a landmark Supreme Court case to overturn the Miranda decision, the court is scheduled to hear arguments from Solicitor General Theodore Olsen on December 4, 2002. Bush's political appointee intends to claim our government has the right to coerce information from a witness, as long as the evidence obtained isn't used at trial against the witness. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/13 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:48:00 EST As Americans, it's time we stepped back from the argument over the war, and began to focus on the imperative of bringing it to an end. While slogans such as "bring them home now" sound great, they offer no practical solution to ending the continuing violence in Iraq. On the opposite end of the spectrum, "staying the course" makes nice political rhetoric, but does little to alleviate the suffering of Iraqi civilians or of our brave men and women in uniform. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/12 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles and Erik Gustafson ) Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:58:00 EST A new study shows more than one in three members of the U.S. armed forces serving in Iraq seeks help for mental health problems. We talk about the types of problems they're experiencing, the help available, and long term cost to individuals, their families, and the nation. Charles Sheehan-Miles is one of the guests on the show. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/11 charles@sheehanmiles.net () Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:47:00 EST Lieutenant Julian Goodrum is the picture of an American soldier: a young man with quintessentially good looks and a friendly smile, despite the hell he has been through for the last two years. Goodrum served honorably in the first Gulf War, and on his return joined the U.S. Army Reserve. A 13-year Army veteran, he received a very unusual direct commission to lieutenant, and in February 2003 was called up to active duty and transferred from his military police unit to the 2/12 Transportation Company, where he took charge of a platoon preparing for war. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/10 charles@sheehanmiles.net () Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:42:00 EST If you haven’t yet read General Anthony Zinni’s interview on Salon.com, I have to urge you to take a look at it. General Zinni – a Vietnam and Gulf War veteran and former commander of Central Command – makes one basic plea in the interview: use your heads. Don’t send American servicemembers to their deaths without knowing what you are doing. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/9 charles@sheehanmiles.net () Sun, 05 Dec 2004 15:53:00 EST Last week was the fourth anniversary of the start of the Gulf War. Even so, the lingering debates about the military and the political ramifications of the war are afterthoughts to Sheehan-Miles and Stephens. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/8 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Scott Blake ) Mon, 30 Jan 1995 12:00:00 EST Sheehan-Miles has Army lingo and procedures down pat. The reader has the sense of being a green recruit who’d better get up to speed quickly. One mistake could get everybody killed. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/7 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Brian Trompeter ) Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:00:00 EST “Prayer at Rumayla” is a scorching novel of the Gulf War, which America and allies fought with Iraq just over a decade ago after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in the late summer of 1990. This first novel is a work of pure psychological conflict. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/6 charles@sheehanmiles.net (John Hanchette ) Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:43:00 EST Never before have I read a novel that speaks with such straight forward honesty as Charles Sheehan-Miles' new book, Prayer at Rumayla. Sheehan-Miles finally shows America an accurate glimpse of the fact that the Gulf War was actually a war. Forget all your memories of the three day fire works show you saw on CNN and live through the actual ground war that main character, Chet Brown, is trying to get over. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/5 charles@sheehanmiles.net () Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:41:00 EST Reston, VA – Several local authors are featured this week on C-SPAN’s BookTV, a national program which features many bestselling titles and authors. Airing Saturday, February 23 at 2:00 pm, the program focuses on the business of publishing, as well as the individual authors’ experiences and books. It was filmed January 24, 2002 during New Writers Night at the Reston, Virginia, Barnes & Noble. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/4 charles@sheehanmiles.net () Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:00:00 EST After eleven years of indifference to the fate of Gulf War missing-in-action, the sudden shift to concern by the government this week illustrates the depth of cynicism that the Bush administration will go to in order to justify a renewed war with Iraq. In new reports from the Washington Times, we are treated with the sudden news; “Pentagon asks Iraq about U.S. pilot,” noting that General John Rosa calls this a “front-burner” issue. After eleven years on a cold back-burner, eleven years after Lieutenant Commander Michael Scott Speicher was shot down one cold winter night over Iraq, one can only say that it is about time somebody cared. http://miles.activecharity.org/articleid/3 charles@sheehanmiles.net (Charles Sheehan-Miles ) Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:00:00 EST