"Restrepo" offers real-life look at war
September 13, 2010
"Restrepo," an award-winning documentary now playing at the Lyric theater, proves to be an eye-opener.
Content on Afghanistan:
November 17, 2009
Keeping with the topic of Afghanistan, new questions and developments have arisen.
November 9, 2009
Capt. Seth Mitchell is whom we should be talking about today.
Obama and McChrystal stalemate needs to end
November 4, 2009
Over the course of the past two months Gen. Stanley McChrystal and President Barack Obama have fought over the war in Afghanistan.
Corps honors former cadet killed in Afghanistan
October 28, 2009
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets graduate Capt. David Seth Mitchell was killed Monday, Oct. 25
Column: War in Afghanistan needs further consideration
October 16, 2009
There seems to be no end in sight to the U.S.-led Operation: Enduring Freedom.
Column: Counterinsurgence will need to continue in Afghanistan
September 28, 2009
Recent United States policy on Afghanistan has been fairly unified. President Barack Obama's administration has faced no obstacles in implementing its promise to deploy a significant increase in U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the hopes of overwhelming the
Column: Obama's promise on War in Iraq remains unfulfilled
August 27, 2009
Remember that war? Whatever happened to that? I heard a lot of people died. I also heard that there was no end in sight. I don't seem to hear about that war at all anymore. I remember promises of it coming to an end, even talk of a troop withdrawal. But I
Letter: Southwestern Virginia can stop "Opium Brides"
November 20, 2008
A 9-year-old girl was recently sold as a bride in order to pay off a debt to Afghani drug traffickers with ties to the Taliban. This comes as a result of U.S. "Drug War's" efforts to eradicate poppies, the plant from which opium and heroin are derived.