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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
PTSD must be considered by a jury, the justices rule for the first time in a Florida case in which murderer George Porter's own lawyer didn't know he served in the Army, earning two Purple Hearts. The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a death sentence for a decorated Korean War veteran, ruling for the first time that combat stress must be considered by a jury before it hands down the harshest...
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Combat stress must be considered by a jury, the justices rule for the first time in a Florida case in which murderer George Porter's own lawyer didn't know he served in the Army, earning two Purple Hearts. The Supreme Court today threw out a death sentence for a decorated Korean War veteran, ruling for the first time that combat stress must be considered by a jury before it hands down the harshest...
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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From ABC : If there’s a shadow over the proceedings as Barack Obama addresses the nation on his plans for Afghanistan tonight, it may be the ghosts of wartime presidents past. Consider the chart below. The data track the average annual approval ratings of the last three presidents to find themselves enmeshed in unpopular wars. The picture is not a pretty one: Harry S. Truman lost 25 points...
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All 24 Hours News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Bacteria Argentine judge suspends 1st gay marriage High court won’t disturb $82.6 million award vs. Ford Bean Bags Can Be Used For Anything SC stays further proceedings in Gujarat HC in "fake encounter" Magic top Knicks 114-102 for 6th straight road win Lawyers challenge anti-fraud provision in Supreme Court case Nets fire coach Frank after team’s 0-16 start
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Weiwen's religion blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bruce Bartlett, a conservative, asks a question on Forbes that all Americans should consider very carefully : what are the true costs of war, and are Americans willing to pay for them? In recent years, Republicans have been characterized by two principal positions: They like starting wars and don't like paying for them. George W. Bush initiated two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
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Just Politics (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Obama plays games with national security and lives. In war you’re either in it to win or you will be guaranteed to lose. “Winning” does not always mean crushing the enemy and reducing them to cinders. While the Korean War cannot be said to have been a victory the way WWII was for the Allies, it did result in a truce (technically the Korean War was never ended) which allowed South Korea...
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ROK Drop (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
1950 was probaby the only time an American Thanksgiving dinner was ever held in North Korea: This Thanksgiving make sure to give thanks to all the veterans out there to include those who fought in incredibly tough circumstances during the Korean War, which is quite evident by this soldier’s letter home to his wife in 1951. Have [...]
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
In the opening months of the Korean War, the South Korean military and police executed at least 4,900 civilians who had earlier signed up — often under force — for re-education classes meant to turn them against communism, the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission announced Thursday.
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.
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GrogNews (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
DefenseLink News Article: Face of Defense: Soldier Who Led Last Bayonet Charge Dies Retired Army Col. Lewis L. Millett, who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading what reportedly was the last major American bayonet charge, died Nov 14. Millett, 88, died in Loma Linda, Calif., after serving for more than 15 years as the honorary colonel of the 27th Infantry Regiment Association....
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Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | yesterday
( Mercury News ) SANTA CRUZ — Phil Borsuk was "mortified" to look up from Pacific Avenue over Thanksgiving weekend and see two German Nazi flags hanging in a window of The Residences at the St. George. The 80-year-old man, here from Los Angeles to visit his daughter, lost most of his extended family to the Holocaust in World War II. Saturday he pointed out the swastikas to many...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that had affirmed a death sentence for a veteran convicted of murder who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In Porter v. McCollum, George Porter, a decorated Korean War veteran, had argued that he had been improperly sentenced to die because his counsel failed to...
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Supreme Court gave hope Monday to a Korean War veteran on Florida's death row, saying courts should take note of his battlefield bravery and likely post-traumatic stress in weighing whether he deserves to be executed for the murders he later committed.
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Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
I gather that for most model railroaders hard at work on their layouts, their trains ride through an idealized America frozen in time somewhere between the early 1930s and the late 1950s. For the Greater Abington Township Society of Model Engineers, it’s always a specific year, 1953: In 1953, Dwight Eisenhower was sworn in as president, the Korean War ended, Jonas Salk announced a polio...
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Lawyers, Guns and Money (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
This doesn't seem right to me: During the Cold War, the United States and Turkey formed a "strategic partnership" based on both countries' fear of Soviet intervention in the Middle East. The Truman Doctrine offered a specific guarantee that both Turkey and Greece would be protected from Soviet aggression - a fear that was quite real in Turkey at the time. In exchange, the United States received...
