THE OVERLOOKED COSTS OF WAR: VETERAN'S BENEFITS

This is an article that explains how most people haven't got a clue how veteran's benefits have been slashed and how our veterans are being treated.

It is well worth your time to read this article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/14/INIU1ENRJ8.DTL

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ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME AT FIREBASE BRUIN IN AFGHANISTAN (VIDEO)

This video was made by some of the guys with the 82nd Airborne stationed at Firebase Bruin in Afghanistan. Hope you find it as funny as I did.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGfXtXMv3Bw

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NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL REPORTS FROM A FOB IN KORENGAL VALLEY (ACTION VIDEO)

NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL, the very best war correspondent in the business, reports from a Forward Operating Base in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Plenty of action in this video.

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U.S. FORCES IN VIOLENT COMBAT WITH TALIBAN IN "VALLEY OF DEATH" (VIDEO)

The Korengal Valley in Afghanistan is known as "the valley of death," and in this video you see U.S. troops on a mission to seek and destroy the Taliban in the Korengal Valley.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Ywd0YqCCs

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U.S. ARMY'S BRAVO COMPANY UNDER TALIBAN FIRE IN AFGHANISTAN

Video shows a platoon from the U.S. Army's Bravo Company coming under Taliban fire during a patrol in Afghanistan.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUKmOaMomGU

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MARINE REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM'S FIRST PATROL IN AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)

95 PERCENT OF AFGHAN MILITARY CAN'T READ OR DRIVE (ABC NEWS VIDEO)

The Afghanistan military is far from being ready to takeover the security in Afghanistan.

95 percent of the Afghan military can't even read their own language.

Also, 98 percent of the Afghan military can't drive.

The situation is dire and the chances of U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan by 2011 as President Obama has said is highly unlikely.

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http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/will-afghan-military-be-ready-for-troop-drawdown-21377812

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101st AIRBORNE STILL A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (ACTION VIDEO)