One year ago, Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder video1 created outrage over the actions of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, including the platoon I deployed with. If that grisly video didn’t stop you in your tracks, the photographs and report on the “Kill Team,” released by Rolling Stone should be the wake-up call ...
Open Mike
Blogger Profile: Josh Stieber
Iraq veteran Josh Stieber was deployed to Baghdad for fourteen months with Bravo Company 2-16. He later became a conscientious objector, and is now walking across the country speaking out against war and blogging at Contagious Love Experiment.
Josh Stieber's Blogs
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Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in the darkness, the temptation to dwell on and ridicule these ...
An Iraq Surge Vet on Wikileaks
Dear members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other willing parties, This is an anticipatory letter aimed to advise you on your response and responsibility for the coming Wikileaks release, expected on October 23rd. Based on the White House’s response to the last leak about Afghanistan, the ...
VIDEO: Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Traumatized Troops
Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to highlight the use of drones (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/200657/us-drone-kills-7-militants-in-nw-pakistan) – and a group of veterans of The Global War on Terror used the day to launch a campaign ...
An Open Letter of Reconciliation and Responsibility to the Iraqi People
(Written with Ethan McCord, who pulled injured children from van in Wikileaks 'Collateral Murder' video)Peace be with you. To all of those who were injured or lost loved ones during the July 2007 Baghdad shootings depicted in the "Collateral Murder" Wikileaks video: We write to you, your family, and your ...
If you watch “Collateral Murder” and are shocked, this is a perfectly natural reaction. How the discussion about it is framed however, makes a world of difference. Speaking as a former soldier who was in the company on the ground in the video, who would have been in this video ...
Collateral Murder? Wikileaks, Soldiers Speak
Bravo Company 2-16, the company I was deployed with to New Baghdad felt isolated from the fanfare that other soldiers experienced in Iraq. While major celebrities visited the safer bases, FOB Rustimiyah was lucky to get the third-string of the Buffalo Bills’ cheerleading squad.Several years later, and 2-16 has more ...
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April 6th, 2011
One year ago, Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder video1 created outrage over the actions of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, including the platoon I deployed with. If that ...
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February 22nd, 2011
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who ...
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October 23rd, 2010
An Iraq Surge Vet on Wikileaks
Dear members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other willing parties, This is an anticipatory letter aimed to advise you on your ...
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October 11th, 2010
VIDEO: Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Traumatized Troops
Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to ...
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April 17th, 2010
An Open Letter of Reconciliation and Responsibility to the Iraqi People
(Written with Ethan McCord, who pulled injured children from van in Wikileaks 'Collateral Murder' video)Peace be with you. To all of those who were injured ...
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April 11th, 2010
If you watch “Collateral Murder” and are shocked, this is a perfectly natural reaction. How the discussion about it is framed however, makes a world ...
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April 9th, 2010
Collateral Murder? Wikileaks, Soldiers Speak
Bravo Company 2-16, the company I was deployed with to New Baghdad felt isolated from the fanfare that other soldiers experienced in Iraq. While major ...
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April 17th, 2010
An Open Letter of Reconciliation and Responsibility to the Iraqi People
(Written with Ethan McCord, who pulled injured children from van in Wikileaks 'Collateral Murder' video)Peace be with you. To all of those who were injured ...
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October 23rd, 2010
An Iraq Surge Vet on Wikileaks
Dear members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and other willing parties, This is an anticipatory letter aimed to advise you on your ...
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February 22nd, 2011
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who ...
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October 11th, 2010
VIDEO: Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Traumatized Troops
Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to ...
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April 6th, 2011
One year ago, Wikileaks’ “Collateral Murder video1 created outrage over the actions of U.S. soldiers in Baghdad, including the platoon I deployed with. If that ...
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April 9th, 2010
Collateral Murder? Wikileaks, Soldiers Speak
Bravo Company 2-16, the company I was deployed with to New Baghdad felt isolated from the fanfare that other soldiers experienced in Iraq. While major ...
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April 11th, 2010
If you watch “Collateral Murder” and are shocked, this is a perfectly natural reaction. How the discussion about it is framed however, makes a world ...
