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Tomas Young Says He’s Not Angry at George W. Bush

A month after penning a scathing open letter condemning the Bush administration’s decision to invade Iraq, anti-war activist Tomas Young is making yet another powerful statement.

Posted on Apr 25, 2013 READ MORE

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Bush’s Lame Defense of Iraq War Decisions Is Outrageous

Now that history has shown us how monumentally terrible the idea of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq turned out to be, the president who lied to get us into the quagmire says he’s “comfortable” with what he did.

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 READ MORE

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Hundreds of Thousands More Like Tomas Young

Almost half of the 2.2 million troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan report problems on returning home, but the attention and care many receive from the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs are not enough, a report published Tuesday finds.

Posted on Mar 27, 2013 READ MORE

Iraq Veteran Tomas Young

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Posted on Mar 25, 2013 READ MORE

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The Day That TV News Died

By Chris Hedges —

If any single day marks the fall of broadcast reporting, it’s when Phil Donahue was banished in 2003 for telling the truth about the coming war in Iraq.

Posted on Mar 24, 2013 READ MORE

Truthdigger of the Week: Tomas Young

By Alexander Reed Kelly —

When he dies this spring, Iraq War veteran Tomas Young will have spent his final years struggling to expose the guilt of those who make a holiday of the deaths and suffering of the powerless.

Posted on Mar 23, 2013 READ MORE

Tomas Young Out Loud

The 33-year-old veteran and author of “The Last Letter: A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney from a Dying Veteran,” appeared with his wife on “Democracy Now!” on Thursday to talk about his decision to end his life amid unrelenting pain and suffering from wounds sustained in the Iraq War, and to read his letter aloud.

Posted on Mar 21, 2013 READ MORE

Tomas Young and the End of the Body of War

By Amy Goodman —

Tomas Young was in the fifth day of his first deployment to Iraq when he was struck by a sniper’s bullet in Baghdad’s Sadr City.

Posted on Mar 20, 2013 READ MORE

The Last Letter

A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran

Posted on Mar 18, 2013 READ MORE

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The Crucifixion of Tomas Young

By Chris Hedges —

After being paralyzed in Iraq, the Army veteran went on to become a leading anti-war activist. Now, under hospice care, he is waiting to die. This is the face of war they do not want you to see.