Tag: War
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Soaring prices during Iran war jeopardize Asia travel
BANGKOK — With summer around the corner, soaring prices and other complications from the war with Iran are straining the tourism-dependent economies of countries in Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam. The region’s peak tourist summer season is at risk as elevated jet fuel costs coupled with ceasefire uncertainties prompt flight cancellations and higher ticket…
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Iran-backed Houthis join war as more U.S. troops reach region
Houthi militants launched ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday morning, marking their entry into the monthlong Iran war that has already caused chaos in energy markets and killed thousands of people. Some 3,500 sailors and Marines arrived in the region on an amphibious assault ship, according to the U.S. military. Israel continued bombing Iran overnight…
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GUEST COLUMN: Protect America, end Iran’s export of terror
My oldest son was five months old –– and had just spent a month in the hospital –– when I deployed to a combat zone in the Middle East as part of the Global War on Terror. He was 18 months old when I returned home. I’ve seen the cost of war. I’ve buried my friends. The base in the Middle East where I…
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Senate GOP votes down legislation to halt Iran war
WASHINGTON • Senate Republicans voted down an effort Wednesday to halt America’s war against Iran, demonstrating early support for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East. The legislation, known as a war powers resolution, failed on a 47-53 vote tally. The vote fell mostly along party lines, though Republican Sen. Rand Paul of…
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It’s time to restore the military-industrial complex | Mike Rosen
Historian Will Durant observed that peace is an unstable equilibrium which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power. War is a constant of human history and human nature and always will be. That’s not cynicism or defeatism, it’s practicality. If you believe otherwise you needn’t read any further, we have an irreconcilable…
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Israel conflict hits home for Colorado legislators on both sides
State legislators react to war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas
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Bagpiper 1SG James DeGeorge, State Piper and the Color Guard lead the wreath to the front of the ceremony at the 89th Anniversary of Remembrance at Fort Logan National Cemetery Monday, May 29, 2023.
Bagpiper 1SG James DeGeorge, State Piper and the Color Guard lead the wreath to the front of the ceremony at the 89th Anniversary of Remembrance at Fort Logan National Cemetery Monday, May 29, 2023.
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Colorado woman helps supply vital items to war-effected Ukrainians
Yana Malik has started a grass roots effort from the basement of her host family home in Colorado Springs last month, already raising $80,000 for generators, heaters and magnetic lamps to keep the people of her home town, Luhansk, from freezing and starving to death.