At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the year 1918, the carnage of the First World War ended and an armistice was signed by the participants. Armistice Day was named in commemoration.
In 1954, in the United States, "Armistice Day" was renamed "Veterans Day", to commemorate the veterans of all wars.
World War I, called the “War to End all Wars”, failed in its objectives but caused the nations of the world to seek a means to prevent future wars, through the League of Nations. This also failed, as the Second World War - a virtual continuation of the First - once more wreaked devastation upon the planet.
The United Nations was formed, in 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War, in an attempt to prevent future wars, by addressing their underlying reasons.
Although, to date, there has not been a “Third World War” - and the United Nations can claim some responsibility for this fact - there have been many other wars, since the formation of the U.N. - including those now being waged.
In our competitive society, where the major media continues to glorify war and ignore the profits of the arms merchants and war mongers, we will continue to have more casualties, environmental damage and a precarious economy.
Perhaps, it is time we decided to Live in Peace, “to end all wars”.
Please visit the following websites:
Chickenhawks Database: http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=list&category=%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks
Some Veterans Associations
American Gulf War Veterans Association:
http://www.gulfwarvets.com
and for British Gulf War Vets:
http://www.gulfwarvets.co.uk/html
The Official Site of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: http://www.vfw.org/
Veterans Against the Iraq War: http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php
Veterans' Associations Links Page: http://flavets.tripod.com/linkpage.htm
Veterans for Common Sense: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/default.asp
Vets on the Net; http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/Vets/index.cfm
Traprock Peace Center: http://traprockpeace.org/
Some History
Art of the First World War: http://www.art-ww1.com/
Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars: http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
Current Wars and Conflicts:
A chart; http://comnet.org/local/orgs/wilpf/listofwars.html
More information; http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/History/currentwars.htm
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
First World War. com: http://www.firstworldwar.com/
Historical Maps of the United States: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Indian Wars: http://www.gbso.net/skyhawk/indianwa.htm
The Origins of Veterans Day: http://www.appc1.va.gov/pubaff/celebAm/vetday.htm
Statistical Summary America's Major Wars:
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm
Today in History: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html
US Military Expenditures:
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/eteconomicpers/usmilitary.html
United States Military Operations: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/
Veterans Day Memorial Committee: http://www.appc1.va.gov/vetsday/
World War I Trenches on the Web: http://www.worldwar1.com/
Some Articles
Cannon Fodder Day? http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15959
Listening to War Vets; http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15957
'No President has lied so baldly and so often': "The intelligence process is a bit like virginity," says Ray McGovern, who worked as a CIA analyst for 27 years. "Once you prostitute it, it's never the same. Your credibility never recovers.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=461946
Soldiers Scrape Up Money To Pay For Supplies; http://www.rense.com/general44/pay.htm
US unleashes renewed bombing raids on Iraqi towns;
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/nov2003/tikr-n11.shtml
Veteran's Day - Only Numbers? http://www.rense.com/general44/numbers.htm
Where are ‘ troop supporters’ now?: Many of us who protested the Bush Administration’s massive bombing in Afghanistan, and its all-out invasion of Iraq earlier this year, were criticized – and even physically threatened – by some in our community for not “supporting our troops.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5180.htm
Who really supported troops?: So just who truly supported the troops? Those who sent them to Iraq with no clear plan for bringing them home again or those who warned, don't go there.
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_2409062,00.html
Without Honor: http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/111003A.shtml
Wounded Numbers: As of today, the official wounded count stands at 2230. As usual though, gov't numbers are untrustworthy. the military hospital in Landstuhl, which has treated more than 7,000 injured and ill service members from the Iraq war.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/comments.php?id=P242_0_1_0
In 1954, in the United States, "Armistice Day" was renamed "Veterans Day", to commemorate the veterans of all wars.
World War I, called the “War to End all Wars”, failed in its objectives but caused the nations of the world to seek a means to prevent future wars, through the League of Nations. This also failed, as the Second World War - a virtual continuation of the First - once more wreaked devastation upon the planet.
The United Nations was formed, in 1945, in the aftermath of the Second World War, in an attempt to prevent future wars, by addressing their underlying reasons.
Although, to date, there has not been a “Third World War” - and the United Nations can claim some responsibility for this fact - there have been many other wars, since the formation of the U.N. - including those now being waged.
In our competitive society, where the major media continues to glorify war and ignore the profits of the arms merchants and war mongers, we will continue to have more casualties, environmental damage and a precarious economy.
Perhaps, it is time we decided to Live in Peace, “to end all wars”.
Please visit the following websites:
Chickenhawks Database: http://www.nhgazette.com/cgi-bin/NHGstore.cgi?user_action=list&category=%20NEWS%3B%20Chickenhawks
Some Veterans Associations
American Gulf War Veterans Association:
http://www.gulfwarvets.com
and for British Gulf War Vets:
http://www.gulfwarvets.co.uk/html
The Official Site of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States: http://www.vfw.org/
Veterans Against the Iraq War: http://www.vaiw.org/vet/index.php
Veterans' Associations Links Page: http://flavets.tripod.com/linkpage.htm
Veterans for Common Sense: http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/default.asp
Vets on the Net; http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/Vets/index.cfm
Traprock Peace Center: http://traprockpeace.org/
Some History
Art of the First World War: http://www.art-ww1.com/
Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars: http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
Current Wars and Conflicts:
A chart; http://comnet.org/local/orgs/wilpf/listofwars.html
More information; http://library.hilton.kzn.school.za/History/currentwars.htm
Encyclopaedia of the First World War: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
First World War. com: http://www.firstworldwar.com/
Historical Maps of the United States: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html
Indian Wars: http://www.gbso.net/skyhawk/indianwa.htm
The Origins of Veterans Day: http://www.appc1.va.gov/pubaff/celebAm/vetday.htm
Statistical Summary America's Major Wars:
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm
Today in History: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov11.html
US Military Expenditures:
http://www.nuclearfiles.org/eteconomicpers/usmilitary.html
United States Military Operations: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/
Veterans Day Memorial Committee: http://www.appc1.va.gov/vetsday/
World War I Trenches on the Web: http://www.worldwar1.com/
Some Articles
Cannon Fodder Day? http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15959
Listening to War Vets; http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=15957
'No President has lied so baldly and so often': "The intelligence process is a bit like virginity," says Ray McGovern, who worked as a CIA analyst for 27 years. "Once you prostitute it, it's never the same. Your credibility never recovers.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=461946
Soldiers Scrape Up Money To Pay For Supplies; http://www.rense.com/general44/pay.htm
US unleashes renewed bombing raids on Iraqi towns;
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/nov2003/tikr-n11.shtml
Veteran's Day - Only Numbers? http://www.rense.com/general44/numbers.htm
Where are ‘ troop supporters’ now?: Many of us who protested the Bush Administration’s massive bombing in Afghanistan, and its all-out invasion of Iraq earlier this year, were criticized – and even physically threatened – by some in our community for not “supporting our troops.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5180.htm
Who really supported troops?: So just who truly supported the troops? Those who sent them to Iraq with no clear plan for bringing them home again or those who warned, don't go there.
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/opinion_columnists/article/0,1406,KNS_364_2409062,00.html
Without Honor: http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/111003A.shtml
Wounded Numbers: As of today, the official wounded count stands at 2230. As usual though, gov't numbers are untrustworthy. the military hospital in Landstuhl, which has treated more than 7,000 injured and ill service members from the Iraq war.
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/comments.php?id=P242_0_1_0