The Long Emergency: Living in the Shadow of 9/11
The mission is open-ended, and war has become an institution. The emergency is permanent.
Tag: War
The Futility of Religious Profiling at Airport Security Checkpoints
“Obviously, Muslims would be someone you’d look at, absolutely,” former-Senator Rick Santorum said during a GOP presidential debate last year. “Radical Muslims are the people that are committing these crimes by and large, as well as younger males,” he explained. While religious profiling may not seem like a hot topic, America’s intrusive airport security process will force … Continued
Trauma and the True Cost of War
Mark Dust, one of Michael Shermer’s Ph.D. students and an Army veteran, appeared on Stossel with Brig. General Loree Sutton (ret.) to discuss the psychological impact of our protracted wars and occupations since 9/11. Dust blogs about the psychology of PTSD and his own experiences at RamblingsOnTrauma.com. “As many as 1500 days exposed to hostile action.” … Continued