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Consequence : a memoir
This \"is the story of Eric Fair, a kid who grew up in the shadows of crumbling Bethlehem Steel plants nurturing a strong faith and a belief that he was called to serve his country. It is a story of a man who chases his own demons from Egypt, where he served as an Army translator, to a detention center in Iraq, to seminary at Princeton, and eventually, to a heart transplant ward at the University of Pennsylvania\"--Amazon.com.
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Loyalty, Betrayal, and Atonement
In the mid-2000s, the number of United States military veterans committing suicide drastically increased. In an effort to understand the causes this crisis, renewed attention was given to “moral injury,” a type of trauma identified by psychologists in the 1990s. While initially confined to the field of psychiatry, interest in moral injury has spread, with spiritual care providers, legal experts, and military ethicists weighing in. Academic philosophers, meanwhile, have largely overlooked moral injury. In this essay, I seek to fill that lacuna. Drawing upon the ethical philosophy of Josiah Royce, I propose a philosophical scaffolding for psychopathological approaches to healing moral injury that addresses the limitations of current approaches.
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Victory turned into defeat
Regarding \"Cut and run,\" the Oct. 22 op-ed column by Eric Fair: Good leaders can sometimes snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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It takes courage to reveal suffering
I appreciated the Sept. 7 op-ed column by Eric Fair about his experiences in Iraq and the aftermath, the depression and disillusionment with life that he is feeling lost within. Not often enough do we see articles that really have the power to have a profound impression upon readers' hearts.
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A Penitent Stalked by Abu Ghraib
Powerful and damning accounts of the Bush administration's determination to work what Vice President Dick Cheney called \"the dark side\" and its elaborate efforts to legalize torture (including arduous attempts to narrowly define torture as leading to \"serious physical injury so severe that death, organ failure or permanent damage\" is likely to result) can be found in two essential books, \"The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib,\" edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel, and \"Standard Operating Procedure,\" by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris.
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Two Voices
[Frank Gunter]: It makes sense to me because while I was there there was an improvement in the quality and quantity of the Iraqi army -- although not as much there was some improvement in the Iraqi police. I don't think we ought to leave until the job is done, but progress is being made. It is never perfect. It is always two steps forward, one step back. The Iraqi army is coming together. There are people in the Iraqi security force that are trying to build a better life and are willing to put themselves and their family's lives on the line. Progress is being made there. Whether another year will be enough or not, it probably will be, but I'm not an expert on that. GUNTER: One of the things we were trying to do was increase the trade flows between Iraq and its neighbors such as Turkey, Kuwait, Iran and Syria . First of all helping the economy, not only of Iraq, but as a way of building a win-win relationship between these countries, where they are selling or buying something they either want to sell or want to buy and Iraq is doing the same. As far as the diplomatic side of it, I really don't have an opinion because I don't understand what is going on. [ERIC FAIR]: There is a small number of Iraqi elements that are capable of working on their own. The large majority of the Iraqi forces are completely incompetent. They don't have the weapons, they don't have the leadership. We can't control what's going on in Iraq, so how do we expect some rag-tag group of Shia militiamen and Sunni 18-year- olds to control what is going on in Iraq? [It] is really quite ridiculous: They can't. Maybe in 15 or 20 years.
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Abu Ghraib interrogator on profound effects of war
\"Consequence\" begins with a brief tour of Eric Fair's life before he became a civilian contractor interrogating Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison.
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O pesadelo que é ser interrogador no Iraque
As autoridades americanas continuam insistindo que o abuso de presos iraquianos em Abu Ghraib foram um incidente isolado em um sistema de detenção bem dirigido em todo o país. Minhas próprias experiênicas como interrogador no Iraque contradizem essa insistência. Vi detentos nus durante noites inteiras, tremendo de frio em celas geladas e suplicando ajuda para as autoridades. Outros foram submetidos a longos períodos de isolamento em salas escuras como breu. A falta de comida e a privação de sono eram práticas comuns, aliadas a vários tipos de abusos físicos, inclusive perfurações feitas com ferramentas, além de muitos chutes. Essas técnicas agressivas e abusivas eram usadas diariamente no Iraque, tudo em nome da necessidade de se obter informações para os serviços de inteligência. As minhas memórias de hoje são reflexo daquelas táticas, usadas de forma tão terrível.
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Young actors take journey into the horrors of war
Called the most accurate portrayal of war ever written for the stage, the play is set in English officers' quarters in the support line, just 50 yards from the front trenches and about 100 yards from the Germans. Among the lead characters is 21-year-old Captain Stanhope, played by Paul Chiusolo, of Port Perry, a young man at the front for almost three years. His dedication and courage are legendary as is his resort to alcohol to help him deal with his demons. His second-in-command is the older Lieutenant Osborne, played by Andy Williamson, of Port Perry. Known as Uncle by the men, Osborne is a schoolmaster who keeps his sanity by reading passages from Alice in Wonderland. The new officer Raleigh has hero- worshipped Stanhope since school days and is dismayed to find him much changed by the war. Other actors in the play are Graeme Clarke, of [Whitby], James Gilbert, of Whitby, Matt Gmitrowicz, of Oshawa, Spencer Jones, of Whitby, as the cook Private Mason, Colin Murphy, of Leaskdale, Landon Drew of Port Perry, and Howard Linscott, of Port Perry. Journey's End will be presented Feb. 1, 2 and 3 at Town Hall 1873 in Port Perry, Feb. 9 and 10 at Paul Dwyer Catholic High School in Oshawa and Feb. 16 and 17 at Father Leo Austin Catholic High School in Whitby. The performances all take place at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and are available in Port Perry at Henshalls Clothing on Queen Street and through www.starticketing.com.
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