Cultures of War should be mandatory reading in our military academies and in government.
Cultures of War
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Iraq
Why Would U.S. Urge U.N. to Allow Iraq a Nuclear Energy Program?
It has the potential to add to tensions — not to mention an arms race — in the Middle East.
WikiLeaks: War, Diplomacy & Ban ki-Moon’s Toothbrush
These documents on their own will mean little but as instruments in the hands of rising U.S. and global movements against war, and for diplomacy just maybe these documents will help to end wars and change the world.
WikiLeaks VI: U.S. Supporting Separatist Kurd Party Fighting Turkey?
The Wikileaks dump will supposedly demonstrate U.S. support for the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, a separatist organization that has been fighting the Turkish state for the past thirty years.
After Attacks on Iraqi Christians, Kurd Authorities Come Up Smelling a Little Too Rosy
No matter who’s at fault for the attacks on its Christians, Iraq is a shell of a state incapable of providing the basic security.
Americans Still Turn Blind Eye to the Savagery We Unleashed in Iraq
No matter how kind we are to our families, friends, and communities, ignoring what we did to Iraq leaves our ethical spreadsheets hopelessly unbalanced.
Method to the Madness of Iraqi Insurgents’ Mindless Violence
You’d think that insurgents who strike out at both Shia and Sunni would alienate most Middle-Easterners, but they may know what they’re doing.
Note to Al Qaeda in Iraq: How Does Attacking Your Own People Undermine Their Confidence in the Government?
Attempts by Iraqi insurgents to undermine confidence in the government only undermine confidence on the part of the public in their cause.
Was Church Attack Blowback for Would-Be Koran Burner?
Were Rev. Terry Jones’s threats to burn the Koran enough to inspire the carnage that Islamic State of Iraq inflicted on the church in Baghdad?
WikiLeaks: An Inventive New Threat to the Propaganda System (Part 2)
Ever wonder why WikiLeaks has been the beneficiary of high-profile document dumps? Perhaps its leaker feared that the mainstream media would have left them to die on the vine.