A correspondent seeks to make the public see the Iraq War for real from the viewpoint of both Coalition forces and Iraqis.
CNN’s Michael Ware Tries to Force Iraq War Down Public’s Throat
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Iraq War
Bacevich Held Over Another Week!
By habitually responding to threats with the military instead of diplomacy, the U.S. makes itself weaker, not stronger.
Biden Embraces Myth That Surge Turned Iraq Into Good War
Willful ignorance about the real history of the Iraq War helps the Democratic foreign policy leadership uphold the narrative that the U.S. belongs in Muslim countries.
Withdrawal from Iraq: Remembering the Quaker’s Colonel
Will Obama’s speech tonight echo Bush’s endless declarations of success in Iraq?
Reader Challenge: Why Did al Qaeda Jump the Gun on U.S. Retreat From Iraq?
Why didn’t al-Qaeda wait until U.S. forces left before mounting its latest round of attacks?
Statement of Phyllis Bennis in advance of President Obama’s speech detailing ‘the end of the war in Iraq’
The U.S. occupation of Iraq continues on a somewhat smaller scale, with 50,000 troops. These are combat troops, “re-missioned” by the Pentagon with new tasks, but even Secretary of Defense Gates admits they will have continuing combat capability and will continue counter-terrorism operations. The 4500 Special Forces among them will continue their “capture or kill” raids while building up the Iraqi Special Operations Forces as an El Salvador-style death squad.
Review: The American Way of War: How Bush’s Wars Became Obama’s
Since the attacks of September 11, protection from terrorism has become the United States’ national obsession. Demands for security from the terrorists that seemingly menace the country at every turn have led the U.S. military to occupy two countries and expand the hundreds of bases that it maintains in dozens of foreign nations.
What You Will Not Hear About Iraq
Iraq has between 25 and 50 percent unemployment, a dysfunctional parliament, rampant disease, an epidemic of mental illness, and sprawling slums. The killing of innocent people has become part of daily life. What a havoc the United States has wreaked in Iraq.
Review: ‘The Most Dangerous Place’
In a speech he gave on March 27, 2009, President Obama referred to the remote areas of the Pakistani frontier as, “for the American people…the most dangerous place in the world.” It is from this speech that Imtiaz Gul drew the title of his book, The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s Lawless Frontier. Gul provides a comprehensive, inside look at the chaotic situation in Pakistan’s tribal areas, which have become an epicenter for extreme Islamic militancy.
Top U.S. Leadership Endorses Unified Security Budget
In 2010 for the first time, the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have all expressed support for a unified national security budget (USB). This endorses the recommendations of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget, which releases its yearly report (link) today.