The propaganda war, that is. I’m actually somewhat stunned by the results of this recent Gallup poll about the war (taken in honor of the tenth anniversary of its start), but not necessarily in the way you might think. After … Continue reading →
There’s a new study of the costs of the Iraq War. It got some publicity yesterday on memeorandum, among other places. Counting war casualties is almost always fraught with uncertainty and is one of the areas most ripe for exploitation … Continue reading →
First, a quote: The pattern is familiar enough: an established autocracy with a record of friendship with the U.S. is attacked by insurgents…Violence spreads and American officials wonder aloud about the viability of a regime that “lacks the support of … Continue reading →
Thomas Friedman surprised me by offering an interesting take on the state of the Middle East today. I’d summarize it as: Iraq is at present the most stable country in the Arab Middle East, at least relative to the others. … Continue reading →
Commenter “Ken” points out something I hadn’t been aware of before: Obama was one of a small minority in the Senate who voted against the bill that waived the Stafford Act in order to make assistance funds available to the … Continue reading →
Easy, says Krauthammer: Barack Obama. [NOTE: The query “Who lost Iraq?” is an echo of the famous question asked about China when it went Communist in the late 40s.]
Continue reading →When I wrote this post I perceived the philosophical connections between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers renown. But little did I know that their ties are even more concrete than I thought. For instance, Assange … Continue reading →
The latest Wikileaks dump is the most recent salvo in an information counterwar that’s been going on for quite some time. Here’s one of the better articles about it, if you want some information about the major issues and players. … Continue reading →
…and I wonder whether many people will watch it. I don’t know if I will. I’ve had a long and exhausting day already (over an hour of which I spent cooling my heels in the Motor Vehicle Bureau). Watching Obama … Continue reading →
Our MSM has been relatively quiet about it, but Iraq is having another election, and democracy seems to be taking hold there. Oh, how awful those evil neocons were to have ruined a perfectly good country!
Continue reading →…when a nation withdrew from a remarkable victory, and its press and the party in power acted as though it were a defeat? Don’t think so. Well, with the enemy’s knowledge that Obama has no commitment to returning if the … Continue reading →
What important military defeats has America ever known? If you don’t count the South in the Civil War, we have a single one: Vietnam. The consequences of that defeat, in a land so far away, were easy for Americans to … Continue reading →