No one wants to join the military anymore
Our elites’ culture war has targeted the very Americans who traditionally enlist
Iraq
Tuesday
Wednesday
Secret bioweapon labs are Putin’s MacGuffin
Expect the ruse to decline as the war rages on
Wednesday
Did the realists underestimate Putin?
Russia’s Ukraine invasion is George W. Bush in Iraq all over again
Tuesday
Is Putin nuts?
History shows that labeling foreign leaders as crazy sends us down a slippery slope
Wednesday
Noninterventionists never win arguments
How did we arrive to the same spot we were in on the eve of the Iraq War?
Wednesday
The Ukraine invasion is nothing compared to Iraq
Or Iran or Afghanistan or…
Tuesday
As with Iraq, so with Russia
The hawks and neocons have returned, demanding war and silencing dissent
Monday
Return to Iraq
More than two millennia of Jewish history stalks the land that now encompasses the modern state of Iraq
Tuesday
Biden’s big UN whopper
He says America doesn’t want to fight ‘the wars of the past’, but we still are
Friday
How America squandered its moral authority in Iraq
The true cost of the disaster in Iraq may still have to be paid
Sunday
We are all Donald Rumsfeld
The late defense secretary is a scapegoat for the Establishment
Wednesday
Donald Rumsfeld succeeded at everything — so why did he fail in the end?
The former defense secretary died aged 88 on Thursday
Tuesday
Adios, AUMF
The votes and the stars appear aligned to sweep the authorized use of military force legislation
Saturday
The dark Prince
A short history of a very modern mercenary
Sunday
Pita Shack flashback
The bloody horrors that have waylaid Iraq since the 2003 invasion obliterate thoughts of its glorious past
Wednesday
What is the US Navy doing in the Persian Gulf?
American policy has become decoupled from American national interests
Friday
Will coronavirus lead to a US war with Iran?
Tehran’s virus troubles could allow Shia militias to attack US forces in Iraq
Monday
The Middle East mess has nothing to do with Donald Trump
On every count, other than creating permanent war, the Bush Doctrine failed
Tuesday
So much for de-escalation
Iran targets US base in Iraq with rockets
Iran begins its ‘fierce revenge’
The question now is what Trump’s next move will be