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The Shoe in The Buckley Club3 days ago10 min read

The Drumbeat: How the Media Determines What People Think About Everything

Part II: The Iraq War

(See Part I on how the Media turned the most successful air and water rescue operation in U.S. history into a George W. Bush failure.)

Adam TiffenMar 308 min read

The Least That I Can Do

She is handsome, rather than beautiful. Her black dress covers her from head to toe, with only her face showing under a black head scarf. Still, her open, expressive face is attractive in a motherly way, as she smiles and looks down at her curly-haired baby, the child’s fist crammed…

Archivist of WakwahaMar 215 min read

Ebu Garib’ten Cizre’ye

(Uyarı: Yazının aşağı bölümü rahatsız edici çıplak insan fotoğrafları içermektedir. Bu tip resimlere bak(a)mayanlara…

Zalmay KhalilzadMar 214 min read

Iranian General Aided a U.S. Political Aim in Iraq in 2006, Envoy Reveals

Former U.S. ambassador says Iranian spymaster cooperated in unseating Iraqi prime minister

A Soldier's WhisperMar 211 min read

THREE GENERATIONS — THREE WARS

My dad from Delray W. Virginia served in World War II.

Chris Van HollenMar 193 min read

Saying “No” to Permanent War

This week, we remember the decisions that led us to the misguided war with Iraq in 2003. It has been five years since President Obama officially ended our involvement in what was one of America’s longest conflicts. The fateful decisions made that March cost thousands of American…

A Soldier's WhisperMar 183 min read

A U.S. ARMY RANGER MEDIC ANSWERS A HIGHER CALLING

I am the proud mother of Sgt Jonathan K. Peney, my only child, who was born on July 1st, 1987, and died…

A Soldier's WhisperMar 22 min read

Dear Iraq and Afghanistan Vets,

First and foremost, thank you for your service!

Johannes Paulsen in Tinfoil SombrerosFeb 262 min read

Why I Remain Fascinated by David Brooks

A friend recently forwarded a David Brooks column (“The Governing Cancer of Our Time,”) in which he either is condemning anti-establishment candidates who he suspects will use the power of the state to crush political opposition, or is laying the intellectual…

Avi WoolfFeb 225 min read

Dear GOP, Let’s Talk About Iraq

Iraq. Since the United States invaded that country in 2003, it has become a word of abuse, derision, contempt. The GOP is still haunted by the run-up to, invasion, and mismanagement of the aftermath of a war launched by a two-time Republican President. I see many serious…

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