Friday, March 29, 2024

Tag: Iraq

Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war

Was Chelsea Manning motivated by moral injury?

Mosul on my mind

What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.

How to lose the next war in the Middle East

The short answer: Fight it!

Cassius was correct

How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?

President blowback

How the invasion of Iraq came home.

How Trump could easily expand the war against ISIS to the...

It’s time the Trump administration start learning the lessons of the past and stop making the same mistakes again and again.

War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to...

Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”

Pentagon Produced Fake Terrorist Propaganda

The Pentagon contracted PR firm Bell Pottinger to create fake terrorist propaganda videos to track down the people who watched them.

The Number of U.S. Troops in Iraq Is Approaching 6,000

Likely, down the line the US will get pulled right back into Iraq, because it refuses to recognize the real power dynamics there at the level of policy rather than just of tactics.

Nearly 500 More U.S. Troops Sent to Iraq for Mosul Attack...

“It seems a little unlikely that PM al-Abadi cares about U.S. electoral problems. He has his own reasons for wanting to roll up al-Qaeda in Iraq quickly. But his timetable could play into Hillary Clinton’s hands.”

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Naked hypocrisy: The US once cited UNSC resolutions to invade Iraq, now calls Gaza...

Washington’s hypocrisy on this matter is legendary and stunning.