Tag: Iraq
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.”
The World the Iraq War Made
One can only guess what the world would look like had the 2003 invasion never occurred.
10 Ways to Wage Wars
“George Orwell warned us that the war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Americans need to aggressively question their politicians and the media, ignore empty slogans, challenge warmongering propaganda, and swiftly reject disinformation from the corporate media.”
The Tears of Fallujah
“If recent history has taught us anything, it's that the wounds of Fallujah, and those of Iraq’s Sunni in general, must be treated in short order or the conflict will simmer to explosion once again.”
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.