What’s Next in Iraq?
The contours of Iraq post-Islamic State are becoming clearer. Did the strategy to defeat Islamic State succeed? Are the American wars in Iraq finally over? Who walks away the winner? Iraqi Prime...
View ArticleGood News! Kidnappings in Iraq Now for Money, Not Terrorism
This one goes out to all the cynics, who claim there is never any progress in our war of terror in Iraq. AFP reports that the number of kidnappings for ransom in Iraq has multiplied in the past two...
View ArticleSame as it Ever Was: US Commander Predicts Violence Ahead in Iraq
Here’s some good news on a Monday– The top US general in Iraq predicted a level of upheaval in the country as militant groups jostle to fill the vacuum left behind by the withdrawal of all American...
View ArticleDrinking to Forget
If you’re drinking heavily these days trying to forget the whole Iraq War now that the media is again full of images from that crappy place as the military pulls out, go ahead and skip this posting...
View ArticleTen Reasons Airstrikes in Iraq are a Terrible Idea
The smell of blood is once again in the air in Washington, this week for airstrikes and other forms of violent intervention in Iraq (reference: many of the same people– McCain and Graham in particular–...
View ArticleI’ll Be at the Army Heritage Center at the War College
The Army has a renewed interest in Iraq, to include what went wrong in Iraq War 2.0 as Iraq War 3.0 metastasizes. Who knew, right? Unlike many other parts of government involved in the Iraq swamp, the...
View ArticleFive (More) Things That Won’t Work in Iraq
In one form or another, the U.S. has been at war with Iraq since 1990, including a sort-of invasion in 1991 and a full-scale one in 2003. During that quarter-century, Washington imposed several changes...
View ArticlePetraeus: ‘It’s Time to Unleash America’s Airpower in Afghanistan’
In an Op-Ed printed in the Washington Post, former General David Petraeus says it is time to “unleash our airpower in support of our Afghan partners in the same way that we support our Iraqi and Syrian...
View ArticleU.S. Supported Shia Militias in Iraq Lead Ethnic Cleansing
Oh, yes, and also civil war. Here’s a preview of what to expect in Iraq after ISIS is mostly run out of the country. Set the scene: the country formerly known as Iraq was basically an steaming pile of...
View ArticleWho’s to Blame for Losing Afghanistan?
Who should we blame for losing Afghanistan? Why blame anyone? Did anyone expect the U.S. war in Afghanistan to end cleanly? If so, you bought the lies all along and the cold water now is hitting...
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