Lots of Iraq stuff today: Michael Yon explains why violence is up in Iraq. Hint: Its not because we’re losing. Iraqi PM says private army mentality in Iraq is over Maliki told Miliband, on a surprise visit to Baghdad, that “national reconciliation has been...
I’ve mentioned the International Crisis Group before. They call themselves “the world’s leading independent, non-partisan, source of analysis and advice to governments, and intergovernmental bodies like the United Nations, European Union and World Bank, on...
“We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln, December 1, 1862 The events of the past are constantly shaping the future course of human events. Because of this, there are few instances in the past century where the...
EUFOR Chad What happens when the U.N decides that a situation requires military intervention and the U.S. is unwilling or unable to to take a lead role? Looking to the nations of the European Union would seem to be a natural alternative. This in fact is exactly what...
After the Cold War “You can always rely on America to do the right thing. Once it has exhausted the alternatives.” Winston Churchill At the time, I was mostly too young to comprehend the events of the late 1980’s and the end of the Cold War. There are a lot...
So, if it wasn’t about WMD’s or 9/11, how can I possibly make a case supporting the Iraq invasion? As I’ve stated, I’m a self-professed student of history. Specifically, a student of the Cold War and Post-World War II American history. It is...
