Obituary: James “jimmy” Robert Randall, Jr.
James “Jimmy” Robert Randall Jr, born February 7, 1983, left this life in a vehicle accident on November 19, 2016. James was baptized and confirmed in the Missouri Synod Lutheran…
United States, the last empire?
The present capitalist model (the only one available) for a rising power, whether China, India, or Brazil, is also a model for planetary decline, possibly of a precipitous nature.
Why did Bush invade Iraq?
from the moment that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, the Iraqi dictator began signaling his willingness to withdraw after having taught the arrogant al-Sabah ruling family in Kuwait…
Iraq Veteran to die for our sins
He will die for the lies of politicians. He will die for war profiteers. He will die for the careers of generals. He will die for a cheerleader press. He…
The Iraq War: Who Got It Wrong
The recognition that Iraq was a horrendous failure came slowly to the majority of Americans.
Bush’s Great Foreign Policy Disaster
By invading Iraq, the U.S. did more to destabilize the Middle East than we could possibly have imagined at the and we will pay the price for it for a…
New details of US War Crimes in Iraq
This week, the Guardian released a special investigation into the hideous regime of torture that the United States imposed and empowered during its years-long rape of Iraq.
Generals Run Amuck
McChrystal became cocky and his staff contemptuous of civilian authority; Petraeus came to think he really could have it all
Petraeus: The hero that never was
As for the military genius of Gen. Petraeus, recall the famous cry of King Pyrrhus, “one more such victory and we are lost.”
Collapse of the Petraeus facade
His greatest accomplishment was merely personal: he transformed himself from an intellectual nerd into a rock star military man.