For those looking for my reflections on Remembrance Day, go here. Moving on… There have been reports that Vice President Dick Cheney worked to suppress a National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran because it contains “dissenting judgments on the Iranian nuclear programme” that would complicate the administration’s position on the use of force. According to the Inter Press [...]

When all is said and done, it will probably be impossible to know just how many Iraqis will have perished during the war. There are estimates that widely vary, ones that I am sure many of you are already familiar with, so I won’t waste time running through them. But the truth of the matter [...]

Historical resentment has its drawbacks, especially when you’re militarily occupying a country. In the case of Iraq, its Shia majority has been under the thumb of Sunni minority governments since the British installed Faisal as king in 1923. During the tenure of Saddam Hussein they were persecuted, as were the Kurds, and following the Gulf [...]

There is an old unspoken code among commissioned officers in the military, especially among combat arms units… and those officers who deny its significance are usually either inexperienced or fools, or in the worst cases, both… this code is simple… Listen to your NCOs… (For those of you who do not understand military jargon, NCO [...]

No matter the promises made by the Democrats, who secured a House majority in last year’s elections, little progress has been made with regards to seriously addressing the conflict in Iraq. Of course, legislation has been tabled and passed by both Houses and vetoed by the President, but many have become disenfranchised with the Democrat’s [...]

Two stunning sets of statistic for everyone. First, and this one is almost to incredible to believe, from the raw story… “A new Newsweek poll out this weekend exposed “gaps” in America’s knowledge of history and current events. Perhaps most alarmingly, 41% of Americans answered ‘Yes’ to the question “Do you think Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq [...]

No End In Sight is a new documentary by Magnolia Pictures that critically examines the Iraq war with one of the most impressive and knowledgeable casts ever assembled. Trailer… Cast… Faisal al-Istrabadi Iraqi Ambassador to the United Nations Chris Allbritton Journalist, Time Magazine Richard Armitage Deputy Secretary of State, 2001-2005 James Bamford Author, The Puzzle Palace and A [...]

Having spent the last week here in Las Vegas talking with numerous Americans about the war in Iraq and their government, the overwhelming answer that I am often confronted with is that they’re either too tired of the subject or simply don’t have the time to follow what’s occurring overseas or even in their [...]

When US tanks rolled across the Kuwaiti border in the spring of 2003 on their way to Baghdad, and the supposed liberation of Iraq, many believed that Operation Iraqi Freedom would be a cakewalk. The ground invasion of the country had been proceeded by a massive air campaign based on Wade and Ullman’s theory [...]

Trying to wrap my head around just how the invasion and occupation of Iraq is continually sold the American people still gives me a headache. It seems the excuse of acting on inaccurate intelligence to do with WMD’s has placated many, including the likes of US Senators that voted to back the President at the [...]