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Peter Van Buren

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Asia-Pacific

How I spent a year losing hearts and minds in Iraq

We never learn: Reconstruction became nothing more than 'checkbook diplomacy' and 20 years later, it shows.

Iraq War Lesson: the seduction may be sweet but the hangover is hell
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Iraq War Lesson: the seduction may be sweet but the hangover is hell

As with Iraq, there seems to be a coordinated mainstream media effort to drag America into a new war. Don't let them.

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Asia-Pacific

What will be the casus belli for war with China?

From the sinking of the Maine to Saddam's WMDs, there's usually a ginned-up event behind every destructive US war.

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Asia-Pacific

The 'imminent' Taiwan conflagration: two questions to ponder

The idea that China is planning an invasion of the island is one that demands closer scrutiny.

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Middle East

The US makes the rules, and Syria massacre was no exception

It's fine to be outraged but don't be shocked: our righteous war-making is not clean, nor humane. It never was.