When the neocons wanted to ‘go all the way to Baghdad’ after 1991 war
H.W. Bush instead showed restraint. His son, a decade later, did not. There are lessons for our next steps with Putin here.
H.W. Bush instead showed restraint. His son, a decade later, did not. There are lessons for our next steps with Putin here.
The former secretary of state ignored his instincts and helped set off one of the worst foreign policy blunders in history.
For the last 20 years the US has treated the sovereignty of states as conditional, reserving the right to attack when it chooses.
As with Iraq, there seems to be a coordinated mainstream media effort to drag America into a new war. Don’t let them.
For the 19th anniversary of the Baghdad invasion, over a dozen journalists and critics compare coverage then, and today.
That the central undertaking of his professional life had ended in abject failure could hardly have escaped his attention.
It’s clear now that the invasion of Iraq and the 20-year GWOT couldn’t have happened without the Fourth Estate’s complicity.
Known for his swagger and jingoistic approach to the job, the former Secretary of Defense later became a symbol of Iraq War failure.
But an authorization for military conflict in Africa just won’t die as lawmakers move to renew a controversial counter-terror program, too.
Saying the 2002 authorization for military force has been “stretched beyond belief,” they hope to help pass a bipartisan bill on Thursday.
On this Memorial Day, let us reflect on the role ‘we the people’ played in our failed post-9/11 wars and the loss and damage of so many souls.
Poznansky’s new book shows how the U.S. pays lip service to international rules while doing what it wants behind the scenes.
Bipartisan momentum is again building to repeal the 2002 AUMF; will the Defense Department stand in the way?
Until we wake up, our legacy will be arrogance and indifference, and a generation or more of lost souls.
Not surprisingly, Iraqis believe their lives are no longer cheap, and that the time for accountability has come.