A Surge of Bodies On January 4th, the Pentagon “announced the identities” of six American soldiers who had died between December 28th…
Okay, folks, it’s time for a year-opening sermon. And like any good sermon, this one will be based on illustrative texts, in…
Although Vietnam flooded instantly back into American consciousness as the invasion of Iraq was launched in March 2003–along with its ancient vocabulary…
This is an old tale. Long forgotten. But like all good political bedtime stories, it’s well worth telling again. Once upon a…
Last week, someone slipped New York Times reporters Michael R. Gordon and David S. Cloud the secret memo finished by Secretary of…
Finally, the President and the New York Times agree. In a news conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister last week, George W.…
Things are always complicated. In the Washington Post, for instance, James Mann, author of Rise of the Vulcans recently suggested that it…
The wave — and make no mistake, it’s a global one — has just crashed on our shores, soaking our imperial masters.…
It’s been clear since the Afghan War began in 2001 that no one had the Vietnam analogy more programmatically on their brains…
Are we now officially out of our minds? On Tuesday, General George W. Casey, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and Zalmay…
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