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War Again in Iraq and the American Desire Never to be Labeled a Loser
Fighters of the Islamic State (AP/NYT) W.J. Astore In April 2009, I wrote an article for TomDispatch.com recounting Mary McCarthy’s critique of the American experience in Vietnam, and how her lessons...
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The Worst Cancer of All
Deploy them only when needed, and in wars only when approved by a formal Congressional declaration W.J. Astore Also at Huffington Post. President Obama’s decision to deploy 3,000 troops to Liberia in...
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Asking whether Obama has the authority to make war on ISIS is the wrong question
“We the People” no longer are asked whether we want war Craig Miller Juan Williams, writing for the Hill, had this to say about the application of the 2001/2002 AUMF (Authorization for Use of Military...
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Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail
Iraqi equipment provided by the U.S. and captured by ISIS W.J. Astore In my latest article for TomDispatch, I examine why the Iraqi security forces that the U.S. trained and equipped at a cost of $25...
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Reinforcing the Mindset of War
Nicolas J S Davies As I wrote this essay on the 12th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq (March 19-20), the news was filled with its violent repercussions across the Middle East and the world. The...
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Is There Hope for Iraq?
Peter Van Buren Peter Van Buren [This article originally appeared at Reuters and is used with the author’s permission.] Is there hope for Iraq? It depends on what you are hoping for. It is becoming...
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Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
Finally an image that captures U.S. foreign policy The Crash, Burn, Repeat of America’s Militarized Foreign Policy Tom Engelhardt (courtesy of TomDispatch.com) Let’s take a moment to consider failure...
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Inhuman Monsters: ISIS versus Saudi Arabia
Peter Van Buren. Introduction by b. traven. Introduction (updated): In this article Peter Van Buren ( wemeantwell.com) graphically lays out the physical and philosophical ties between Saudi Arabia, a...
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Part III: Empire
Peter Van Buren Peter is a 24 year veteran as a State Department diplomat and ended his service as leading an FOB ( forward operating base) during the Iraq war. The base was used to establish an...
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Iraq: The Twisted Road to American Irrelevance
Peter Van Buren, who had a ‘catbird’ seat’ as a State Department leader of an FOB (forward operating base) during the Iraq war, shares his analysis of the torturous road American foreign policy took...
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