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1. Epitaph for a ‘Cake Walk’: An Iraq Case Study

   NOTE: The following is “back-story” to yesterday’s post, which I was tempted to title “All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Attack on Iraq and Now Want to Forget.” I do encourage you to give that posting a look before reading what follows. The attack was launched 20 years ago today. In late February … Continue reading "Epitaph for a ‘Cake Walk’: An Iraq Case Study"

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2. Iraq War Anniversary: Never Back Down on the Only Important Fact

   In March of 2003, the United States launched an illegal war of aggression against Iraq. The US regime promoted that illegal war of aggression, starting well in advance, through the manufacture and repetition of falsehoods for the purpose of cultivating fear over non-existent threats, and loathing over nonexistent connections between the Iraqi regime an the … Continue reading "Iraq War Anniversary: Never Back Down on the Only Important Fact"

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3. Reapers and Red Lines: The Downing of an American Drone

   On March 14, A Russian jet collided with a US drone, leading to the downing of the drone in the Black Sea. The US says that the drone was flying in international airspace when two Russian Su-27 fighter jets made nineteen high-speed passes near the drone before dumping jet fuel on it in an attempt … Continue reading "Reapers and Red Lines: The Downing of an American Drone"

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4. Learning Little from the Iraq War

   Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Military invasions don’t produce democracies – who knew? Whether in Afghanistan or Iraq, somehow the U.S. government worked to convince itself and the American people that democracy could be exported at rifle point. Not surprisingly, military invasions spread what they usually do: death, destruction and chaos while … Continue reading "Learning Little from the Iraq War"

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5. Don’t Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq

   Twenty years ago on this coming weekend, I was in Mongolia as the Deputy US Ambassador. After writing a Dissent Cable in early March 2003 on the pending US war on Iraq to my boss Secretary of State Colin Powell, I made the decision to resign from the US government as it was poised to … Continue reading "Don’t Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq"

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