It is becoming apparent that the U.S. may have left Iraq too soon–before the urgent threat posed by the Iranian regime could be removed or reduced. Critics of the Iraq War complained, with some justification, that its real strategic consequence
Sounding more like Michael Moore or Barack Obama, GOP candidate Ron Paul accuses the Bush Administration of being happy that America was attacked on 9/11 because it gave them an excuse to invade Iraq.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An American man accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Tuesday. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution applied for capital punishment, the report
Say what you will about President Obama or Bush, for our veterans who served in Iraq, neither President means a whole lot. Unless you served, specifically beyond the traditional forward operating base, very few will ever comprehend the mentality of
Presidential candidate Senator Rick Santorum spends time with Frank to speak about his fellow presidential candidate Ron Paul’s ridiculous notion that America and the world will be safer if America just concedes to field to the Russians, Chinese or Islamists.
After a U.S. troop withdrawal some criticized as premature, could Iraq experience the kind of instability and violence seen in South Vietnam in 1973? Or is this a last, desperate show of strength from a fading Al-Qaeda? BAGHDAD (AP) —
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Iraq’s crisis worsens, as al-Maliki turns into Javert Massive European bailout operation appears to be failing Defense Sec’y Panetta threatens Iran over nuclear weapons Egypt’s Salafi Nour party affirms support for Israel treaty Iraq’s
Gov. Mitt Romney told NBC’s Chuck Todd today that the United States would not (and, by implication, should not) have invaded Iraq in 2003, had it been known that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. If we
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. 10,000 Egyptian women march against military violence and rule North Koreans may have lied about time/place of Kim Jong-il’s death Arrest warrant for Iraq’s VP plunges Iraq’s government into crisis Jund al-Khilafah (JaK) raises
The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor in the U.S. presidential election of 2012. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama could share an Iranian challenge to their
Recently Jews in synagogues around the world heard an ancient prophesy about a time of tribulation for the Christians. In the haftarah, the Prophet Obadiah hears G-d warning the Edomites (traditionally a Jewish term for the people who eventually made
An Occupy Wall Street activist and veteran of the Trotskyist International Socialist Organization, Pham Binh, has written a widely circulated article, which explains how socialists should attempt to manipulate rank and file police officers against society’s so called rulers –
The persistent rewriting of our entry into and exit from Iraq, let alone the merits of the mission, is a cruel pill to swallow for those who fought there. Just what did eight years of fighting in Iraq really accomplish?
Let’s be honest. Movies, today, aren’t just one step away from being left wing propaganda, they just plain suck. We’ve gone from Dirty Harry to Jason Bourne (or whatever his name ended up being; the camera was too shaky for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korea’s president Kim Jong-il dies of heart failure Death of Kim Jong-il raises questions on power succession Suspicions arise over the cause of Kim Jong-il’s death North Korea test fires two short-range missiles
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. News alert: North Korea’s president Kim Jong-il is dead Egyptians shocked by video of army beating veiled woman protester Hamas moves away from violence in deal with Palestinian Authority Rumors abound that Turkey’s Erdogan
Playwright, president, and pundit Vaclav Havel died peacefully this morning at his home in the Czech Republic. He was a leading dissident in Soviet-dominated Czechoslovakia, a leader of the Velvet Revolution, and a founding father of the post-communist Czech democracy.
I am disgusted by the media declarations and the presidential proclamations that the war in Iraq has ended with the departure of US troops. It is an erroneous conclusion, designed with political victory in mind–and heedless of the risk of
From Agence France–Presse: A US soldier accused of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks appeared in court Friday for the first time, with the defense immediately calling for the presiding officer to step down. Bradley Manning, a former intelligence analyst, is
—– The death of Christopher Hitchens hits like the 2008 death of Tim Russert. Both were men you really wanted to hear from during a looming presidential election. The word being tossed about in reference to the passing of Hitchens
Somewhere within Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be overjoyed at the recent presents that seem to be falling from the sky. First his nation scores what can be considered a major intelligence coup in their capture of a RQ-170 drone, then
Dear Rush, On Thursday’s program (12/15/11) you told me and your other listeners: “Now, I talked to some people here during the break. In both New Hampshire and Iowa, Ron Paul’s in second place. Where is his support coming from?
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on the end of the war in Iraq: He said that the war was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. … They’re going face challenges
From McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the “extraordinary actions” that had earned him
Today, on the floor of the Senate, John McCain (R-AZ), Obama’s rival for the presidency in 2008, pointed out that President Obama had opposed the surge in Iraq that brought victory, and had likely turned that victory into defeat by
