Iraq War
Iraqis Fear That Trump’s America Will Depart Once and For All
Baghdad has good reason to be concerned about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iraqi relationship.
Assad’s Fall in Syria Might Keep the American Military in Iraq
Numerous Iraqi factions are now starting to have second thoughts about the U.S. drawdown.
The Iraq War Was the Conflict No One Prepared For
In Iraq, the two most ubiquitous weapons were not the kind that the Americans trained against, or to use.
The War on Terror Playlist: Here’s What U.S. Troops Listened to on Deployment
Military.com recently conducted a fascinating inquiry amongst Global War on Terror veterans, asking ‘What Songs Defined Your Military Service During the Global War on Terror?’ “What songs defined your service...
Benjamin Netanyahu is Pushing for War with Iran
Once again, the Middle East is on the brink of full-scale war. The tit-for-tat exchanges between Israel and Iran are increasing the risk that the United States will get sucked...
Why Joe Lieberman was a True Neoconservative
Joe Lieberman, who died on Wednesday at age 82, was in many ways a classic neoconservative—a stalwart exponent of a hawkish foreign policy and a liberal domestic one during his...
Battle of 73 Easting: The Last Truly Epic Tank Battle
Battle of 73 Easting, Explained – Ever since Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine began, there have been constant stories about his main battle tanks (MBTs) getting killed left and...
Why America’s National Security Establishment Keeps Falling Short
The last months of 1953, and the early ones of 1954, are a Groundhog Day of disappointments. After summer’s Korean Armistice Agreement, Americans came to realize what it was like...
Israel, Al-Shifa Hospital, and Iraqi WMDs
“What Israel finds—or doesn’t—” at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the New York Times has declared, may shape the course of the Gaza war. Given the attention that this...
Iraq War Redux: An Israeli Invasion of Gaza Will Be No Cake Walk
Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it....
The Iraq War’s Worst Legacy: Endless Confrontation With Iran
This month marks twenty years since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. The bloodshed that followed cost Iraq and America dearly. Yet there was a winner in the chaos:...
Iraq War Bloodthirst Was Manufactured—and It Could Happen Again
March 19 will represent the 20th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, and already, many complicit in its bloodshed are attempting to rewrite history. From comfortable positions at the...