Tagged: Foreign Policy & Military & War

Interesting Quote: "We should not march into Baghdad . . . . To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us, and make a broken tyrant into a...

Interesting development from The Independent: …the Pentagon confirmed it was authorising use of "non-lethal" gases of the type used in last October's disastrous Moscow theatre siege – a move that has already provoked accusations...

From CNN Breaking News E-mail Alerts: U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns Syria that the U.S. considers military shipments to Iraq a 'hostile act.' Hmmm, Russia was also involved, but I'd chance that if...

Although some warbloggers would have the world believe that the citizens of Iraq are dancing in the streets and that life is just one big festive circus, these pictures destroy that facade.

Gene Healy on National Greatness Conservatism: National Greatness Conservatism: n. The vicarious thrill certain right-wing pundits get from watching better men risk their lives. As one of those men who was called upon to...

For the pro-war crowd, if Bush is right on Iraq now, then what do we do about his father who helped provide Saddam with the base of his chemical and biological weapons program through...

Paul Krugman on some of the recent pro-war protests: By and large, recent pro-war rallies haven't drawn nearly as many people as antiwar rallies, but they have certainly been vehement. One of the most...

I gotta agree with Julian on the illogic of Glenn Reynolds as of late: There's something unseemly about watching a law professor behave like a five year old for months at a time. My...

Kathleen Sullivan of the San Francisco Chronicle in a December 26, 2002 story: "Damn — we don't need to go to war with bad equipment," said Steve Robinson, whose Army unit helped repatriate Kurdish...

Linda Carroll, reporting for MSNBC on January 7: A former Army Ranger who served with special forces in Iraq, Robinson says he and other vets remain angry at the toll this affliction has taken...