Tag Archive for ‘Iraq War’
Giving Up Saddam: Russia and “Regime Change” in Iraq
The War on Terror and the Bush administration’s impending war on Iraq gave Moscow a chance to use its relationship with Baghdad to try to secure Russian influence there after the fall of Hussein and to reestablish itself as a force in the region.
The Justification for War: It’s the Oil (and the Power, and Israel), Stupid
We are being driven into a potential quagmire, and no real questions are being asked. What started, in October 2001, as a legitimate military response to terrorist attacks has degenerated into an hubristic powerplay that may engage the United States in an open-ended war against a large segment of the Muslim world.
Imperialism From the Cradle to the Grave
Empire—or, rather, the concept of benevolent global hegemony—is one of the gifts of Mesopotamia, but it is a poisoned chalice.
Furnishing the War
The press, as obedient and uninformed today as they were during previous wars, dutifully repeat the phrases “weapons of mass destruction” and “links with Al Qaeda terrorists.”
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