Tag Archives: Iraq war

I just finished reading “The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq” by Steve Coll. By the onset of the US invasion and military occupation, I was convinced that (a) Iraq had no WMDs or active WMD programs, and (b) there was no collusion between Saddam and al Qaeda. The idea that Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were allies was facially absurd. Bin Laden was a religious zealot and Hussein was...

Review. Two-time Oscar nominee Keira Knightley is known for being in "period pieces" such as Pride and Prejudice, so her playing the lead in the new film Official Secrets, scheduled to be release in the U.S. this Friday, may seem odd at first. That is until one considers that the time span being depicted-- the early 2003 run-up to the invasion of Iraq-- is one of the most dramatic and consequential periods of modern human history. It is also one of the most poorly understood, in part...

He got that right. Monumental strategic blunder, although I would argue that escalating in Vietnam was probably a worse blunder.The HillTrump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'Max Greenwood

Crosspost of Col. Lawrence Wilkerson's op-ed in the New York Times.Russia InsiderI Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (ret.)