The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria may be clever and rich but stoking the revenge machine reveals how impoverished its collective imagination is. Over the weekend the Sunni militants of Islamic […]
For his New Yorker piece, “The General’s Dilemma,” subtitled “David Petraeus, the pressures of politics, and the road out of Iraq,” Steve Coll discussed Iraq with top American and British officers. Since […]
Years ago, when Bosnia-Serbia-Kosovo was aflame, I found myself tuning out the conflict because of difficulty tracking all the warring factions. Afterward, I read a book on the subject, Michael Parenti’s “To […]
Eyes Only/Top Secret From: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad To: Joint Iranian military council, general officers, and distribution Re: Upcoming US Invasion: Strategy Greetings brothers. God is great, and may God be with you. […]
