iraq

What, me worry, no WMD? Just watched the "The Green Zone" (2010)

Submitted by divineorder on Sun, 10/18/2015 - 12:25pm

We have been pretty much movie free except for airline movies since we began our current Africa trip back in early August, so tonight we took advantage of the free wifi here at the guesthouse and watched someone's copy of "The Green Zone" posted up on YouTube. I won't provide the link to the youtube posting we watched but here's some info from the wikipedia entry in case you, like me, are unfamiliar with the flick.

Putin gives Obama a blessing in disguise

Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 10/09/2015 - 2:19pm

Putin has outmaneuvered Obama. Washington is trapped by its own political rhetoric.
At least that is how this news story will appear to the war hawks and hard-core partisans.

Our allies in War on ISIS prefer Russia over U.S.

Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/08/2015 - 5:14pm

We appear to be reaching the "Thanks but no thanks" moment in our relationship with Iraq.

The New White Man's Burden and the value of a life

Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/18/2015 - 6:36pm

In February 1899, British poet Rudyard Kipling wrote a poem entitled “The White Man’s Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands."

Yes, we have seen this before

Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/17/2015 - 11:32pm

President Obama's plan to have the Pentagon create a rebel force in Syria, the “New Syrian Force”, has crashed and burned in such an spectacular way that the Administration is "rethinking" it's entire strategy.