In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, "Prospects for Democracy in the Middle East", a 5500 word opus, and a pro-Iraq...
Desert-Loving English?
In one of the opening scenes of "Lawrence of Arabia", (1962) when T E Lawrence was introduced to King Hussein, the king asked him, "Please don't tell you are one of those desert-loving English".
Mike...
If It Sneaks in the Night like a Raid, and Targets Like a Raid
It's a raid. Dammit.
And not a war.
A raid is designed to achieve a limited objective. Raids are not impetuous, born of anger or moral indignation...so no, Ivanka seeing children dead from gas did not...
Lawyers in Foxholes
Some Army JAG out there is likely pissed.
In 2010 Maj Matt Goldstyn, a Special Forces officer killed an Afghani bomb-maker. He was stripped of his medals in 2011, retired, then after another investigation he was...