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 Batt wrote and orchestrated…
Category: Syria
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 War website published it. (I think…
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 called back to active…