Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category

The Presidency of Black Magic

…The sole superpower whose strength has been and is pivotal to the security…

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What to Do to Defeat the Taliban

There is a great possibility of replicating the success of the strategy of the Surge…

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Debate between American and Australian about the Merits of War against Islamists

 
 
American says: 
 
For those who think we need to redouble our efforts to “win” the war in Afghanistan, I take it they mean we need to do whatever it takes, militarily and financially, to build a stable Afghan state run headed by a secure and US-friendly government. I have two problems with this idea. First, I [...]

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Reply to American Pessimist about the Gains of the Surge in Iraq

…continues to ruminate on his doubts about the surge and on General Petraeus’…

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Obsessed Denial by Liberals of the Success of the Surge

All the Sancho Panzas of the Washington Note riding on their donkeys and their Don Quixote…

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Political Tyros Tasteless Cooking in Foreign Affairs

…another recruit in the league of political tyros led by…

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Reply to the New York Times and to Washington Note

The Times contention is fatuous…

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How U.S. Strategists Missed Opportunity to nip in the bud Insurgency in Iraq

Paradoxically, it could be iraq, allied with the American Coalition Forces, that would be instrumental to the defeat of global Islamist terror…

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Australian Academic Accuses US and Aussie Forces of Committing War Crimes in Fallujah

…wars are not fought by holding the sword in one hand and the Ten Commandments in the other…

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Will Obama Pull Out Magnificent Soldiers from Campaign of Victory?

…no statesman…ever pulled out his troops from a crucial military engagement at the threshold of its military victory…

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