Iraq War 3.0, the War to End All Wars, is Over
America’s serial wars in Iraq are ending with a whimper, not a bang. And in the oddest of ironies, it may be President Donald Trump, feared as a war monger, the fifth president to make war in Iraq, who...
View ArticleDon’t Weep for Mattis but for the Global War on Terror, 2001-2018, R.I.P.
Senior officials never seem to resign over a president starting a war. And Trump, the guy who was supposed to start new wars, instead ended one and is on his way to wrapping up another. A full pull-out...
View ArticleOverheard: George and Barack Talk April on Fools Day
“It all started with a postcard,” said former president George W. Bush in an exclusive interview with We Meant Well. “The card was from Lesotho, a country I learned which was one of them African...
View ArticleLawyer Seeks to Hold Bush Administration Accountable for Iraq War
Without endorsing any specific cause, this blog occasionally makes space for a guest article. Today, the writer is D. Inder Comar, a San Francisco lawyer who is seeking to do what the Obama...
View ArticleThe Bush Legacy, Iraq and Reality
There is a school of physics, or maybe science fiction, it doesn’t matter, that posits if matter and anti-matter collide it will be the end of the universe. Collapse of the time-space continuum,...
View ArticleNew Book: Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters
A new book by Andrew Kreig, Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters, explores the complex and interrelated backgrounds of our recent presidents and presidential candidates. While I have...
View ArticleWhither Iraq? What’s Happening Had to Happen
The events unfolding now in Iraq are inevitable. They are the latest iteration of all the good we failed to do from day one of America’s ill-fated invasion in 2003. Some History Iraq before our...
View ArticleIraq: How Many Turning Points and Milestones Until We Win?
Meanwhile, 71 percent of Americans now support airstrikes in Iraq, and 65 percent in Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the formation of a new Iraqi government was “a major milestone” for...
View ArticleThinking About Torture Ahead of the Senate Report
The highly-redacted Senate Intelligence Committee report on post-9/11 torture is being released as you read this. It will likely contain few details on what actually happened by America’s hand. But...
View ArticleSaudi Who Created Bomb Scare at US Army Post Sent Home without Punishment
I’m not a big one to trade in conspiracy theories, but this all begs for an explanation. Saudi Bomb Threat to U.S. Army Post A Saudi in the U.S. on a student visa (now where have we heard that one...
View ArticleGeorge and Barack Talk April on Fools Day
“It all started with a postcard,” said former president George W. Bush in an exclusive interview. “The card was from Lesotho, a country I learned which was one of them African nations you never hear...
View ArticleTell Us Why We’re At War in Iraq Again, Mr. President
When I was a kid, three presidents told us we had to fight in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, because if we didn’t fight them over there, we’d have to fight them on the beaches of California. We believed....
View ArticleFor 13 Years: Torture of the Human Being Shaker Aamer by the United States
Shaker Aamer was just released, after 13 years in captivity, from Guantanamo, and returned to Britain. His wife lives there, and he has permanent residence there. He was never charged with anything by...
View ArticleA Soldier and His Dog Come Home for the Last Time
There are two ways to look at the video below, and they are both right. It shows the remains of a soldier and his K-9 coming home for the last time from Afghanistan. The circumstances of their deaths...
View ArticleAfghanistan Mon Amour
President Biden announced he will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11. That will end 20 years of a war which killed some 2,300 Americans, an unknown number of Afghans, and cost...
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