L. Craig Johnstone writes in the Washington Post about Western responsibility for what we have created in Iraq: Thirty-five years ago, two young Foreign Service officers went AWOL from Henry Kissinger’s staff at the State Department to go to Vietnam in the days before the collapse of Saigon. I was one of them. Our action…
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Fidel visits a dolphin show and reflects on his legacy
Credit where it’s due. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg may have spread propaganda about Saddam, Iran and Israel, but he can write and his latest dispatch about meeting Fidel Castro (here’s the first) is fascinating: There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I’ll get to shortly), but…
Wasted dollars and lives in Iraq
The latest estimate by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes is that the Iraq war has cost US$3 trillion and beyond.
Blair “miscalculated” and he shrugs his shoulders
A softball ABC interview with Tony Blair where he essentially acknowledges he was wrong about Iraq and Afghanistan, and yet we’re still supposed to take him seriously on Middle East “peace”?
Obama sees massive successes in the Middle East
No wonder US foreign policy is viewed with such contempt around the world. Iraq is in chaos and the Middle East remains unstable. But from the comfort of the White House: “From a political perspective, it’s been a good week for [Obama]… — but more importantly, it’s been a very good week for America’s national security… —…
AP knows the Iraq war is far from over
Here’s the Associated Press standard’s editor Tom Kent with a message to his staff that should be heard by all corporate media: From: Kent, Tom Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:30 PM Subject: Standards Center guidance: The situation in Iraq Colleagues, Many AP staffers are producing content that refers to the situation in Iraq. It…
Briefly hearing what real Iraqis feel and fear
New York Times report on Iraq that actually features the voices of Iraqis:
Iraqi corpses will always haunt the war backers
Jeremy Scahill on MSNBC slams Republicans and Democrats who dare to claim “victory” in Iraq: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Reporters embedded into the war architecture
Vaughan Smith, founder of London’s Frontline Club, writes that the process of embedding journalists in the military machine (especially in Afghanistan) is increasing the chances of the next war: So-called “embedding”, the term for the practice by which journalists have been allowed to accompany allied troops in the Iraq and Afghan wars, is not just…
Rupert says Iraq war is bloody wonderful
Our favourite Murdoch war booster, Greg Sheridan, in today’s Australian: Iraq is starting to look as though it may turn out to be a great, historic American success.