Summarizations of the latest bunch of WikiLeaks documents—291,832 of them, leaked from the Pentagon’s secret archives on the Iraq war—are now up on several web sites, including the New York Times and Britain’s Guardian. I’m still amazed...
The combat infantry brigade that is still in Iraq–but is now called an Advise and Assist Brigade–so it’s not really a combat unit. Anyway, two of its fine soldiers were recently killed by rifle fire. I wonder if they were advising...
President Obama has now announced that all our combat troops are out of Iraq. It’s not true, but it is what he said—with great flourish. The following is from a letter from a soldier in Iraq. Our troops know when the boss is, well, not telling the...
The news says that the last combat units are leaving Iraq. That’s supposed to be good—but not sure for whom. The friend of a friend whose son in stationed in an infantry brigade in northern Iraq says they are in daily contact with the bad guys, and...
President Obama spoke to the DAV earlier this week. To say that his speech was void of integrity would be an understatement. Ignoring his own opposition to the liberation of Iraq, supporting our troops and the surge, Obama spoke as if all’s...
The nation of Iraq has come a very long way in the few years it has existed free from Saddam. Yet talk of the nation being able to stand on its own are very premature—given that they have such nice neighbors as Iran and Pakistan. This month the...
The phonies are everywhere. The top general in Iraq, General Ray Odierno, reports that there are four or five social networking sites that impersonated him online and have used his picture as part of an ask for people to send money. One of the scams...
US Central Command is the joint-services headquarters that is responsible for, among other areas, the Mideast and the war being waged there. Given that virtually all of the combat action in the area is being waged by the Army and Marines, it is...
In what I consider to be a very significant step forward, Iraq and Turkey have agreed to take some positive steps to resolve issues along their common border. On 29 June Turkey hosted a cooperative borders meeting in the city of Silopi; the topic...
I get the Daily Afghan Iraq Update from Joanna Fox. It’s a newsletter full of good, accurate information about what our great troops are doing in the Mideast. It comes out every day and is free. Contact Joanna (jandjfox@mindspring.com) if...