Negative Space: Iraq
- Al-Qaeda tea-parties in Iraq?
- Did Saddam Hussein support terrorists? According to the Washington Post, yes. It’s all a matter of how you read their article.
- All omissions are not created equal
- The story of Corporal Jeff Starr’s quote illustrates not only why you can’t trust major newspapers in the United States, but also that you can’t trust some people to understand why we care about misquotes.
- The Blog of War
- Great collection of Iraq and Afghanistan-related milblog posts. The Blog of War covers every war from the perspective of the individuals who take part: friends, spouses, and the soldiers themselves.
- Bush plea for aid goes unanswered?
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The Observer’s report on the failure of the USAID call for donations is the first I’ve ever heard of this program.
- Drug war undermining Afghan, Iraqi peace
- Prohibition continues to fund terrorist organizations, and we continue to pour money into maintaining prohibition. Prohibition is, as it has always been, one of the best and easiest means for criminal organizations to grow.
- Glaciers retreat from Middle East
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As glaciers flee the desert, they leave once-frozen ancient barbarians behind.
- It is right to stop genocidal dictators
- “No free nation can remain indifferent to the steady erosion of freedom around the globe. The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands.”
- Lessons for new Presidents: Entangling long-term alliances
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How will our foreign policy change after President Obama’s Fortress America?
- May God protect you my people
- You’ve just got to read this post on Iraq the Model as Iraq awaits election day.
- Mistakes were made
- Rice admits that “thousands of mistakes were made”. Obviously, then, the result must be flawed.
- President compromises on bridge construction
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President Obama navigates White House argument between engineers and staff. “Half a bridge is better than none,” says President.
- President Obama violin concertos console bereaved Iraqis
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President’s iPod an oasis in crisis for the stress of a historic presidency, and the Middle East.
- Turning Republicans into heroes
- With the war turning around, filibustering Democratic withdrawal proposals is almost a no-lose situation for Republicans.
- The ultimate question of Bush, Iraq, and genocide
- News sucks. Really, I just don’t understand how headlines and stories are chosen. Dog bites man can be a story, if that man is George Bush.
- When is it right to stop mass murder?
- The question about the war in Iraq isn’t how many people died. It’s whether or not we can ever be justified in removing another government that engages in mass murders of its own people.
- Will prohibition destroy the Iraq turnaround?
- World prohibition threatens to turn the Iraq turnaround back towards violence and gang warfare.
- World News Tonight vs. the Sirens of the Internet
- News organizations haven’t yet seemed to figure out that Iraq is a democracy. It isn’t up to George Bush to sack or not sack their Prime Minister.
More Information
- Memebusters! The Osama Bin Laden Edition
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“Genes carry hereditary information. MEMES carry cultural information. Problem is, many memes are defective—they’re based on falsehoods. We used to have an immune system—called the ‘press’—that caught errors. Now the ‘press’ generates most of the falsehoods themselves.”
- The Blog of War•
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Burden collects some of the most amazing “milblog” posts regarding Iraq and Afghanistan. The blogs in this book represent combat duty, intelligence duty, and the home front. This is a great book, draining in places, but well worth the read.
- Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer February 28 2003
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“The President does view this much like Elie Wiesel did, when Elie Wiesel… stood in front of the White House after a meeting with the President and said, this is like 1938 all over again. And he called on the world, including Europe, to intervene, to disarm Iraq. If the world had done that in 1938, there would have been no World War II. The President views it in a similar way.”
- The Makaha Surf Report
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“The Makaha Surf Report is one man’s attempt to explain his own experiences in life as a former soldier, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, and current resident of paradise. Only when we defeat our enemies will we know true peace. The information contained within the Makaha Surf Report is not to be applied to actual surfing.”
