Monday, September 26, 2005
Hi all. Yankeedoodle, Matt, and Friendly Fire have invited me to join them as a contributor to Today in Iraq. Since I'm a big fan of this blog (and frequently use what I find here in my own work), I am delighted to do that.
The main idea is for me to direct-post here links to what I write about Iraq on my own blog, Just World News. I write about a lot of other things there, too, but the actions of the US military in Iraq are a big and continuing concern. I'll try to remember to at least leave a note (and a link) here when I have a post over there about Iraq. Maybe I'll do more than that. Who knows?
Recently on JWN, I've had these posts of interest:
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- Today: Realism from the generals (and the ICG). Gen. John Abizaid has been saying some important things to David Ignatius and through him to the US public. This post is my take on that and on the latest, downbeat report on Iraq from the International Crisis Group...
- Sept. 25: Iraq: the Kosovo analogy. This takes on the argument that in Kosovo, airpower alone was enough for the west to "win"; so it could also do that in Iraq... I also question the argument that, because the US military has harmed Iraq so badly, it should now somehow be the US military that should be asked to fix the damage. Foxes and hen-houses are mentioned in that regard...
- Sept. 24: Iraq between politics and war. I point out that in addition to the tragic insecurity situation in Iraq, there is also a nascent (or continuing) political process that is worth watching. I also take on Juan Cole's argument that the US should keep two air-bases and some Special Ops forces inside Iraq, even after a force drawdown...
- This was a notable Aug. 24 post in which I wrote about a porn website that offered a free "subscription" to US service-members serving in Iraq or Afghanistan who would post gruesome pictures of body parts onto the site. (See also the post that followed that one.) The topic has since generated more interest. See here and here.