For the neoconservatives, ground zero in the creation of the Islamic State (ISIS) is the departure of the American occupying forces without a Status of Force Agreement (SOFA). At the behest of President Barack Obama, or so the allegation goes, … Read the rest
Tag: Saddam Hussein
Judge who sentenced Saddam murdered by ISIS
After the second invasion of Iraq in 2006 found no WMD’s – the pretext for the invasion in the first place – the Americans settled for the kangaroo court trial of Saddam Hussein.
Quick to announce “mission accomplished” then, recent … Read the rest
The Iraq disaster haunts America
By Eric Margolis
March 2013 the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War.
In October, 2002, I wrote a cover-story about Iraq for the first issue of American Conservative magazine, entitled “The March to Folly.” My article predicted the impending invasion … Read the rest
CIA: US helped Saddam as he gassed Iran
The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and intelligence communities knew about and did nothing to stop a series of nerve gas attacks far more devastating … Read the rest