Monthly Archives: August 2005

The Middle East Policy Council (MEP) held a meeting this Summer to discuss the subject, "Iraq, One Country, Many Wars." I was a member of the panel. Pat Lang Download occupied_iraq__one_country_many_wars.pdf

"..Pollack, who was a staffer on President Clinton’s National Security Council, said he didn’t give the AIPAC staffers any classified information. Pollack also said the information that Steve Rosen, AIPAC’s former director of foreign policy issues, is accused of passing … Continue reading →

"Today the differences reached the peak when Sistani dropped a bomb by rejecting federalism and thus rejecting the constitution of the Kurdish-Sheat alliance putting the current ruling parties in a difficult position." The Sunni Arab members of the constitution  drafting … Continue reading →

The Good People of New Orleans, South Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Deserve Our Help And Prayers.  Think Of Them. In Particular, Our Many Friends in Bay St Louis, Pass Christian, Gulfport and Biloxi Are In Our Hearts. Pat and … Continue reading →

For most of its long history the US Army existed without conscription (the draft).  What is now the Regular Army was created by Congress in 1775.  Colonial militia units began in the mid-17th century.  Many of these units are now … Continue reading →

There are some really serious things going on in the United States Army. The Army is a unique institution.  It is part federal and part state.  It has always been an institution close to the people.  It is the oldest … Continue reading →

Senior Iran cleric hails “Islamic state of Iraq”    Fri. 26 Aug 2005 Tehran, Iran, Aug. 26 – A senior Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the establishment of an Islamic republic in Iraq and hailed the country’s new constitution as … Continue reading →

Further thoughts on David Brooks’ appearance last evening… It is amusing that David Brooks and his Jacobin pals have become big fans of the need to adapt Western ideas of Democracy to the conditions of local culture and tradition that … Continue reading →

This evening David Brooks of the New York Times offered the opinion that in Vietnam our Army "At last" got it right at the end of the war and began to concentrate on what the French used to call the … Continue reading →

"Matthews" Our hottest story tonight, the great escape. Using tool made from materials their own American guards allowed them, hundreds of Iraqi prisoners at Camp Bucca in Iraq almost pulled off a great escape, movie- style, by tunneling out of … Continue reading →