On the 20th anniversary of the disastrous decision to invade Iraq, it's time to kill off one of the long-standing canards about the war's ultimate impact.
Lots of good analysis and commentary today, here and on twitter. Thank you.
And then there's the cost in people's lives. Every single death affects so many people for so long, such as that of my friend's son, a Marine, two weeks short of finishing his tour in Afghanistan in February 2012.
We are in accord about Afghanistan and the errors made in that country. Nonetheless, I swan the reason the United States successfully prosecuted a war against two different countries in 1942-45 was because in one theater the US Army/Air Force was dominant; whereas the other area of operations emphasized the US Navy.
I started reading your columns in the Globe a while back because of your insights into foreign policy and economics. Your historical references sound sometimes as if you were there. What is your background? How did you learn about this stuff? A link will do if you like.
Thank you. This kind of analysis is why I subscribed in the first place. I don't have the background for it but am often familiar enough to recognize what you're writing about.
Do we have blinders on or what? How do we manage to avoid recognizing the power of money to corrupt and the existence of internal politics outside of our sphere? Too much money to be made here by making war?
Lots of good analysis and commentary today, here and on twitter. Thank you.
And then there's the cost in people's lives. Every single death affects so many people for so long, such as that of my friend's son, a Marine, two weeks short of finishing his tour in Afghanistan in February 2012.
We are in accord about Afghanistan and the errors made in that country. Nonetheless, I swan the reason the United States successfully prosecuted a war against two different countries in 1942-45 was because in one theater the US Army/Air Force was dominant; whereas the other area of operations emphasized the US Navy.
I started reading your columns in the Globe a while back because of your insights into foreign policy and economics. Your historical references sound sometimes as if you were there. What is your background? How did you learn about this stuff? A link will do if you like.
Thank you. This kind of analysis is why I subscribed in the first place. I don't have the background for it but am often familiar enough to recognize what you're writing about.
Do we have blinders on or what? How do we manage to avoid recognizing the power of money to corrupt and the existence of internal politics outside of our sphere? Too much money to be made here by making war?