Month: June 2014

With the fall of Saddam Hussein’s home town to the most violent and anti-American wing of the terrorists, the prophecies of those who warned against intervention years ago are born out, but the architects of the disaster prescribe more of the poison that brought us where we are now: Iraq Insurgents Take Saddam’s Home Town…

“Mosul, the capital of Nineveh Province, is the commercial hub of northern Iraq and a cornerstone of US post-war stability efforts.” Its loss demonstrates the weakness of the Iraqi Army and “casts doubt on the capabilities of the US- trained Iraqi security forces” … As Mosul Falls to ISIS Militants, Doubts over US-trained Iraqi SecurityForces (Christian…

“[A]ccounts by two Taliban sources as well as several U.S. officials and fellow soldiers raise doubt over media reports that he had sought to join the Taliban, and over suggestions that the deaths later that year of six soldiers in his battalion were related to the search for him” … U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan May…

“Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three villages in northeastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on Thursday” … Boko Haram Slaughters atLeast 200 in Northeast Nigeria, Witnesses Say (Christian Science Monitor) … while in another…

“The long arc of Bergdahl’s deployment and captivity is being scrutinized in light of the rising, mostly partisan debate over whether President Obama gave up too much to the Taliban for the 28-year-old soldier’s release”: Inside the Obama administration’s debate over freeing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (Washington Post) The “manager of a bookstore in Jeddah, told…

“The US has gotten a soldier home. The Taliban have gotten something they wanted in exchange. And this just might – might – be part of a process of Afghan’s negotiating an end to the war in their homeland” … Five Taliban Released for Sgt. Bergdahl? This is How Wars End (Christian Science Monitor) ……