Collecting My Thoughts

The Iraq question isn’t the only gotcha question Jeb Bush will be getting about his brother. Just as Hillary will be carrying Bill, so Jeb a...

“Washington spent $25 billion to re-create and arm Iraq’s security forces after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion [under Bush and a large coalition...

“Sunni violent extremists are gaining momentum and the number of Sunni violent extremist groups, members, and safe havens is greater than at...

“When ISIS first attacked Mosul, we Assyrians living in America protested and begged for help. We have lived as a minority in Iraq for hundr...

"I think we're looking at kind of a 30-year war. It's going to take a long time to be able to go after these elements. It can...

Bush/Cheney haters should be eating some crow right now. Bush took a few moments to gather his thoughts during a visit to a school classroom...

"I know some in Washington would like us to start leaving Iraq now. To begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we are ready wou...

When the media report on Obama authorizing bombing of Islamists in Iraq yesterday before leaving for a 2 week vacation, they note that he ca...

“Please continue to pray for the Iraqi people who have fled their homes because of religious persecution. Their situation is dire--with some...

“UN officials said an estimated 200,000 new refugees were seeking sanctuary in the Kurdish north from Islamic extremists who had pursued the...

“As he precipitously pulled out all U.S. peacekeepers from Iraq, the president had his own “Mission Accomplished” moment when declaring the ...

Forget that you didn't like the Bush administration, and blamed him for the War in Iraq (that essentially ended before he left office)--...

"Given" . . . that the Democrats would later accuse Bush of lying about [Iraq's possession weapons of mass destruction], here ...

"The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has just seized the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit, and is close to taking control of the...

For those too young to remember, in 2008 President Obama campaigned against the Iraq War.  By the time of the election it was virtually over...

“Over the past several days, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq, has taken control of large sections of tw...

In 2002 President Bush took his case against Iraq and WMD to Congress and the U.N. He had bi-partisan and international support; he had inte...

Seems to be some money missing and not trackable. Wouldn't you think that the brightest minds in the Bush administration and the Obama ...

This might be worth a stroll across campus to hear. (I like to park at the veterinary campus and avoid the crowd. I can walk faster than I c...

and then jumped off the straw donkey. Here's a long scholarly paper to describe the goal of protesting the war in Iraq--to get Democrats...