Nebojsa mentioned the US govt's hilariotic idea of sending Mongolian troops to Iraq (below). It's worth mentioning also that a bin Laden message aired worldwide last year compared Powell & Cheney to Hulagu, so sending a token force of Mongols to Iraq will be a...

John B. Judis has an article 'Sifting Through the Rubble' in the October 1 American Prospect that presents a "balance sheet" of US "failures" in Iraq. According to Judis, (besides generally spreading chaos) the invasion has: - Reversed Arab efforts to reform Saudi...

The Spectator's Paul Robinson suggests another group to blame. "Jacksonian rhetoric has spearheaded America’s recent wars. The word ‘honour’ is rarely used, but substitutes such as ‘credibility’ abound in official speeches. Nato had to bomb Yugoslavia because the...