Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

Talk of no-fly zone in Syria recalls Iraq effort

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syria's civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when America's military wades into Middle East conflicts. Tweet This Post

Soldier ‘methodical’ in Iraq stress clinic shooting spree: expert

By Eric M. Johnson TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to killing five fellow servicemen in a shooting spree at a combat stress center in Iraq acted with the tactical precision of a trained soldier as he moved through the clinic, an Army crime scene expert testified on Thursday. U.S. Army [...]

Obama Orders Reinvasion Of Iraq After Illuminating Trip Through Bush Presidential Library

DALLAS—After taking an “eye-opening” tour of the newly dedicated George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas Thursday, President Barack Obama reportedly ordered the United States military to reinvade Iraq. The president told… The Onion Tweet This Post

Can Bush Ever Escape His Iraq Legacy?

First Read: “To be sure, Bush supporters tout his accomplishments, such as the No Child Left Behind education law, the Medicare prescription-drug benefit, the Africa/AIDS work, and the Roberts-Alito appointments to the Supreme Court. Other events — like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the 2008 financial crisis — would have challenged any president.” Tweet This Post

Too Soon to Call the Iraq War a Failure?

Paul Wolfowitz: “It may be a long time before we really know the outcome of the Iraq war. To put that in perspective, consider that the Korean armistice was signed 60 years ago, but South Korea struggled for decades after that. Even after 30 years, only an extreme optimist would have predicted that South Korea [...]

Kerry heads home after Iraq, Afghanistan visits

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed for home after making clandestine journeys to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he delivered a stern warning to Iraqi leaders about Syria and sought to patch up differences with Afghanistan’s president. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Iraq War Ten Years Later

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