Tag Archives: Iraq

Be careful what you wish for….

Another headline over Christmas 2025, as Trump approves a strike in Nigeria, Africa: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-strikes-nigeria-isis-christians-b2890642.html CNN referenced on Substack: According to CNN, residents of Jabo village in northwestern Nigeria described fear and confusion after debris from a U.S. missile strike landed … Continue reading

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Iraq and Seduction by Delusions

I was watching an old, rare archive piece of film, introduced by Christopher Hitchens, which appeared to show Saddam Hussein asserting his control over the Ba’ath Party, sorting loyalists from covert opposition at a conference. Hitchens was referring to a … Continue reading

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Iran’s dream of democracy once oil was discovered

This was the ceremonial and spiritual capital of a vast empire, built by Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, titans whose names still echo through history. Giant statues of winged bulls guard the Gate of All Nations, through which princes from vassal … Continue reading

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