Larison himself is among those frequently and pointedly making the argument that Larison says no one ever makes.
#Iraq
Larison’s Feaver
Posted in International Relations, Neo-Imperialism, War Tagged with: Anti-Americanist Conservatism, Iraq, The American Conservative
Iran and the Re-Legalization of War
We seem to be moving gradually toward a more sustainable spheres of influence structure, an uneven geopolitical web to be intermittently traversed by ad hoc coalitions acting on interpretations of their own particular and joint interests, or regional interests, or global economic or ecological or humanitarian interests. In some ways, this result is what conservative opponents of American internationalism (whether liberal idealist, hegemonist, or just imperialist) have always wanted, but, as those same internationalists have often warned their critics, escaping global-governance idealism may not equate with more conservative outcomes. Less political globalism does not necessarily mean less global activism, least of all for a maritime military-economic power like the USA.
Posted in Featured, International Relations, Neo-Imperialism, The Exception, War Tagged with: globalism, international law, Iran, Iraq, UN
Legacy of the Iraq War…
The beliefs to which the end of the Cold War gave rise — liberal democracy triumphant, globalization as the next big thing and American dominion affirmed by a new way of war — have all come to rest in that unmarked grave reserved for failed ideas. Those who promoted and persisted in the Iraq war wielded the shovel that helped dig the hole. This defines their legacy.
Nuke programs end with a lot of whimpering, not a bang
Qadhafi decided against WMD long before the Iraq war. Osirak was a complete failure. And so on.
Posted in International Relations, War Tagged with: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Nuclear Proliferation
Seems we just get started then before you know it…
It’s simply better that the troops all leave. And it’s far, far better that the Obama administration didn’t accept either a fatally flawed deal or one which had not won Iraqi political consent — which were the only other plausible outcomes.
Two-Way Street – Frank Rich on Iraq
Frank Rich’s Sunday NYT column concludes on what I think is meant to be a savagely ironic note: Of all the pro forma passages in Obama’s speech, perhaps the most jarring was his entreaty that Iraq’s leaders “move forward with…
The Iraq Syndrome
Many on the right think President Obama’s Oval Office address last night should have credited “the Surge,” and they would have preferred thanks to his predecessor for taking and implementing a decision that Senator Obama and others fiercely criticized. The…
It wasn’t a very good year: 1938 – Hitler’s Gamble by Giles Macdonogh
[amazon-product]0465009549[/amazon-product] Considering the centrality of “Munich” to American thinking on foreign policy – and the centrality of the war that followed to what America has become – there’s an argument for considering 1938 to be as important to our understanding…
Posted in Books, History, International Relations Tagged with: Afghanistan, anti-semitism, Berlin, Cuba, Hitler, Iran, Iraq, Korea, Kuwait, NATO, Pre-Emption, Taiwan, Vietnam