cshalizi + us-iraq_war 51
The world economy is not a tribute system — Crooked Timber
february 2012 by cshalizi
Indeed. (Let me add that the idea of explaining the US current account deficit as imperial tribute is an idea which occurs to many bright, cynical 19 year olds, but just does not work when you think it through.)
economics
political_economy
graeber.david
farrell.henry
american_hegemony
us-iraq_war
february 2012 by cshalizi
D-squared Digest -- FOR bigger pies and shorter hours and AGAINST more or less everything else
december 2010 by cshalizi
RAND "also act quite surprised at the idea that terrorist groups have fixed costs and overheads, which IMO is probably more likely to account for the kinda-sorta experience curves/power law relationships that Aaron Clauset finds in terrorist attacks than anything interesting about self-organised criticality."
terrorism
economics
al-qaeda
us-iraq_war
track_down_references
december 2010 by cshalizi
Integrations Under Fire « The Edge of the American West
august 2009 by cshalizi
Comparing the military's integration of blacks and whites during the Korean War with the integration of women and men during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
us_military
us-iraq_war
american_history
progressive_forces
korean_war
the_american_dilemma
the_continuing_crises
august 2009 by cshalizi
Discredited Research Study Stuns an Ex-Army Doctor’s Colleagues - NYTimes.com
june 2009 by cshalizi
This really looks very bad. (And: a journal refusing to share referee reports with someone listed on the MS. as an author? WTF?)
academia
fraud
corruption
medicine
why_oh_why_cant_we_have_a_better_academic_publishing_system
us-iraq_war
june 2009 by cshalizi
ATTACKERMAN » Feel My Truth
december 2008 by cshalizi
"McClatchy is truly the most badass MSM crew there is. Marisa Taylor actually wrote a piece that will appear in newspapers across this great country about prosecuting Bush for war crimes."
our_national_shame
torture
war_crimes
us-iraq_war
bush.george_w
december 2008 by cshalizi
Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
december 2008 by cshalizi
Draft inspector general's report on the Iraqi reconstruction project. I've not finished it yet, but: Unbefuckinglievable.
us-iraq_war
utter_stupidity
funny:laughing_instead_of_screaming
via:rjwaldmann
running_dogs_of_reaction
corruption
privatization
the_continuing_crises
to_read
horrifying
december 2008 by cshalizi
Matthew Yglesias » An Empire of Sentimentality
december 2008 by cshalizi
"The harsh reality is that [the invasion of Iraq] was not a noble undertaking done for good reasons. It was a criminal enterprise launched by madmen cheered on by a chorus of fools and cowards."
us-iraq_war
moral_responsibility
december 2008 by cshalizi
washingtonpost.com: The Knowledge That Doesn't Equal Power
november 2008 by cshalizi
2004 profile of Rashid Khalidi.
us_politics
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
khalidi.rashid
via:?
november 2008 by cshalizi
Matthew Yglesias: Oil and Democracy
july 2008 by cshalizi
"Reform is hard. Promoting reform is harder. Promoting reform in the name of cheap oil and military domination is almost certainly impossible."
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
foreign_policy
american_hegemony
imperialism
yglesias.matthew
july 2008 by cshalizi
ATTACKERMAN » Fight War, Not Wars
july 2008 by cshalizi
Of Bush: "May his war-crimes prosecutor be Iraqi; may his judge be American; and may he die in the Hague."
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
imperialism
bush.george_w
us_politics
al-maliki.nour
mccain.john
obama.barack
ackerman.spencer
july 2008 by cshalizi
Full Metal McCain : Rolling Stone
june 2008 by cshalizi
Is Taibbi right? God only knows; but he's a great read.
us_politics
mccain.john
us-iraq_war
utter_stupidity
racism
decline_of_American_character
the_continuing_crises
taibbi.matt
running_dogs_of_reaction
june 2008 by cshalizi
Fault Lines: Inside Rumsfeld's Pentagon
june 2008 by cshalizi
Bacevich uses memoirs by Feith and Sanchez to reflect on What Went Wrong.
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
bacevich.andrew_j.
feith.douglas
sanchez.ricardo
our_decrepit_institutions
neo-conservatism
utter_stupidity
evisceration
june 2008 by cshalizi
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/05/2008 | Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials?
june 2008 by cshalizi
Call me paranoid, but the involvement of Italian intelligence makes me think of the forged Niger uranium letters, and wonder whether we were played by Italy rather than Iran...
the_continuing_crises
intelligence
CIFA
ledeen.michael
franklin.larry
ghorbanifar.manucher
us-iraq_war
neo-conservatism
utter_stupidity
vast_right-wing_conspiracy
cheney.richard
via:jbdelong
june 2008 by cshalizi
Blog: Nukes & Spooks: Memo to Scott McClellan: Here's what happened
may 2008 by cshalizi
The McClatchy (formerly Knight-Ridder) news service on actually being journalists
us-iraq_war
vast_right-wing_conspiracy
utter_stupidity
cheney.richard
bush.george_w
why_oh_why_cant_we_have_a_better_press_corps
bedwetting
the_continuing_crises
running_dogs_of_reaction
may 2008 by cshalizi
Fafblog interviews: Hillary Clinton
may 2008 by cshalizi
"That's that no-nonsense down-to-business style I like about you, Hillary Clinton! You don't just talk about change. You talk about how much you don't just talk about change!"
us_politics
fafblog
funny:laughing_instead_of_screaming
clinton.hillary
us-iraq_war
may 2008 by cshalizi
Study: Iraqis May Experience Sadness When Friends, Relatives Die | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
may 2008 by cshalizi
"Iraqis have often been observed weeping and wailing in apparent anguish, but the study offers evidence indicating this may not be exclusively an outward expression of anger or a desire for revenge. It also provocatively suggests that this grief can posse
funny:laughing_instead_of_screaming
us-iraq_war
funny:sad
via:matthew_berryman
may 2008 by cshalizi
Attackerman » Wages Of Sin, We Keep Paying
may 2008 by cshalizi
"a completely forseeable consequence of Guantanamo Bay is the creation of terrorists"
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
terrorism
torture
utter_stupidity
ackerman.spencer
may 2008 by cshalizi
Attackerman » And Then You Wonder Why They Burn Your Buildings Down
may 2008 by cshalizi
'Cause what Iraq needs is a luxury hotel in the Green Zone. (I don't know whether to be relieved or depressed that our imperialist fantasies are so petty.)
us-iraq_war
utter_stupidity
the_continuing_crises
ackerman.spencer
imperialism
may 2008 by cshalizi
Open Left:: Something New in the Huge Arsenal of Human Follies
april 2008 by cshalizi
War as public relations exercise, the goal being to project an image of strength.
meyer.david
arendt.hannah
us-iraq_war
vietnam_war
stab-in-the-back
propaganda
natural_history_of_truthiness
american_hegemony
via:yglesias
april 2008 by cshalizi
It’s A Wonder That You Still Know How To Breathe (Attackerman)
april 2008 by cshalizi
"The Iraq war is an unmitigated catastrophe. There is no bright side. There is no silver lining. Everything is a wasteland of despair and there is only an obligation — a sacred, patriotic obligation — to make things right again."
evisceration
american_hegemony
foreign_policy
holmes.kim
ackerman.spencer
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
running_dogs_of_reaction
april 2008 by cshalizi
"Were we wrong?" - Fafblog! back to save the universe.
april 2008 by cshalizi
"The point is, we saw a problem and we dealt with it. Did the problem actually exist? Who knows! Did our solution end up killing lots of people who'd otherwise be alive? Who can say!"
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
funny:laughing_instead_of_screaming
april 2008 by cshalizi
Strategic confusion -- baltimoresun.com
april 2008 by cshalizi
Shorter Katulis-Duss: We are so fucked we're completely confused about who we're being fucked by.
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
via:yglesias
april 2008 by cshalizi
Fafblog! Why We Fight
april 2008 by cshalizi
Fafblog continues to be the only source of news able to deal with current reality at its own level.
funny:laughing_instead_of_screaming
the_continuing_crises
american_hegemony
us_politics
us-iraq_war
april 2008 by cshalizi
The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War
march 2008 by cshalizi
ZB - no stranger to "it seemed like a good idea at the time" moves (mujahideen, anyone?) proposes to undo some of the damage of the last 8 years to the US. (The damage to Iraq is, of course, beyond him.)
brzezinski.zbigniew
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
evisceration
march 2008 by cshalizi
Sovereigns of All They’re Assigned, Captains Have Many Missions to Oversee - New York Times
march 2008 by cshalizi
To review: our new strategy relies on young men being effective rulers of alien cultures, and doing this well under conditions of incredible stress, when they get squat-all for doing so. And this is an improvement.
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
us_military
counter-insurgency
march 2008 by cshalizi
Iraq, Intelligence Failures, and Kelly Clarkson | The American Prospect
february 2008 by cshalizi
I don't get any of the pop culture references. Still good.
rossmiller.a.j.
intelligence
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
ackerman.spencer
interview
february 2008 by cshalizi
The Professional - Fred Kaplan
february 2008 by cshalizi
Profile of the secretary of defense. This is one of the (comparatively) sane ones, but - oy, oy, oy.
us-iraq_war
the_continuing_crises
american_hegemony
gates.robert
kaplan.fred
february 2008 by cshalizi
Crossing the Lines
february 2008 by cshalizi
"How a top Pentagon official and a host of influential Republicans almost made sure that one American company gained a key stake in Iraq's lucrative wireless market." Ahhh, 2004.
corruption
us-iraq_war
cell_phones
campaign_finance
vast_right-wing_conspiracy
february 2008 by cshalizi
Obsidian Wings: Power-Of-The-Purse Snatcher
february 2008 by cshalizi
Hilzoy on Bush decreeing his authority to over-ride Congressional spending decisions.
creeping_authoritarianism
bush.george_w
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
february 2008 by cshalizi
The Reality-Based Community: George W. Cataline
january 2008 by cshalizi
And so we come full circle back to Nixon's theory: if the president does it, it cannot, by definition, be illegal. And to fund permanent bases in Iraq, no less.
creeping_authoritarianism
the_continuing_crises
bush.george_w
us-iraq_war
running_dogs_of_reaction
january 2008 by cshalizi
The Reality-Based Community: A postcard from Arbil
january 2008 by cshalizi
"By itself, we would see [Kurdistan] as just another of the flyblown Stans. It is only a beacon of order and civility by the crazed standards of the horror into which we - the USA and its British accomplice - have sunk the rest of Iraq."
us-iraq_war
kurdistan
iraq
january 2008 by cshalizi
Diyarbakir, Turkey [Gone for a walk]
january 2008 by cshalizi
A rather depressing account of a visit to Iraqi Kurdistan.
iraq
kurdistan
arbil
armchair_travel
us-iraq_war
via:samefacts
january 2008 by cshalizi
Surge to Nowhere - washingtonpost.com
january 2008 by cshalizi
"The real legacy of the surge is that it will enable Bush to bequeath the Iraq war to his successor"
us-iraq_war
us_politics
the_continuing_crises
bacevich.andrew_j.
january 2008 by cshalizi
Obsidian Wings: Andy Olmsted
january 2008 by cshalizi
Auto-obituary. Shit. And of course: multiply by hundreds of thousands.
us-iraq_war
january 2008 by cshalizi
The Reality-Based Community: Wrecking the army (cont'd)
december 2007 by cshalizi
"Of course, that only explains why it's rational to blame Bush & Co. The reason I blamed Bush & Co.(the 'efficient cause,' if you will) is because I hate them. But that doesn't make me wrong."
the_continuing_crises
us-iraq_war
december 2007 by cshalizi
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