Australia says deploying warplanes to join Iraq campaign
Australian warplanes are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defence Minister David Johnston said on Monday. "We will provide a number of military platforms, up to eight Super ...
Iraq War veteran's inspiring journey from front lines to 'Nashville'
LOS ANGELES – Melvin Kearney may be best-known for playing Hayden Panettiere’s bodyguard Bo on the hit ABC series “Nashville,” but as a two-time Iraq combat veteran, his story away from the cameras is even more moving and drama-filled. “I grew up ...
Australia Preparing to Join Iraq Air Campaign: Minister
Baghdad: Australian fighter jets are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defence Minister David Johnston said on Monday. "We will provide a number of military platforms, up to ...
Australia Joins US Airstrike Campaign on ISIS in Iraq
Australian warplanes are being deployed to the Middle East to join the US-led campaign of air strikes on jihadist targets in northern Iraq, Defense Minister David Johnston said on Monday. "We will provide a number of military platforms, up to eight Super ...
Lois Frankel says people need to realize 'we are now in a war in Iraq again'
U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel said Monday that people need to realize all the implications of the U.S. move to train and equip Syrian rebels as part of the strategy to combat the Islamic State known as ISIL. “Nobody should be fooled. We are now in a war in Iraq ...
Tony Blair has forgotten the lessons of his own history in Iraq
Few politicians are historians – that, indeed, is one of the misfortunes of politics – but most are at least familiar with Edmund Burke’s remark that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it. Usually this remark refers to politicians who ...
Australia Joins US Airstrike Campaign on ISIS in Iraq
Hours after IS threatens Australian civilians with death, Canberra says it will physically join the fight against Islamist extremists.
Barbarism Versus Stupidism
Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, In my lifetime, the USA has not blundered into a more incoherent, feckless, and unfavorable foreign policy quandary than we see today. The US-led campaign to tilt Ukraine to Euroland and NATO — and away from the Russian-led Eurasian Customs Union — turn ...
The Ancient Secret to Thriving in Any Environment
“The wise man confines his operations to his own concerns, having his attention fixed on his own particular thread of the universal web.” We’ve mentioned Marcus Aurelius once before in our digital leaves. Regarded as one of the greatest texts on philosophy, his Meditations is chock-full of timeless ...
Despite Airstrikes, ISIS Appears to Hold Its Ground in Iraq
After six weeks of American airstrikes, Iraqi forces have scarcely budged Islamic State fighters from their hold on more than a quarter of the country. > > >
Demystifying The Islamic Veil
Pictured are women wearing veils walk in Barcelona, Spain in 2010, which at the time was considering a ban on burqas. Sahar Amer discusses veiling in her new book, “What is Veiling?” The practice has been a hotly debated and misunderstood. (Manu Fernandez/AP) It sounds like a simple question: “Why d ...
