Iraq's Legacy is Still Being Written

The controversy over Mitt Romney’s latest comments on Iraq makes one thing clear: the war may be over, but its shadow haunts our political discourse. To declare oneself an unrepentant supporter of the intervention is to risk opprobrium: in a blogpost assessing the moral feasibility of voting for …

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Written by Cathy Young on Friday December 23, 2011

Follower-in-Chief

In his desire not to repeat our open-ended commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama's just pledged the U.S. to an open-ended fight in Libya. It’s not just generals who fight the last war. President Obama’s speech about Libya on Friday afternoon served notice: he is still fighting against the …

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Written by David Frum on Friday March 18, 2011

Marine War Dog Hero Dies

MWD Flapoor was one of our great military working dogs who was on the front lines with our Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Flapoor did two tours of Iraq, and was awarded the Purple Heart after he was wounded in a suicide bombing. His handler, Marine LCpl Brown, made this tribute video so …

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Written by Sean Linnane on Sunday August 30, 2009