Category Archives: Iraq

Ben Shapiro 2005: Why war in Iraq is right for America

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Luke Ford

Ben Shapiro writes Aug. 10, 2005: Americans are impatient isolationists at heart. We don’t want to be the world’s policemen. Gaining Iraqis their freedom, as good as it sounds, isn’t enough of a justification for war. China is a dictatorship. … Continue reading →

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Francis Fukuyama and Charles Krauthammer

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Luke Ford

From Steve Sailer in 2005: Fukuyama Responds to Krauthammer: The Israelization of American Foreign Policy. You may recall that prominent neocon Francis “End of History” Fukuyama jumped ship awhile ago and criticized Charles Krauthammer in The National Interest for his … Continue reading →

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The New York Times Pushed For The Invasion Of Iraq In 2003

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Luke Ford

FAIR in 2006: In a New York Times article (9/5/06) on George W. Bush’s September 5 speech concerning terrorism and Iraq, reporters David Sanger and John O’Neil included a striking revision of Bush’s reasoning for going to war: The possibility … Continue reading →

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New Yorker Editor David Remnick Pushed For The Iraq Invasion In 2003

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Luke Ford

Remnick wrote in February of 2003: The United States has been wrong, politically and morally, about Iraq more than once in the past; Washington has supported Saddam against Iran and overlooked some of his bloodiest adventures. The price of being … Continue reading →

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So Wrong for So Long: How the Press, the Pundits–and the President–Failed on Iraq

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Luke Ford

Greg Mitchell writes: For awhile, back in 2003, Iraq meant never having to say you’re sorry. The spring offensive had produced a victory in less than three weeks, with a relatively low American and Iraqi civilian death toll. Saddam fled … Continue reading →

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