Category Archives: Iraq

Jews & The 2003 Iraq War

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Luke Ford

American Jews had a more skeptical view than regular Americans about the wisdom of invading Iraq in 2003, and yet the major Jewish organizations were pushing the war, just another example of how Jewish elites are out of touch with … Continue reading →

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John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt – The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Luke Ford

I was impressed by this presentation by the two political scientists. At the end, John J. Mearsheimer says: “The United States would care about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons even if there was no state of Israel. There are two reasons … Continue reading →

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Divide & Conquer

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Luke Ford

For centuries England’s long-time foreign policy was to encourage division and conflict in Europe, thus leaving England safer. Israel’s foreign policy is to encourage division and conflict in the Middle East, thus leaving Israel stronger. Do you think Israel’s leaders … Continue reading →

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150 ISIS Solders Hold Up 30,000 Iraqi Troops

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Luke Ford

Michael Fumento writes: Hmm… 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and militia being held up from taking Tikrit by 150 ISIS fighters. And apparently with Iranian leadership, if not some Iranian fighters. As I’ve said before, Arabs do not make the best fighters. … Continue reading →

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Are Democracies More Likely To Be Peace-Loving?

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Luke Ford

I’m enjoying this long profile of John J. Mearsheimer: Tragedy begins with a forceful denial of perpetual peace in favor of perpetual struggle, with great powers primed for offense, because they can never be sure how much military capacity they … Continue reading →

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