This Reason article claims that the War on Terror is actually a war on jihadists, and is well worth reading.
“I think defining who the enemy is is a real problem in this war,” says Mary Habeck, a military historian at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. “If you can’t define who’s a [...]

I’m tired of waiting. I can’t imagine how much more that feeling affects actual Iraqis who are forced to live in a state of choas and uncertainty because their leaders aren’t leading.
Speaking by videoteleconference with reporters at the Pentagon, Col. David Gray, commander of the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, said the political [...]

Days of Infamy was an easy read for me. I finished it in two sittings, which isn’t bad for a tome that runs 440 pages in hardcover. The premise - Japan following up the air attack on Hawaii with a land invasion, is a fascinating one. Turtledove develops a palatable chain of events the could [...]

I read this entire novel while traveling from Baghdad, Iraq to Atlanta, Georgia on my two weeks rest and relaxation so kindly afforded to me by the government as a reward for serving in a combat zone.
Kiln People is a fun read, with plenty of plot twists around the central idea that society has discovered [...]

Not much changed here in Iraq in the two weeks I was gone. People are still killing each other and acting like soulless fools.
The Shiites and the Sunnis are at each others throats like a pack of surly dogs that needs an alpha male to keep them in check. That’s sad to say, but it’s [...]