War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
This particular day, 18 years ago, was a Tuesday. What a stretch of time, huh? In April 2007, war was the major topic, and shit looked bad — yet in a nowadays perspective, them was the good-ole-days. Sarah Palin was still more than a year off, and Barack Obama was already on the scene: ‘“America…
Today in memory of those KIA in our country’s historically many far-flung wars, a reminder of those currently dying in the really-way asymmetrical war within America (NBC News): ‘A spate of shootings across the United States left at least 16 people dead and dozens injured over Memorial Day weekend. The gun violence occurred at beaches,…
Today is the first day of Spring 2023, and also the 20th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion. (Illustration: US Marines in northern Kuwait assembling to invade Iraq; photograph found here.) How those two events combine is anyone’s guess. On March 20, 2003, the US did a bad, bad thing. And despite a shitload of people…
Sunshine and warm temps this late afternoon Friday in California’s Central Valley — another most-gorgeous day. In the opposite direction, another spin here into the upcoming 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq — on Monday marks the shit point where a lot of ugly history started, and the repercussions continue right into the right…
Next Monday is the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq — an international day of infamy: (Image: ‘The Three Amigos‘ — Dick Cheney, GW Bush, Don Rumsfeld, oozing manliness on a road outside GW’s no-cattle ranch in Crawford, Texas — and found here.) Time is a strange vehicle of travel as it seems…
