Category Archives: Iraq

Twenty Years of War

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Muller

When the Soviet Empire gradually collapsed between 1989 and 1991, the remaining sole superpower United States faced a new situation. The Cold War was over. What to do with the military-industrial complex? In August 1988, the eight-year long Iraq-Iran war … Continue reading →

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A New Dawn

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Muller

Names have a meaning, usually. US American Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has agreed to General David Petraeus’ request to rename current ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ to ‘Operation New Dawn’ going into affect on September 1, 2010. There is so much hope, … Continue reading →

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Profiles in Courage

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Muller

September 11, 2001 had been a turning point for almost all people in the world. As regards me, I remember filling packing cases after a hard work’s day in the preparation of a significant move: to the Middle East; my departure … Continue reading →

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Polygons

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Muller

“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not, shun him. And he who knows not and knows that he knows not, awaken him. And he who knows and knows that he knows, follow him.” Arabic saying The … Continue reading →

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Euphemisms

Posted on May 23, 2009 by Muller

Only minutes after President Obama’s speech at the U.S. National Archives in Washington on closing down Guantánamo prison camp what he called a “misguided experiment”, former vice president Dick Cheney denounced the decision saying it came “without deliberation and no plan.” A … Continue reading →

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