John Moore | August 7, 2005
The war in Iraq, improperly called an insurgency, is a complex kind of war – one which allows the enemy to achieve greater effect with fewer combatants. In a guerilla war, the tactic is to overthrow the government with the support of a significant part of the populace. Democracy’s enemies in this war have [...]
John Moore | March 3, 2005
The AP, like most of the MSM, needs to consistently show the Iraq war in the worst possible light. Hence, in spite of the very significant good news that the US loss rate since Jan 30th has dropped significantly, they report The number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq has topped 1,500, a top [...]
John Moore | May 18, 2004
There is an active discussion in blogspace, including at Roger Simon’s excellent blog on the subject of partitioning Iraq. The idea of a “rolling partition,” where the partitions evolve as smaller units join voluntarily together seems especially popular.
Half of this idea seems very good: democracy from the bottom up. But the other half is very [...]
John Moore | May 14, 2004
Totally disgusted with the thinly disguised attacks on Bush from the leftist media, via their orgy of pontificating about the few cases where we mistreat prisoners, I thought a little perspective was needed, especially since the press has already forgoten about the beheading of Mr. Berg. For those who breathlessley read the “torture” techniques [...]
John Moore | May 12, 2004
If you, like me, get much of your information from the mainstream (or in my case, Fox) news, this may come as a surprise (although Fox has an embed in the battle who is giving us the tactical picture).
Here you can read the true strategic situation, from a military leader in the midst of [...]
John Moore | May 10, 2004
[Welcome Instapundit Readers. I have added to the comments section one other issue mentioned previously on Roger's blog but missing here. It'll be a few comments down.]
This article was written as a comment on Roger Simon’s outstanding blog.
My reaction to the prisoner abuse is that perhaps we are not qualified to win this war.
Even the [...]
John Moore | May 4, 2004
Fox News – breaking live – relayed by Command Post:
Steve Harrigan is reporting live from a major operation in Karbala aginst the Sadr (Shia) forces. The coalition forces (three country’s forces are involved) are using Bradleys, tanks, helicopters and AC-130s. Some enemy troops have already surrendered. Substantial heavy weapons fire is audible from Apaches and [...]
John Moore | May 2, 2004
This article is a response to an article by Sam at Hammorabi blog.
Sam,
Every totalitarian dictatorship has a central party which people must be members of to hold responsible positions in society and positions necessary for a society to function. Those regimes also try to cause all members have “dirty hands” in order to insure their [...]
John Moore | April 6, 2004
[Update 1: I see Bill Quick and others are thinking similar thoughts, and especially here for Arnaud de Borchgrave's excellent and shocking article on the subject]
[Update 2 (4/11/2004 – I have added portions de Borchgrave’s article, with emphasis added, to the end of this article.]
With Ted Kennedy’s shameful statement that Iraq will be Bush’s Vietnam [...]
John Moore | February 10, 2004
Ali, of Iraq the Model, has a nice discussion of the necessity for the war against Iraq. He also provides eyewitness testimony on some missiles which were removed just before Clinton’s 1998 attacks.!
Iraq the Model is always worth reading.