And, yes, I DO take it personally: Juan Cole on yesterday's Baghdad blasts

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Juan Cole on yesterday's Baghdad blasts

professor cole...

The US Republican Party's avaricious and illegal war on Iraq destabilized the eastern Mediterranean, perhaps for decades, creating long-term challenges to US and global security of which the Baghdad blasts are very possibly only minor omens.

Labels: Baghdad, Iraq, Republicans