On November 11 Americans celebrate Veterans Day to honor the military veterans who fought in the service of our country. It wasn't always this way. King George V first proclaimed Armistice Day on November 7 1919 to celebrate the 1918 armistice agreement with Germany which ended Eastern Front conflict in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson proclaimed an ( Read more... )

In 1991 during the first Gulf War, President Bush Senior encouraged the Shia in the south of Iraq to revolt against Saddam. American intelligence realized that the consequences of this uprising - a disintegrated and disoragnized Iraq - would be difficult and unmanageable. American support never came to support the rebels we had supported and ( Read more... )