Epstein Secrets

lienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W. Bush's because he started the whole thing off wit

is the current debacle in Iraq? It could be Noun al-Maliki's since he is the country's strongman and has alienated the minority Sunnis. It could be George W. Bush's because he started the whole thing off with possibly the stupidest war in history, the Children's Crusade exempted on account of youth. The one pers

tical. It's an old game. If Napoleon had had B-52s at Waterloo, things might have worked out differently. The left blames the disaster on President Bush and the American invasion of 2003 that shattered the Iraqi state and removed its murderous dictator, Saddam Hussein. If this had not happened, ther

out differently. The left blames the disaster on President Bush and the American invasion of 2003 that shattered

l planning; high-quality training, etc.); - Prevented Iran from using Iraqi land and airspace to drag Iraq into the Syrian civil war on the side of Bashar Assad's regime, with all its consequences for internal Iraqi cohesion; EFTA00706973 - Assured key regional actors that Iraq's new government would not be

upporters in the United States considered Saddam Hussein nearly the threat that Iran was. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon then warned President George W. Bush privately that he thought an attack on Iraq would be a mistake. After the Iraq vote, to prove its innocence, AIPAC organized a letter from 16 Jewis

force as it had before, possibly even with tactical nuclear weapons, but happily clearer heads prevailed even amidst the collapse. The George H.W. Bush administration, especially then-secretary of state James Baker, worked hard to negotiate a peaceful dissolution of the Soviet empire, and it found

nister Ariel Sharon then warned President George W. Bush privately that he thought an attack on Iraq

nited States has done nothing except talk. Indeed, at first the talking appeared to be geared toward justifying an imminent military strike against Bashar Assad's assets, to degrade the Syrian president's ability to launch poison gas attacks and to deter him from resuming this form of warfare. EFTA00678418

cted out of hand by the drum majors in George W. Bush's administration who initiated what are now incr

ejected out of hand by the drum majors in George W. Bush's administration who initiated what are now

rently intransigent ayatollahs considered a "Grand Bargain" -- a proposal to restart relations that was rejected out of hand by the drum majors in George W. Bush's administration who initiated what are now increasingly loud beats of war. Recent history furnishes an even more complex picture of a country, which

s efforts to stop the violence and repression in its neighbor and onetime ally Syria. Although Turkish officials have harshly criticized President Bashar Assad's response to a yearlong uprising that is increasingly taking on the character of a civil war, they have not budged the Syrian leader. And they are a