Tag Archives | Iraq

JPB-1987-USAT-Persian-Gulftweakedbrighterwarmcontraste

1987: My USA Today Oped – Pull U.S. Out of Persian Gulf

March 3, 2026: Another Mideast War, so I’m sending this piece around the track again. August 22, 2020: U.S. government policy in the Middle East has been consistently idiotic for more than a third of a century.  Here’s  the first article I wrote calling for U.S. military withdrawal from that area – an “opposing view” […]

Continue Reading
saudi-bush-911

Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War

Also published by Zero Hedge (39,000 views, 340 comments), Counterpunch, Eurasia Review,          Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War By James Bovard A few presidencies ago, Washington politicians used boundless political and intellectual chicanery to drag America into a ruinous war.  Thousands of Americans died and scores of thousands of Iraqis perished […]

Continue Reading
_Lying-about-American-Wars-is-a-venerable-presidential-tradition

On Veterans’ Day, Remember the Lies That Filled Military Cemeteries

On Veterans’ Day, Remember the Lies That Filled Military Cemeteries by James Bovard, November 11, 2025  [originally published 2018] Politicians will be heartily applauded for saluting American’s soldiers today. But if citizens had better memories, elected officials would instead be fleeing tar and feathers. Politicians have a long record of betraying the veterans they valorize. […]

Continue Reading
Trump-War-on-Truth-Tellers-Cover-Shot-public-domain

Trump’s War on Truth Tellers

TRUMP’S WAR ON TRUTH TELLERS By James Bovard Some folks who know my work presume that I am implacably opposed to all federal agencies. Not true.  I have always appreciated federal agencies who exposed the waste, fraud, abuse, and brazen lies committed by politicians and bureaucrats. The Trump administration has warred against such truth tellers […]

Continue Reading
Money-1428594_1920-1920x600_cxxxx

Did Trump Expose the D.C. Sham on Waste and Fraud?

Did Trump Expose the D.C. Sham on Waste and Fraud? by James Bovard, FFF On January 24, President Trump fired 17 inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. Trump’s action jolted Washington because most of those officials could supposedly only be removed for cause — specific misconduct or other abuses. Trump also […]

Continue Reading
Screenshot 2025-06-21 at 10-14-52 A napalm bomb explodes on Nightmare Range Public Domain Search

The Folly of Attacking Iran (2003)

Here’s a piece I wrote in 2003 after the President George W. Bush’s initial victory laps on the Iraq War: “The Folly of Invading Iran.” That piece concluded: “If Bush advisors want to conquer Tehran, let them do it themselves.” Same is true today for Trump and his bellicose bootlickers. The Folly of Invading Iran […]

Continue Reading
cia-torture-medal-jpb-construct-600px-US-CentralIntelligenceAgency-Seal

We Never Got to Torture Congress

We Never Got to Torture Congress by James Bovard, May 26, 2025 Folks who believe the current political atmosphere is uniquely hateful have forgotten the boundless vitriol prevailing a few decades ago. During the George W. Bush administration, Republicans relied on push-button rage to suppress all criticism of the war on terror. After I appeared […]

Continue Reading