On this day, remember
Even at the height of Iraq and Afghanistan, the wars were but a rude blip in the minds of a majority of Americans. Our military is made up of those…
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May 24, 2013
Catching up with Baby Noor
My friend Joe Duran just called me after many months. I'd last seen him in November in Istanbul. Now, he was calling from his native Mexico, where he'd gone on…
March 19, 2013
Iraq. Now and then
I stand inside the Al Warda supermarket in Baghdad's Kerrada neighborhood staring at boxes of dates, but my mind races back to another time. I used to shop here in…
March 14, 2013
Back to Baghdad
I felt small standing amid the Roman ruins in Jerash. I marvel at the building accomplishments of people who lived so long ago; they intended to make structures last. How…
March 11, 2013
WAR & Fashion
Carnage: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria. Catwalk: Armani, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent. War is ugly. Fashion is beautiful. War projects the worst of humanity. Fashion displays sartorial splendor in its highest. War…
February 12, 2013
Terezin
On my last full day in Europe back in Novemeber (yes, I meant to write this eons ago), I hopped on a bus in Prague for an hour ride northwest to…
February 2, 2013
Last U.S. soldiers leave Iraq
It was hard writing about the close of the Iraq war from so far away.Deadly Iraq war ends with exit of last U.S. troops http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/17/world/meast/iraq-troops-leave/index.html#cnn
December 18, 2011
A long, divisive war will soon be over
Georgia soldiers patrolled western Baghdad in 2006 President Barack Obama made a stunning announcement Friday. The war in Iraq would be over in December when virtually all of the remaining…
October 22, 2011
War
Today is the eight anniversary of the Iraq war.That fact got lost in all the breaking news, most significantly, the U.S. use of force against Libya. It reminded me of…
March 20, 2011
Leaving Iraq
The last of the 4,000 soldiers in the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, crossed the border from Iraq into Kuwait Thursday. There are no U.S. more combat brigade teams…
August 19, 2010