Sharma Family Journal

Another incisive article from Asia Times about the absence of these three words together in recent reporting (even critical ones) on Iraq.

If WMD was a sham and occupying Iraq was a non-goal, what then was the real goal? Permanent bases sounds plausible, with a military cost equal to the number of Russian soldiers dying in boot camps every year (The Economist alleges that parents need to pay officers to save their sons).