Mike Few retires from the Army. A guest post about Iraq, control, grief and the freedom of a future.

Too many of the rich who agitated for our wars avoided them. Death, taxes and fairness for those who sacrifice during national crises today in LoD.

Mike Few, Crispin Burke, Peter “The Doctrine” Munson and Dr. Madhu haunt Carl’s crib today. Check them out. I did.

I can’t make either Allen West or Rick Perry go away. But when it comes to Marines who pee on dead Taliban and politicians who yap about them, could our democracy at least listen to Michael Grimm and John McCain?

Ryan Evans sticks his jim-willy in the mousetrap. Snap! Line of Departure provides a COIN primer to the COIN gurus. Ouch!

LoD goes on the road through Kurdistan and northern Iraq. Some initial thoughts on an Iraq without American troops.

My final thoughts about David H. Ucko’s retorts. Anything to avoid more kebab and Fanta!

RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan wants his conviction overturned, claiming he was a hypnotized stooge. Find out what Kreskin has to say about that!

David Ucko is still wrong! Yeah, he stoops to a nasty slur, but I’ll be the bigger man. Credentials, common sense and the COIN bubble today in LoD.

I like David Ucko’s scholarship. But I dislike this essay. He’s too quick to dismiss important research into the Iraq “Surge.” His latest Prism piece in today’s LoD.