"I Realized I Had Waited Too Long to Bail Out From Under the Helicopter"

A PolicyMic pundit and Truman fellow reflects on his time in the Iraq War. Was the war a success?

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Iraq War Will End Up Costing At Least $6 Trillion

The costs of war can be seen not only in the trillions spent and wasted but on the wealth, innovation, and economic progress that could have been created on the free market instead.

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10th Anniversary Iraq: Media Ignores Lies That Led to U.S. Invasion

Allyson Werner in Iraq 2 months ago

MSNBC ran two segments on the Iraq War's 10th anniversary on Tuesday. Unfortunately, neither of them took note to correct the odious lies that got us into Iraq in the first place.

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Iraq War Anniversary: How Should We Commemorate?

Mike Fayette in Iraq 2 months ago

Commemorating the 10th year of War in Iraq requires a perspective that many Americans find difficult to accept, including the author. War is measured in "blood and treasure" but there is more.

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10 Year Iraq Anniversary: Who Are the 42% Of Americans Who Still Support Our Decision to Invade Iraq?

Gabriel Rodriguez in Iraq 2 months ago

This 10 year anniversary of the Iraq War starts with a poll that show a majority of Americans think that sending troops was a mistake. Yet there are those who maintain their faith in the war.

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Iraq War 10 Year Anniversary is Here, And the Middle East is in Anarchy

Jonathan Tkachuk in Iraq 2 months ago

The War in Iraq accomplished little in the way of promoting international security or regional stability. Instead, it annihilated Iraqi sovereignty and threw the Middle East into madness.