The Folly of the Sole Superpower Writ Small
Category: POLITICS
Think of this as a little imperial folly update -- and here's the backstory. In the years after invading Iraq and disbanding Saddam Hussein's military, the U.S. sunk about $25 billion into "standing up" a new Iraqi army.
By Tom Engelhardt, ContributorEditor, TomDispatch.com, 2015-05-28