Retired General Anthony Zinni has over forty years of military experience, from the war in Vietnam, to operations in Somalia to targeted strikes against Al Qaeda and Iraq. But his career came to an end dramatically over his disagreement with President Bush’s plans to go to war with Iraq in 2003.
The Skinny on Zinni
Gen. Anthony Zinni (ret.) Retired Marine Corps General, Military Fellow Center for Defense Information, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author (with Tom Clancy) Battle Ready (Putnam, 2004)discusses the war in Iraq and his opinion about the Bush Administration's handling of the situation
Reactions to General Zinni
Open Phones On callers reactions to General Zinni
Memorial Day
Richard Dvorin, father, retired police officer on his son Lt. Seth Dvorin's death in Iraq
Fathers and Sons
Ronald R. Griffin, father, on his son Army Spc. Kyle A. Griffins death in Iraq
Memorials
Chaplain Steve Nagler Army Chaplain at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn on his work as an army chaplain at Fort Hamilton
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Dr. Ignacio Castuera Pastor, St. John's Methodist Church, Watts, Ca., visiting Minister, Riverside Church, National Chaplin for Planned Parenthood and editor Dreams on Fire: Embers of ...
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Dr. Ignacio Castuera Pastor, St. John's Methodist Church, Watts, Ca., visiting Minister, Riverside Church, National Chaplin for Planned Parenthood and editor Dreams on Fire: Embers of ...
Miller's Crossing
Michael Massing frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and contributing editor to Columbia Journalism Review on the New York Time’s response to critics of its coverage of the run-up to the war in Iraq
Memorial
For Memorial Day we have complied a list of soldiers from the tri-state area who have lost their lives in Iraq.
Please see our extended entry.
Times' Prewar Coverage
These links are related to our discussion with Michael Massing about his articles in the New York Review of Books about the New York Times prewar coverage of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
New York Times Editor's Note on their prewar Iraq coverage
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