Stories by Carol Brightman

Repeating Mistakes of the Cold War

Posted on Aug 12, 2003, Source: AlterNet

Like Vietnam during the Cold War, Iraq is a disastrous test case for an ill-advised foreign policy doctrine.

It Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This

Posted on Jul 14, 2003, Source: AlterNet

What Team Bush faces in Iraq is more than guerrilla war. It is the first major crack in the larger neo-con fantasy of a forced reorganization of the Mideast.

Pentagon's Recipe For Propaganda

Posted on Feb 20, 2003, Source: AlterNet

The plan to "embed' reporters within military units is designed to restrict press coverage of the war, not encourage it.