Court Circular: Annals of Imperial Continuity
Various factors are complicating our ability to do substantial posts here at the moment, but we will return to more or less regular programming soon. Meanwhile, here are a few choice tidbits that cry out for more comment than we can provide right now.1. Siege Replaces SurgeWhen is a withdrawal not a withdrawal? When it’s an “encirclement.” The indefatigable Jason Ditz at Antiwar.com points us to this rather obscure little gem from the Christian Science Monitor: “US forces withdrawing from Iraqi cities will move instead to encircle them.” As Ditz notes: The Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between Iraq and