US Marines – An in-depth look at the Battle of An Nasiriyah on March 23, 2003

• South Bend Tribune: Battle of An Nasiriyah was day their illusions died
  

Background – Empire – The United States has always been interventionist. What is new is the absence of a doctrine ó or even an honest principle or two.

• New York Times Magazine: Why Are We In Iraq? (And Liberia? And Afghanistan?)