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We all know the scene. America’s favorite soldier sitting stone-faced looking out at the world, holding up that fake vial of anthrax… that was supposed to signify Iraq’s real terrorist threat to America. Turns out there was more truth in his hand than his word. But hasn’t that always been the way with soldier politicians?

The Good Soldier Told A Bad Lie

Psychological warfare has always been a cornerstone of conventional military planning. And no force works better to drive the civilian population of a target nation into line than that of fear. Terror, it’s Pavlovian. Which is precisely, argues Jonathan Schell, the reason for levelling Falluja.

A Defining Moment For Iraqis?