Michael Carson

Michael Carson went to Mosul as a Bradley Platoon Leader in November 2006. He left Iraq in December 2007. He now writes at the Wrath Bearing Tree.

Come to Jesus

There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes

Foxholes don’t protect men from the devil; they hide them from God.

Michael Carson

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Bombs Away

Thank Goodness for Perpetual War

We’ve finally got a plan. We need plans and everyone like them, they put as at ease and it feels good to be at ease. Now let’s get on with the bombing and war.

Michael Carson

Iraq

Mosul's Civilization and Its Discontents

An Army veteran looks at the fall of Mosul and recalls his own time there trying to civilize the land with guns and money.

Michael Carson