Lies, lies, and more lies. Rumsfeld graced the US Senate with his presence today, and yes, Zakaria is right - Rumsfeld clearly is living in some sort of parallel universe.... [More]
August 3, 2006
Significant Threats
From Laura Rozen: From a colleague covering the conflict in Israel: "Almost everyone I talk to here is now saying the Iraq war has presented one of the most significant... [More]
August 4, 2006
"Victory on the Cheap"
That's Charles Krauthammer take on why Israel is failing in its latest Lebanon offensive. Interesting to hear that phrase from an Iraq war supporter....... [More]
August 5, 2006
Anyone Surprised?
Anyone out there surprised by this revelation? In his new book, The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created A War Without End, [Peter] Galbraith, the son of the late... [More]
Civil War in Iraq
Military brass may not yet be ready to call it a civil war, but our troops sure as hell are. Take a look: Army troops in and around the capital... [More]
Freedom
The emergence of a "free press" in Iraq has been one of the administration's most consistent talking points since the fall of Saddam. But what if it was all bought... [More]
"Ending the Neoconservative Nightmare"
Daniel Levy, a member of the official Israeli negotiating team at the Oslo and Taba talks, is not happy: Disentangling Israeli interests from the rubble of neocon "creative destruction" in... [More]
August 6, 2006
A Hypothetical?
Earth to Condi: As chief diplomat for the United States, your job - and virtually your entire job - is to plan for hypotheticals.... [More]
Done in Your Name
Always remember that this was a war that need not have happened. It was a choice. And that, having made that choice, this nation is morally responsible for the consequences.... [More]
August 7, 2006
Civil War This, Civil War That...
Apparently our president isn't buying talk of a civil war in Iraq. Because, well... he thinks last year the Iraqi people voted against it. Or something. Take a look... And... [More]
August 8, 2006
Smackdown!
Via Andrew Sullivan... Tom Ricks, author of Fiasco (which I will be reading next week in full), takes on Hugh Hewitt. And damn if he didn't put him in his... [More]
August 9, 2006
Civil War This, Civil War That...
A few days back, President Bush made it clear, in his own way, that so long as Iraq had a unity government, talk of a civil war was out of... [More]
August 10, 2006
Know Your History: Iraq Is Not Vietnam (Updated Twice)
Digby makes a point that I think is far, FAR too often overlooked: It's true the Democrats split back in the day. It's also true that there were many factors... [More]
August 12, 2006
Go Ahead, Matt, Say It!
Yglesias is up late tonight: Israel had every reason to desire the permament dismemberment of Hezbollah, by force if necessary, but no reason to think that there was any actual... [More]
"We Must Be Patient..."
Anonymous Liberal lays out one of the best answers I've yet seen to the charge that the Dems don't yet have a "master plan" for fighting terrorism. What if what's... [More]
August 13, 2006
Out of Control
So let me see if I have this straight.... According to our own ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, Moqtada al-Sadr's militia is so out of control that not even al-Sadr... [More]
August 15, 2006
Shorter George Will: John Kerry Was Right
Read for yourself: The London plot against civil aviation confirmed a theme of an illuminating new book, Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11." The theme... [More]
"The Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld Position"
That's Bill Clinton's take on Joe Lieberman.... [More]
August 16, 2006
If I Had Gotten Home Quicker...
I was planning on writing precisely this. Sadly, Andrew Sullivan beat me to it: I guess if Bush and Rumsfeld had really hoped to reconstruct Iraq (and I now find... [More]
"Beside the Point"
Josh seems to have had a revelation. I can't say the recent arrests in London hit me the same way, but nevertheless, I suspect he might not be alone on... [More]
Using the V Word
Wow. Rich Lowry, editor of the uber-conservative National Review, just used the V word - Vietnam: After three decades of being serially wrong, in the Iraq War liberals might be... [More]
I Say "Civil War," You Say "Sectarian Violence Operations"
I know Tony Snow likes to twist the English language into knots, but wow.... NEW YORK Generals, pundits, and members of Congress may see shades of grey in the situation,... [More]
August 17, 2006
Fiasco
I'm still in the middle of of reading Thomas Ricks' Fiasco, and once I'm done I'll have quite a bit to say about what I've learned and how its changed... [More]
"Worse By Almost All Measures..."
From today's NYT: “The insurgency has gotten worse by almost all measures, with insurgent attacks at historically high levels,” said a senior Defense Department official who agreed to discuss the... [More]
August 18, 2006
Iraq Forced to Import Oil
Once upon a time, we were promised that Iraq would "really finance its own reconstruction" through oil revenues. Now? Now, despite the fact hat its sitting atop the world’s third-largest... [More]
August 21, 2006
"A Hedgehog on Hallucinogens"
When Billmon is on, he's just so damn on. At this point, I would say Shrub is acting like a hedgehog on hallucinogens. His one big integrative idea -- exporting... [More]
For the Record, From the Man Himself
C+L has the video of today's presidential press conference. In his own words: QUESTION: A lot of the consequences you mentioned for pulling out seem like maybe they never would... [More]
August 27, 2006
"Like Dropping a Raw Egg"
Brilliant response. "It is like dropping a raw egg and asking me what my plans are for putting it back together," said Chris Murphy, the Democrat challenging Rep. Nancy L.... [More]
An Update on the Plame Investigation
Looks like Michael Isikoff and David Corn has made a huge discovery in the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame's identity. As Corn points out, the discovery that Richard... [More]
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