Your Pentagon: Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in... [More]
September 1, 2006
A Vote of No Confidence
Now this is what I call going on the offensive. If any of you out there were still harboring fears that the Dems were planning... [More]
September 2, 2006
Westernization?
Pat Lang discusses our democratization project in Iraq: Believing deeply in a Utopian vision of human social progress and inclined to think that Israel would... [More]
September 3, 2006
Very Bad News in Iraq
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani now says it will be impossible to stop the spread of civil war The most influential moderate Shia leader in Iraq... [More]
September 5, 2006
Plame Responsible For Finding WMD in Iraq
Well at least their claims about Valerie Plame finally make sense. If you're not planning on listening to pre-war intelligence on Iraq, outing the chief... [More]
September 7, 2006
"We Have A Failed Strategy"
So say US military commanders, both active duty and retired: Debating issues of war and peace and America's role in the world aren't off limits... [More]
Fiasco - A Review in Four Parts
So... The first part of my long promised review of Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks' account of the war in Iraq, so far. The review will... [More]
Body Count in Baghdad Nearly Triples
Remember all those recent claims of progress in Iraq? Of the new Baghdad security plan finding success? Lies. Baghdad's morgue almost tripled its count for... [More]
September 9, 2006
Rumsfeld Ordered No Post War Plans To Be Made
Another Army General speaks out: Months before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld forbade military strategists from developing plans for... [More]
Saddam Saw al-Qaida As Threat
The long-awaited and much-delayed Senate Intelligence Committee report on pre-war intelligence has finally been released. Two major findings I'd like to call your attention to.... [More]
The Nation Wants Investigations
But not impeachment. From CNN: Fifty-seven percent of the respondents said they think it would be good for the country "if the Democrats in Congress... [More]
September 11, 2006
Earth To Cheney
No, you jackass. It's not war critics that are abetting terrorists. It's your policies: The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently... [More]
Deception, Or Willful Ignorance?
Despite the release last week of a bipartisan Senate report concluding that bin Laden and Saddam saw each other not as allies but potential adversaries,... [More]
What Could Have Been
On February 12, 2002, Al Gore delivered a now largely forgotten speech before the Council on Foreign Relations. Like Kevin, I don't agree with everything... [More]
September 12, 2006
Some Questions For The President (UPDATED)
In your address to the nation last night, you said the following: The war against this enemy is more than a military conflict. It is... [More]
September 13, 2006
This Is Why We Fight?
Iraq, Iran, North Korea. They are, we were told, an axis of evil. They must be stopped. So I have to ask.... Was this part... [More]
Understanding Calls For Withdrawal
At the end of a long, thoughtful post on the ongoing debate over withdrawal from Iraq, Sam Rosenfeld adds this gem: The essence of a... [More]
A Defense That Is Nothing Of The Sort
Great catch by Andrew Sullivan. The Pentagon was hoping this Marine Corps general would provide a defense of their strategy in Anbar province. But instead,... [More]
The Meme Spreads
Over the past 24 hours or so, I've written several posts comparing the president's rhetoric about the war to his conduct of it. My take... [More]
September 14, 2006
Enough Is Enough
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) has had enough: "In light of the rantings that went on for 30 minutes by two colleagues from the other side,... [More]
September 16, 2006
A Solider Speaks
Andrew Sullivan gets some amazing emails from his readers, but this one may be one of the best.... [More]
September 17, 2006
When The Only Thing You Know How To Run Is An Election.... (with multiple upadtes)
...this is what happens: After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq... [More]
Overlap
In what must be one of his most sarcastic posts to date, Matthew Yglesias lays bare the complete lack of progress in establishing rule of... [More]
Lieberman Forgets Our "Other" War
Nice. Apparently Joe Lieberman, a US Senator, doesn't realize that we still have troops serving in Afghanistan. Worse, he's criticizing those who argue that war... [More]
September 18, 2006
"Don't Go"
Iraq in one word: anarchy. Journalists are in danger everywhere in Iraq these days, making it nearly impossible to report, and it only seems to... [More]
September 21, 2006
Worse Than Under Saddam?
Once upon a time, it was common to hear those supporting the war in Iraq say that no matter how bad things got, at least... [More]
An Update From Iraq
No Quarter has an email from a Marine deployed in Ramadi. The entire thing is fascinating, but I really liked this bit: Second Biggest Mystery... [More]
September 24, 2006
Just a Comma?
The man is a jackass. There's just no other way to put it: BLITZER: Let’s move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because... [More]
Ned Lamont Sends a Letter to Lieberman
Whooo boy! You gotta see this. My favorite part: Few argue that one way a U.S. Senator can honor our troops is to fulfill his/her... [More]
Clinton Interview, Take One
Crooks and Liars has the Fox News interview for those who missed it. Love him or hate him, you must admit, this man is one... [More]
September 25, 2006
Cliff May Is Clueless
Every few days, I head over to NRO's Corner to see what the kids are saying about the latest world developments. Most of the time,... [More]
The Long View Of History
Andrew Sullivan: In the future, when history is written, just remember: it's not that we weren't told what was going on. It's that we looked... [More]
"Incompetent Strategically, Operationally and Tactically."
That's Retired Major General Paul Eaton's take on Secretary Rumsfeld. And given that the General was the man in charge of training the Iraqi military... [More]
September 26, 2006
Leaders, Not Followers
Jim Webb has a new ad that hits Sen Allen (R-VA) on Iraq. Check it out: As a Marine serving in Vietnam, Webb won the... [More]
September 27, 2006
Who Do We Hear: The Leadership or the People?
Today's Washington Post has a fascinating new article on three recent public opinion polls taken in Iraq. Taken together, they demonstrate yet another flaw in... [More]
Three Years of Ideas
Kevin Drum's reaction to David Ignatus' WaPo column today includes an excellent summary of the evolution over the last three years of liberal policy solutions... [More]
The Internet Ate My Intel Report
I really don't think you could offer up a more idiotic excuse if you tried. Really. Also, as an aside, whenever I hear the word... [More]
September 28, 2006
When They Stand Up, We'll Stand Down
I missed the part of the strategy where the Iraqi police force would work while covered in feces: BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 -- A $75 million... [More]
For Bush, Withdrawal Is Off The Table
Bob Woodward: President Bush is absolutely certain that he has the U.S. and Iraq on the right course, says Woodward. So certain is the president... [More]
"They All Look The Same To Me"
Via ThinkProgress, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) offers his take on Iraq: “It’s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what’s wrong with... [More]
September 29, 2006
We've Secretly Replaced This Fake Bob Woodward With The Real One...
Bob Woodward's new book comes out next week, but early reports of its content are quite surprising. After writing two books on Bush and the... [More]
Bob Woodward's Most Explosive Claim Yet: Bush Passed Up Chance To Kill Bin Laden BEFORE 9/11
NY Daily News, via ThinkProgress “The CIA’S top counterterrorism officials felt they could have killed Osama Bin Laden in the months before 9/11, but got... [More]
September 30, 2006
Now They're Shredding Documents?
From Sunday's NYT: In June 2005, two senior national security officials in the Bush administration came together to propose a sweeping new approach to the... [More]
Woodward: "Excuse Me, Sir, But Your Pants Are Burning"
Woodward calls the president a liar. On May 22, 2006, President Bush spoke in Chicago and gave a characteristically upbeat forecast: "Years from now, people... [More]
Redefining "Stand Up"
Thomas Ricks: The strategy in Iraq, President Bush has said often over the past year, is to stand down the U.S. military as Iraq's security... [More]
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