Three important points worth noting today: + Today is the 4th anniversary of the president's famous "Mission Accomplished" moment. ThinkProgress breaks down the impact of the war both before and... [More]
May 1, 2007
May 2, 2007
"The Commander Guy"
Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States: But slowly but surely, the truth will be known. Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed. And the definition of success... [More]
May 3, 2007
Benchmarks
Joe Klein offers - gasp! - what I think is an excellent analysis of the way forward on simultaneously funding and ending the war in Iraq. It goes something like... [More]
May 5, 2007
Confirmed: al Qaeda Wants Us To Stay In Iraq
Via AmericaBlog, this just in from ABCNews: In a new video posted today on the Internet, al Qaeda's number two man, Ayman al Zawahiri, mocks the bill passed by Congress... [More]
May 6, 2007
Fukuyama: "It is no longer a question of if or when the U.S. leaves Iraq, but how"
A neocon's neocon calls for the end: ...even if the surge, by September, is reducing violence in Iraq to some degree, it will not guarantee a "safe" exit strategy for... [More]
May 8, 2007
Morris: Soldiers Lives Worth Less Than Citizens
This has to be one of the most appalling things I've ever seen on FoxNews. Dick Morris has finally made explicit an argument that has long been implicit in the... [More]
May 9, 2007
Condoleeza Rice, Saddam Hussein, and the Iraq Oil-for-Food Program
As you read this, remember that Saddam's abuse of the UN oil-for-food program was once offered as significant evidence both in favor of the war, both because it proved Saddam... [More]
Meanwhile In Iraq...
Today's Iraq related news: + It looks like the Iraqi governing coalition may not even make it to its scheduled two month summer vacation. Both the major Sunni and Shiite... [More]
"Until All the Moths Are Gone."
National Review's Andy McCarthy has yet another piece attempting to explain why we must stay in Iraq from now until, well... forever? Short version: al Qaeda and its "Iranian enablers"... [More]
May 16, 2007
The War Czar
In case you hadn't heard, Bush finally managed to convince someone to become his "war czar." From what I can tell, the job description for this position is essentially the... [More]
About That Surge...
NYT: Newly declassified data show that as additional American troops began streaming into Iraq in March and April, the number of attacks on civilians and security forces there stayed relatively... [More]
May 18, 2007
Guerilla Tactics Work
Matt takes David Brooks to task for overemphasizing the lessons that might be learned by guerrilla groups from the war in Iraq. Brooks: If the Iraqi insurgents defeat the U.S.... [More]
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