The American people want our soldiers brought home. The Iraqi people want American us to leave. A majority of them even approve of attacks on our military forces. Now the... [More]
July 14, 2007
What al Qaeda In Iraq Really Wants
Great catch by Spencer Ackerman. One of the leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq says that the US isn't his enemy. Iran is. Take a look: "I personally don't have... [More]
July 16, 2007
They Come From Saudi
The administration loves to talk about all those "foreign fighters" streaming into Iraq from Syria and Iran. On Wednesday, the US Senate passed a resolution condemning Iran for its complicity... [More]
July 18, 2007
About That Response to That NIE...
In case you missed it, the latest National Intelligence Estimate on the threat posed terrorism is out, and its filled with very little - if any - good news. I've... [More]
July 19, 2007
Two Schools of Thought on Iraq?
This is the kind of writing that makes me want to rip my hair out. Writing in Time Magazine, Michael Duffy characterizes the debate over the Iraq War like this:... [More]
July 24, 2007
No End In Sight
Coming soon from Magnolia Pictures: And check out the director's story. He's trained as a political scientist, then worked in the Internet world for a bit, then came back home... [More]
Actually, No It Isn't
Bush today: “It’s hard to argue that Al Qaeda in Iraq is separate from bin Laden’s Al Qaeda when the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq took an oath of... [More]
July 30, 2007
Think Kurdistan Is Our One Success In Iraq? Think Again.
Robert Novak: The morass in Iraq and deepening difficulties in Afghanistan have not deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous and questionable new secret operation. High-level U.S. officials... [More]

