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Iraq
Iraqis Are Not “Abstractions“
As our policymakers plan next steps in Iraq, let us do all we can to prevent the Iraqi people from remaining “something of an abstraction.”
Sectarian Monster Reawakened: Redrawing the Map of Iraq, Again
“Labeiki ya Zaynab,” chanted Iraqi Shia fighters as they swayed, dancing with their rifles before TV news cameras in Baghdad on June 13. They were apparently getting ready for …
Accountability for the War in Iraq
The current level of violence in Iraq has a single root: the destabilizing act in 2003 of illegally invading and then occupying Iraq ordered by the George W. Bush …
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William Rivers Pitt | They Belong in Prison, Not on TV
"I spent the first decade of the 21st century dealing with these blood-sodden bastards from the Bush administration. Now, it appears, I will spend a chunk of a second …
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The President Has No Mandate to Bomb Iraq or Syria
At this writing, President Obama has neither the legal nor the political mandate to conduct airstrikes in Iraq or Syria.
Will Iraq or Syria Survive? UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sectarian War and the Disastrous 2003 Invasion
“The biggest mistake was to invade Iraq,” said former UN-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
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Who Won Iraq? Lost Dreams, Lost Armies, Jihadi States and the Arc of Instability
As Iraq was unraveling last week, the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history came into view.
Iraq Is Coming Apart at the Seams – Here’s Our Essential Reader
Itu2019s often the case that the more complex a situation is in the real world, the sillier our political discourse around it here at home is, and this conflict …
Dick Cheney Should Be Rotting in The Hague, Not Writing Editorials
Dick Cheney should be rotting in a prison cell at The Hague, not writing editorials for the Wall Street Journal.
“The Last Magazine”: One Year After Death, Michael Hastings’ Lost Novel Satirizes Corporate Media
Today, another major work from Michael Hastings is upon us: “The Last Magazine,” a posthumous novel and scathing satire of the corporate news media based on Hastings' time at …