A Troubled Surge A Troubled Surge
For the offensive in Marja have lasting significance, it must be followed by political settlement and regional diplomacy.
Feb 25, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Shut Up, Tom Ricks! Shut Up, Tom Ricks!
The drums of war are beating to convince Obama to stay in Iraq for "many years."
Feb 24, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Attack Iran? Attack Iran?
More huffing and puffing about war with Iran, this time from Anne Applebaum of the hawkish Washington Post, but first some words of caution from Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman o...
Feb 23, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is Not a National Emergency Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is Not a National Emergency
Let me put American life in the Age of Terror into some kind of context, and then tell me you're not ready to get on the nearest plane heading anywhere, even toward Yemen.
Feb 19, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Sri Lanka Wins a War and Diminishes Democracy Sri Lanka Wins a War and Diminishes Democracy
In its 62 years of independence, Sri Lanka has never had a better chance than it has now to stamp out the last fires of ethnic hatred, violence and mindless chauvinisms that have l...
Feb 18, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Chalabi Factor in Iraq The Chalabi Factor in Iraq
The passel of neoconservatives who pushed for war in Iraq in 2003 believed fervently that the war would change the face of the Middle East.
Feb 18, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Odierno: Chalabi, Lami Tied to Iran Odierno: Chalabi, Lami Tied to Iran
Yesterday, during his appearance at the Institute for the Study of War, I had a chance to ask General Ray Odierno, the US commander in Iraq, about the role of Iran in the recent pu...
Feb 17, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Heckuva Job, Bidey Heckuva Job, Bidey
As Iraq's election decends from manipulation to thuggery to outright brutality, assassinations, and bombings, it's hard to know what reaction to have to Vice President Biden's comm...
Feb 14, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Trials and Terror Trials and Terror
Four Republicans continue to misrepresent the rights of the accused "underwear" bomber--despite having been briefed on those rights on Christmas Day.
Do Terrorists Deserve Due Process? Do Terrorists Deserve Due Process?
Hayes debates Scarborough over the constitutional rights of terrorists.