Month: July 2007

Last week, a media advisory from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" announced a new series of interviews on the PBS show that will address "what Iraq might look like when the U.S. military leaves." A few days later, Time magazine published a cover story titled "Iraq: What will happen when we leave." But it turns … Continue reading “Media Spin on Iraq: We’re Leaving (Sort of)”

Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England Lynne Olson Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 436 pp. As President George W. Bush steadfastly pursues a ruinous policy in Iraq, his supporters laud him as a latter-day Harry S. Truman or even Winston Churchill. Standing firm against the appeasing elites … Continue reading “Troublesome Young Men“

Updated at 12:05 a.m EDT, July 27, 2007At least 106 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 256 were wounded in violent attacks, which included incidents targeting soccer fans. Also, five new American servicemembers deaths were reported by the U.S. Military.An American soldier was killed by small arms fire in southern Baghdad yesterday. Also … Continue reading “Thursday: 5 GIs, 106 Iraqis Killed; 256 Iraqis Wounded”

One of the major contributions of the renowned Austrian-British economist, political philosopher and a proponent of liberal democracy and free-market capitalism, Friedrich von Hayek, to economic and political thought was his notion that the scope of knowledge required for making decisions on the efficient allocation of resources in society is inherently decentralized. Mr. Hayek, the … Continue reading “Hayek’s Insights Apply to Iraq War as Well”

As US and Iranian diplomats met in Baghdad Tuesday for a second round of talks on Iraq, the domestic US political climate appears decidedly more supportive of an aggressive US posture toward Iran than just a few months ago, reflecting the apparent triumph of the George W. Bush administration’s narrative on Iran’s role in Iraq. … Continue reading “Bush Line Distorts Iran’s Real Interest in Iraq”

BAQUBA – Diyala General Hospital in the provincial capital Baquba has been hit by a severe lack of supplies amid ongoing attacks by militants. Located 50km northeast of Baghdad, the city of Baquba has become known now for both the huge US military operations and the presence of al-Qaeda. The shortages coupled with a lack … Continue reading “Baquba Denied the Healing Touch”

What do Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan), chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and President George W. Bush have in common? They both think they can dis Cindy Sheehan and count on gossip columnists like the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank to trivialize an historic moment. I’ll give this to President Bush. He makes no … Continue reading “John Conyers Is No Martin Luther King”

Updated at 11:10 p.m EDT, July 25, 2007Gunfire erupted again today, but this time it was caused by a win for the Iraqi national soccer team in the Asian Cup. The celebratory mood was felt throughout the country even into Kurdish areas. However, at least 116 Iraqis were killed and 186 were wounded during violent … Continue reading “Wednesday: 116 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 186 Iraqis Wounded”

Last Thursday afternoon, in a tightly packed press room of the U.S. Capitol building, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi stood at the podium and smiled heartily as she pointed to two columns of U.S. postal boxes stacked behind her. "Since Iran funds death," she told the crowd, her lobby group – the Israel Project (TIP) – was … Continue reading “Candidates Hop Aboard the Iran Sanctions Bus”

The debate over how – or whether – to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq is stuck in a quagmire, bogged down on the question of what happens when we leave. What happens to those we supported in their quest to bring democracy and liberalism to a region that has known neither? What happens to the … Continue reading “How to Get Out of Iraq”