The True Cost of the War
Thursday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded
Violence remained fairly light today; however, at least 12 Iraqis were killed and nine more were wounded across the country. Meanwhile, U.S. military advisers warn that the Iraqis must correct the inefficiencies of their armed forces if U.S. troops hope to withdraw next year.
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Somebody’s Son or Daughter is Our Tragedy
A Speech for Endless War
Wednesday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
Today begins Operation New Dawn, the new U.S. mission In Iraq. Despite the end of “combat operations,” at least 10 Iraqis were killed and 22 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. Coincidentally, U.S. officials reported Iraq is planning to spend $13 billion on U.S. arms and military equipment.
read moreAssessing the Iraq War
As President Obama gave a self-congratulatory speech about keeping his campaign promise to remove U.S. combat forces from Iraq by the end of August, he accomplished this feat by merely redefining the mission of the 50,000 combat-trained U.S. forces remaining there to...
Acts of Contrition
I hate it when I'm right, mostly because my predictions are invariably dark. We're lost, doomed, the end is near. It's always something. And while it may be in bad taste to say “I told you so,” I did indeed tell you so back in March of 2003, when the...
What Obama Should Have Said About Afghanistan
My Fellow Americans, … so much for Iraq. Turning now to Afghanistan, let me be clear. My learning curve has been steep, as the New York Times noted last weekend. The curve has also been jagged as I have tried to assimilate the not-always-consistent advice the...
