Sen. John McCain might end up being elected president in November because many antiwar independents believe he's the best person to handle that famous phone call at 3am. He's obviously the most experienced and probably the most courageous of the remaining...
Updated at 11:50 p.m. EDT, Mar. 21, 2008At least 25 Iraqis were killed and 20 were wounded in the latest attacks. Meanwhile, clashes in Kut and Baghdad threaten to end a unilateral ceasefire observed by the Mahdi Army. One American soldier was killed and four more...
Four years ago this week, Kosovo burned; tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians – armed, organized and determined – systematically went after the province's Serbs. They burned churches and monasteries, destroyed entire villages, and drove over four thousand...
So why, exactly, did the US invade Iraq five years ago this week? The official reasons – the threat posed to the US and its allies by Saddam Hussein's alleged programs of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the possibility that he would pass along those arms to...
I stayed home Tuesday morning to watch the much-hyped Barack Obama speech on race and Jeremiah Wright. I was glad I did. I'll forgive him his 35-minute, Bill Clinton-style delay before speaking because this speech was obviously one of the most important of his...
VANCOUVER - Buoyed by the recommendations of a government-appointed blue-ribbon panel, Canada's parliament last week approved a motion to extend its combat mission in Afghanistan until the end of 2011. The outcome of the motion was effectively predetermined, as the...
Updated at 8:50 p.m. EDT, Mar. 20, 2008 At least 25 Iraqis were killed and another 28 were wounded in the latest round of violence. No Coalition casualties were reported, but Turkey resumed air attacks on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) hideouts in northern Iraq. U.S....
When historians look back on the war in Afghanistan, they may well point to last December's battle for Musa Qala, a scruffy town in the country's northern Helmand province, as a turning point. In a war of shadows, remote ambushes, and anonymous roadside bombs, Musa...
Updated at 11:55 p.m. EDT, Mar. 19, 2008As President Bush marked the five anniversary of the invasion of Iraq with a speech, at least 32 Iraqis were killed and another 45 were wounded in the latest violence. Two American soldiers were also killed. An American soldier...
Just imagine: You run a flagship national newspaper, the New York Times. It's the fifth anniversary of President Bush's catastrophic invasion of Iraq. Your own record of reportage in the period leading up to the invasion was not exactly sterling. So, for a change of...
